UPDATE - SAT 17 APR
The performances on Thu 22 & Fri 23 April are now also sold out.

ORIGINAL STORY - FRI 16 APR
All preview performances and the opening night of The Nest (Fri 16 - Tue 20 April) are now sold out.
Returned tickets may be available; please contact the Box Office on 0131 228 1404 for further information.


Post show discussion
Thu 29 Apr
Playwriting workshop
Sat 24 Apr - click here for more information
Sign interpreted performance
Thu 29 Apr (8pm)
Audio described performance
Fri 30 Apr (8pm)
Touch tour
Fri 30 Apr (7.15pm)

The Nest is a bothy close to Sgurr Mor in the West Highlands of Scotland, providing sanctuary for climbers and walkers in its warm, welcoming embrace. But when the weather turns famously Scottish, the Nest will also trap them, and not let go.

For Colin and Helen, Sgurr Mor is their final Munro (number 284). They have spent six years ticking them off, six years saving their marriage, and now they have to find out what completion means.

The Nest is also where Mac and Jackie meet for the first time: he in the middle of a ‘continuous’, a single journey of all the Munros, and she without map, compass or sense of direction.

And for Innes and Elspeth the mountain has the strongest pull of all because this is where their journey ends.

The Nest is the first play by Edinburgh writer Alan Wilkins, and takes a wry, intriguing look at our obsession with taking to the hills, conquering mountains, and collecting Munros.

After premiering at the Traverse, The Nest tours to the Highlands & Islands, including venues within reach of Sgurr Mor itself.


Directed by Lorne Campbell
Designed by Andrew Burt