The last time the National Theatre hosted the National Theatre of Scotland it was
very much the story of
the men in charge, but in this latest visit, directed by the
NTS' former Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone, it's all about young women making
the most of things. Lee Hall's
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour follows six
girls from the titular Catholic school in the Scottish port of Oban. The school's
sky-high teen pregnancy record has earned it the nickname Virgin Megastore, but they
intend to show a much more restrained front when the choir travels to Edinburgh for
a competition. The girls themselves have other ideas, and sneak out the night before
the contest to see the city. Orla's (Melissa Allan) cancer was supposedly cured at
Lourdes, and as a result she's been showered with money she plans to spend getting
drunk and trying to find a boy to lose her virginity to.
