As Bill Forsyth’s much-loved film about an imperilled seaside village is transformed – beach and all – for the stage, its creators say it had to be seen north of the border first
How do you put a beach on to a stage? It was bound to be a perilous project, taking what is possibly Scotland’s best-loved film, Local Hero, more than three decades after its release and transforming it into musical theatre. It is made even more so when the central character is arguably the mystical, magical Highland beach, which captivates the dollar-driven oil executive Mac in Bill Forsyth’s unobtrusive fairytale.
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