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The Captain's Collection by Hamish MacDonald 1999,2000, revived in 2012

Adapted into a 4-part series for BBC Radio Scotland - Winner of the Golden Torc for Best Radio Production Celtic Film & TV Awards 2000
“An engrossing treat…fascinating and provocative music theatre pulling together history, storytelling, cultural politics…and some hilarious madcap humour.” 
Sue Wilson, The Scotsman

The Tailor of Inverness by Matthew Zajac 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Winner Best Actor Award 2009 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland
2008 Scotsman Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award Winner 
The Stage Award for Best Solo Performer Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008
Holden Street Theatre Award, Adelaide Fringe Festival 2008
Nominated Best Theatre Production & Best Theatre Performance Adelaide 2009

"...a beautifully realised tale of the reality of survival in war-torn Eastern Europe...Matthew Zajac's moving performance is a triumph of evocative staging and storytelling."  The Observer

Sweetness by Kevin MacNeil 2011 (adapted from the novel by Torgny Lindgren)

"Sweetness is a piece of skewed, post-modern storytelling that revels in its own oddness.  There's something at the heart of such a wild piece of contemporary folklore that says something about the ruthlessness of creation itself."  The Herald

Jacobite Country by Henry Adam 2010

"A wild, roving comedy that takes the cliches of the male Scots psyche that attempts to bridge the cultural tug-of-war between hand-me-down myth and more modern times.  Adam's preoccupations resemble those of American writer Sam Shepard's own relationship with the Wild West, which the Highlands can arguably be said to be the equivalent of..." The Herald

Seven Ages by Hamish MacDonald 2001,2004 & 2007

Performance Award Winner, Ternopil Theatre Festival, Ukraine. 

"Terrifically well done...ambitious, stylish and very popular, and a timely reminder of the quality of performers all over Scotland." 
Robert Dawson Scott  The Times

'e Polish Quine by Henry Adam 2007

“…a fine ensemble cast deliver strong performances in what is a powerful look at good and evil, displacement and assimilation – and what, if anything, separates man from beast.”  Metro

The Heretic’s Tale by Hamish Macdonald 2006

“This latest show from Inverness-based Dogstar is stuffed to the brim with incident, history, madness and fascination.”
Joyce MacMillan  The Scotsman

The Seer by Ali Smith 2006

"...a near-perfect example of post-modernism in all its playful glory."  The Scotsman

The Strathspey King by Hamish MacDonald 2003

"...imaginative and beautifully realised music theatre."
The Herald

Redcoats, Turncoats & Petticoats by Hamish MacDonald 1998

“a deft blend of solid research, comic absurdity, withering satire, lyrical imagery and swift changes of mood and pace” Inverness Courier