THE gutsy exuberance of ordinary folk is the subject of Tweed Theatre’s next production.

In Tony Roper’s classic “The Steamie” four women come together in a Glasgow steamie (wash house) on a Hogmanay night in the mid 1950s to wash their clothes.

Each has a different story; Margrit endures an alcoholic husband, Mrs Culfeathers faces a lonely old age, Dolly does her best to keep going while Doreen dreams of a better future- a house in Drumchapel with a TV, a telephone and a fridge.

The chatter and banter between the women, as they work, runs from cheerful vulgarity to deep poignancy via laugh out loud role playing and shaggy dog stories.

Andy, the wash house mechanic, listens to them while succumbing to the temptations of the booze readily available on Old Year’s Night.

This Tweed Theatre production is a story of Scottish society on the cusp of enormous change and celebrates the determination of ordinary women in the face that all that life throws at them.

Be sure to book early for what will be a sellout run at the Eastgate in Peebles. Tickets are £12 and £10 and performances are at 7.30pm on Thursday, September 4, and Friday, September 5, with two performances on Saturday, September 6, at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.