Rowan Tree is a professional theatre company based in the Scottish Borders, but is available to travel far and wide.

It tours principally to village halls and small theatres in the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway and makes regular appearances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  The company has also performed in South Africa and Canada.

In 2007, its production of The Journey of Jeannie Deans was performed in the debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament.

In 2009 Rown Tree's production of The Lassies O’ won a CATS Award for original use of sound and music.

With its main base at the exquisite and atmospheric Bowhill Theatre, near Selkirk, Rowan Tree has developed a definite style of its own. This may be described as "chamber theatre" - intimate performances in small venues, in which the audience is drawn into the heart of the production, and where classic text - usually in Scots - and virtuoso performances are essential hallmarks.


"Rowan Tree ...has built up a reputation for superbly crafted small scale productions which it describes as "Chamber Theatre"
Scottish Theatre Guide

Rowan Tree Board Members

Helen Currie (Chair)

David Bisset

Matthew Burgess

Vicky Davidson

Patricia Hitchcock

Janice Parker

David Pratt

Jeremy Purvis

Liz Smith