AN UP-AND-COMING writer is bringing her “funny and unapologetic” play looking at the world of Scottish backhold wrestling to Helensburgh next month.

Produced by the National Theatre of Scotland, Nat McCleary’s ‘Thrown’ - shining a light on a sport that has been a traditional feature of Highland Games across the country for decades - will be coming to the town’s Victoria Halls as part of a tour of Scotland.

The play is set around an unlikely group of women who come together to form a traditional backhold wrestling team and looks at what it means to be Scottish.

Nat said: “At its heart, ‘Thrown’ explores belonging and identity through questioning what it is to be Scottish now.

“As someone who wrestles with identity, backhold wrestling seemed to be the perfect conduit for exploring a sense of self, belonging, notions of Scottishness and their place on a personal and national level at this moment in time.

“Audiences can expect a show that is honest, funny, and unapologetic.”

The play tells the story of a team of Glaswegian wrestlers made up of diverse and inter-generational group of women as it asks if unity and diversity can coexist.

An ensemble cast of five actresses will take to the stage, including Maureen Carr, who is known for her roles in the movie Wild Rose and TV series Afterlife.

Completing the ensemble are Lesley Hart, who played Lou Caplan in River City, and three actors who have never before performed with the National Theatre of Scotland - Efè Agwele, Adiza Shardow and Chloe-Ann Tylor. 

Efè and Adiza are appearing on stage in Scotland for the first time.

Nat's acting credits include Guilt, Mayflies and The Control Room, while she has also toured the USA in a production of The Strange Undoing Of Prudencia Hart.

Director Johnny McKnight is also a writer and performer and serves as the joint artistic director of Random Accomplice Theatre Company and a National Theatre of Scotland Associate Artist.

The Helensburgh show will also feature BSL (British Sign Language) interpretation, captioning and audio description.

Theatre for a Fiver tickets are on offer for 14 to 26-year-olds and those on Universal Credit at selected performances on the tour, which is also visiting Dunblane, Dunoon, Ballater, Glenlivet, Tobermory, Oban, Dunkeld and Portree before a run during August at the Edinburgh International Festival.

The Helensburgh show - in association with the Helensburgh and Lomond Highland Games - takes place on Saturday, July 8 at 7.30pm.

Tickets are available at www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/thrown.