The Silver thread: Stories from the North Sea

Ailsa Dixon weaves the personal, fantastical, and historical into a tapestry of tales that explores the mythologies and magic surrounding the North Sea.

Growing up in coastal Aberdeenshire with parents from across the water, Ailsa has always felt her roots lay beneath the waves rather than in the Buchan soil. Fascinated by the way the North Sea has connected, inspired, and sustained communities across centuries, she uses traditional storytelling and music to tell an individual yet universal narrative. Her own personal story echoes and mirrors that of Scotland’s, as legends from Norway, the Netherlands, Orkney, and Aberdeenshire collide with real historical adventures, bringing out themes of place, identity, and family.

In an evening of magical storytelling Ailsa celebrates a sea which connects, rather than divides us.

Starting time: 19:30