The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, David Greig and Wils Wilson’s folk theatre fable has proved hugely popular with audiences from Govan to Rio and tours the Scottish Borders later this month.

The show has been part of the National Theatre of Scotland’s touring repertoire since 2011 and has travelled extensively across the UK and internationally, spanning four continents, nine countries and over 50 different venues.

In keeping with the origins of the show, the production has been staged in a tavern, breweries, village halls and studios with bars built in.

The 2016 production has recently returned from another triumphant tour of the USA including a performance in New York as part of Tartan Day, as well as taking over theatre stages and non-traditional theatre spaces in Virginia, Richmond, Illinois, Vermont, Winchester and Arkansas.

Annie Grace, Alasdair Macrae, David McKay, and Paul McCole from the 2014 tour are all returning to join the ensemble cast and will be joined by acclaimed young Borders theatre actress Jessica Hardwick, most recently seen in Lanark (Citizens Theatre and Edinburgh International Festival).

One wintry morning Prudencia Hart, an uptight academic, sets off to attend a conference in Kelso in the Scottish Borders. As the snow begins to fall, little does she know who or what awaits her there. Inspired by the Border Ballads - and delivered in a riotous romp of rhyming couplets, devilish encounters and wild karaoke - Prudencia’s dream-like journey of self-discovery unfolds among and around the audience.

The production takes theatre into pubs and other unlikely venues, where stories are told, re-told, sung and passed on. Audiences are invited to share a lock-in with the National Theatre of Scotland's company of actors and musicians, and to indulge in an evening of supernatural storytelling, music and theatre inspired by the Border Ballads, Robert Burns and the poems of Robert Service.

You can see it at the Coulter Hall, in Biggar on Friday June 3 and Stichill Village Hall on Saturday, June 11 at 7.30pm.

Tickets for the Biggar showing are available from Hamilton Newsagents, Biggar tel 01899 220312.

For the Stichill showing, tickets are available at Browns Newsagents, Kelso tel 01573 224269.

Tickets are priced £12/ £10 concessions.