Six Scots beaches in Great War tribute
SIX Scottish beaches have been chosen to be a part of film maker Danny Boyle’s UK-wide event to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.
The Trainspotting director is asking people to gather at certain coastal sites across the UK and Ireland on Armistice Day, November 11, to remember those who died during the conflict.
A large-scale portrait of a casualty will be drawn in the sand at each location and washed away as the tide comes in.
The public can also join in at the events by ‘creating silhouettes of people in the sand, remembering the millions of lives lost or changed forever by the conflict’.
The six beaches north of the Border chosen to be involved are at St Ninian’s Isle, Shetland; West Sands, St Andrews, Fife; Scapa, Orkney; Ayr; Burghead Bay, Moray; and Cula Bay on Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides.
The event will be the culmination of the 14-18 NOW programme of arts commissions, which have been organised to mark the centenary of the Great War.
The National Theatre of Scotland is leading the beach events in Scotland.
Its artistic director and chief executive Jackie Wylie said: ‘The National Theatre of Scotland welcomes this poignant opportunity to help bring communities together in this fitting act of remembrance.’