Full Cast Announced for CEILIDH Musical

The full cast has been announced for CEILIDH, the exhilarating new Scottish musical co-produced by Alan Cumming, ahead of its UK premiere at Pitlochry Festival Theatre this October, followed by a 4-week London run. The musical invites audiences to experience one of Scotland’s oldest and most beloved traditions.

The full cast has been announced for the UK premiere of CEILIDH, arriving in the UK following a critically acclaimed North American season. Directed by Tony Award-winner Sam Pinkleton (Oh, Mary!, The Rocky Horror Show), the production will premiere as part of Alan Cumming’s inaugural Pitlochry Festival Theatre season from 7–17 October, before moving to Shoreditch Town Hall for a four-week residency from

The cast, as announced today, is led by Scott Gilmour as Ramsay, with Kyle Gardiner as Alternate Ramsay, David Rankine as Leo, Kirsty Findlay as Euna, and George Drennan as Older Leo among a wider company.

Co-producer and Artistic Director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Alan Cumming said of the production’s arrival in the UK:

“It’s only fitting that a show so beautifully entertaining and Scottish to its very core should start its journey here in Pitlochry, before it reels its way down to Shoreditch Town Hall and across the rest of the UK. It is a gorgeous, heartfelt story wrapped up in an unadulterated night of joy, dancing, music and pure Highland magic!”

Watch: CEILIDH comes to the UK

The cast and creative team behind CEILIDH

Written by Scottish duo Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie and co-produced by Alan Cumming, the show has its roots firmly in Scotland and invites audiences to step into the heart of one of Scotland’s oldest and most beloved traditions: a gathering of songs, stories and dances, shared with a dram or two along the way. Led by a lively caller, audiences are swept up in a whirlwind of music and memories, as a family story of love and legacy unfolds through the night, revealing why this particular ceilidh matters more than most.

The full cast of the UK production will include:

Scott Gilmour as Ramsay
Kyle Gardiner as Alternate Ramsay
David Rankine as Leo
Kirsty Findlay as Euna
George Drennan as Older Leo
Annie Grace as Older Euna/Lady Buchanan/Moira
Star Penders as Granny Maclavaney/Maria
Rori Hawthorn as Rowan
Jerome Lincoln as Lucas
Laura Lovemore as Yvonne
Charlie West as Fiddles/Duncan the Stout/Darren
Harry Ward as Dave/Lord Buchanan
Robin MacKenzie as Piper/Ensemble

The company is completed by Leo Shak, Elinor Peregrin and Helen Logan.

Director and choreographer Sam Pinkleton leads a creative team that includes book, music and lyrics by Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie, set design by Rachel Hauck, costume design by Sarah Laux, lighting design by Isabella Byrd and sound design by Danny Erdberg and Ursula Kwong-Brown.