Jings! Crivens! Help Ma Boab! Scotland’s original cheeky chappy Oor Wullie
stars in a brand new musical adventure by Selladoor Productions and Dundee Rep on a tour across Scotland until March 2020.
An part of Scottish life for over 80 years, Oor Wullie was voted Scotland’s Favourite Son in 2004, beating the likes of William Wallace and Robert Burns. Beginning his life as a regular in the Sunday Post comic strip, generations of children have carried a fondness over the decades for the antics of 10 year old Wullie with his spiky blonde hair, dungarees and his beloved silver pail.
Oor Wullie Christmas Annuals were a staple in most Glaswegian Christmas stocking as boys and girls enjoyed the endless adventures of Wullie and his pals, Fat Boab, Wee Eck and Soapy Soutar.
Oor Wullie’s latest adventure on the stage features a new character Wahid (Eklovey Kashyap) a young Scottish boy who’s family moved from Pakistan to Scotland and is growing tired of racist remarks and being bullied at school about his identity. Lonely and sad, he finds solace in the library where he meets the kind school librarian Dudley who offers him an Oor Wullie annual to read. As Wahid struggles to understand the strong Scots dialect, he abandons the book and feels even more alone than ever.
However soon the characters burst into life and arrive in his world and Wahid quickly finds himself embroiled in an adventure as the gang reunite to help Wullie to find his beloved lost bucket.
The small, talented cast deliver a script packed full of nostalgia, hilarious characters and witty one-liners that had the audience laughing along throughout. They merge the wonderful characters that generations
know and love with the modern world in a lively show featuring
a punchy upbeat soundtrack which appealed to the wide range of different
generations in the audience.
Martin Quinn was outstanding as the original Oor Wullie – a perfect ode to the original comic strip with his charm, cheekiness and tantrums. Basher McKenzie played by Leanne Traynor was also to be commended as the perfect villain as she stomped and yelled her way through the show, terrorising the streets of Auchenshoogle.
A story about friendship and adventure that is thoroughly enjoyable. It’s well worth a watch as whether he’s Oor Wullie or Your Wullie he’s always A’bodys Wullie. Tickets available from the Theatre Royal until Saturday 25th January.