AIF2026 - Marty Ross - Dryad

Marty Ross is an Arran-based dramatist with a long track record writing drama for the BBC, Wireless Theatre, and Audible, including the recently released Scottish ghost story The Dead of Rannoch Moor. Alongside his writing, he performs his own work as a live storyteller, shaping this most ancient of art forms into vivid contemporary theatre. At AIF2026, Marty returns to perform DRYAD — a drama about the unexpected, disturbing, and possibly supernatural consequences of a construction company attempting to destroy an ancient woodland with a sinister reputation in order to create a modern bypass. For extra effect, the show will be performed as part of a journey for performer and audience among the ancient trees of the Roots of Arran woodland between Brodick and Lamlash.