The History of Scotland: As Told by William Wallace (played by Niall Moorjani)

William Wallace is having an identity crisis. He doesn’t know who people want him to be anymore and he can’t seem to look at himself in the mirror. So he has gone back to his routes and consulted the history books. Learning that Scotland’s past is a little different from how he has come to remember it.

Through three stories the award winning Niall Moorjani re-imagines Scotland’s history in a playful and thought provoking way. Through William Wallace they explore the wars of Independence, colonialism and retrospective myth making.

This is a work in progress performance co-directed with Cecily Nash.

The show seeks to answer, where did Scotland really come from, and ask, what does that mean to us today?

Content Warnings:

Contains references to historical colonialism, the transatlantic slave trade and genocide