Great Scots: Two years of the National Theatre of Scotland

The National Theatre of Scotland was launched in 2006 with 10 site-specific mini-productions entitled Home, each devised for a different city. Created and directed by John Tiffany, Home Glasgow (above) made use of an 18-storey tower block Photograph: Pete Dibdin

For the theatre's artistic director Vicky Featherstone, 'each of these productions was like a beacon, one of those fires that once lit up like a chain across the countryside' Photograph: Murdo Macleod

Home Caithness was performed at a disused glass factory Photograph: Dominic Ibbotson

Later in 2006, the National Theatre of Scotland staged a new version of August Strindberg's Miss Julie. Entitled Julie, it was directed by Zinnie Harris Photograph: Pete Dibdin

Raphaelle Boitel stars in Futurology: A Global Review, written by David Grieg and performed by Suspect Culture. The show opened at Glasgow's SECC in April 2007 and was staged in Edinburgh and Aberdeen as well as the Brighton festival Photograph: Murdo Macleod

Written and directed by Anthony Neilson, The Wonderful World of Dissocia was first unveiled in Edinburgh in 2004 but was later revived by the National Theatre of Scotland Photograph: Tristram Kenton

An actor rehearses for Half Life, a co-production with the environmental arts charity NVA. Performed outdoors at Kilmartin Glen in August 2007, Half Life incorporated live performance with video and art installations Photograph: Jim Dyson/Getty

Based on the testimonies of soldiers returning from Iraq, Black Watch remains the National Theatre of Scotland's biggest success. Unveiled in 2006, the play has since gained an added poignancy in the wake of the Black Watch regiment's subsequent casualties in Iraq Photograph: Murdo Macleod

The National Theatre of Scotland presented Venus as a Boy, an adaptation of Luke Sutherland's novel, at Edinburgh in 2007. Here, Sutherland himself plays guitar while Tam Dean Burn screams Photograph: Murdo Macleod

Tony Curran and Alan Cummings in a new version of Euripides' The Bacchae, written by David Greig. The play was staged at the Edinburgh international festival in 2007. Michael Billington found it a mixture of camp comedy and high drama - a 'spectacular piece of theatre with palpable audience appeal' Photograph: Murdo Macleod

In late 2007, the National Theatre of Scotland presented a nationwide tour of Brian Friel's play Molly Sweeney, which starred Cara Kelly Photograph: Richard Campbell

Artistic director Vicky Featherstone believes 'we are too young for navel-gazing and nostalgia' Photograph: Murdo Macleod