Dawn Steele to star in new Edinburgh Festival Fringe play
She will star opposite Braveheart star James Robinson, who played a young William Wallace in Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning epic, in Skye: A Thriller at Summerhall next month.
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The play follows the events which unfold when four sibling on holiday on the Isle of Skye see their father standing on a beach four years after his death.
The drama, which will run from July 31-25 August, is expected to explore ghosts, grief and family relationships.
Dawn Steele has been starring in the crime drama Granite Harbour recently. Picture: Robert Pereira Hind
Glasgow-born Steele, who starred in six series of Monarch of the Glen between 1999 and went on to appear in 2004, went on to appear in the TV shows Soul of Souls, River City, Wild at Heart, Shetland and Holby City. Most recently, she has played Detective Chief Inspector Cora MacMillan in the BBC Scotland crime drama Granite Harbour.
Steele's previous stage appearances include the National Theatre of Scotland adaptation of John Byrne's award-winning TV drama Tutti Frutti, Byrne's play Cutting a Rug, the David Harrower play Blackbird, the Greek tragedy Medea and the Agatha Christie play Verdict.
Robinson, who has starred in the TV shows Doctors, Casualty and Outlander, appeared on stage recently in the Royal Lyceum production Macbeth (an undoing).
Keel is bringing Skye: A Thriller to the Fringe after producing a number of previous plays at the festival, including Bullring Techno Makeout James and The Last Show Before We Die. She made her name as an author last year with debut novel The Four, about a group of boarding school students bound by a chilling secret.
The synopsis for her new Fringe show states: '1995. Holidaying on the Isle of Skye, Annie and her siblings glimpse their father across the beach. Which seems impossible, because he died four years ago.
'What follows is a relentless search for the truth, on a rugged island where real people and ghosts seem to walk hand in hand among the mountains and lochs.'
Keel said: 'I'm very excited to be making my first foray into playwriting this year.
'I've spent many happy(ish) summers producing brilliant new plays in Edinburgh and I'm thrilled that Skye: A Thriller will have its première at the greatest arts festival in the world, alongside two wonderful plays I'm co-producing.
'It's a bonus that Skye will be a co-production with Summerhall, a venue I've always loved, as it enters a very exciting new chapter.'
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