The Burgess and the Laird

Music & Lyrics: April Alsup
Book: Mark Sbani

Broadway World announces Eigg “BEST NEW MUSICAL” of 2023

Situated in Scotland's Inner Hebrides, the Isle of Eigg has a fascinating history of sovereignty. Not long ago, the inhabitants of Eigg faced a different type of invader; a celebrity Laird looking to create his Gaelic island utopia. Will the citizens support his vision? Can they put up with his antics? Can he accept that a medieval landlord mentality no longer works on Eigg? The transfer to community ownership hatched on Eigg is arguably the most captivating example of Scottish land reform. Latest news about Eigg the musical