McQueen’s audiences had waited several seasons for a return to a theatrical show. They were not disappointed with The Widows of Culloden. While the title appeared in Gaelic on the invitation – Bantraich de cuil lodair – as memoir to a diminishing culture, the emotive soundtrack incorporated an eclectic mix of tracks from Michael Nyman’s score for The Piano (1993), to bagpipes overlaid with drums from a Scottish pipe band, punk rock and the howling winds of the Highlands.

Kate Bethune, Senior Research Assistant, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty