Theatre review: 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War
THE title is 549, in memory of all the Scots who volunteered to join the anti-fascist International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s; but in truth, this new show from the Glasgow-based Wonder Fools company is really about four – a small group of miners from Prestonpans who, led by passionate socialist campaigner George Watters, left East Lothian in 1936 to make the historic journey to Spain.