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The opera was performed at the highly acclaimed Edinburgh Festival - August 15th, 16th and 17th.

Traditional Gaelic song and contemporary music were performed against a backdrop of vintage and modern film as a cast of actors, singers and acrobats told the story of the ‘Birdmen' of St Kilda.

Two large screens framed the stage and showed archive film from 1908 to1930. Interwoven with these highly emotional images are spectacular contemporary film of the place, its story and dramatic aerial cliff-dancers.