Findhorn Arts Festival reviews: The Buke of the Howlat | A Mile in my Shoes | Extremely Pedestrian Chorales

After night falls in the woods at Brodie Castle, just west of Forres, something remarkable is happening. Among the trees, there’s light and colour and wonderful music, mixed with the sounds of voices speaking Scots; and there’s a cast of more than 50 community performers and professional actors, all passionately committed to bringing back to life the ancient Scots epic The Buke of the Howlat, written almost 600 years ago, in the woods around nearby Darnaway Castle, by Orkney-born clergyman and poet Richard Holland, a servant of the Douglas family.