At Holyrood she was often accused of resorting to spin.
But Nicola Sturgeon let her hair down as she got behind the decks of a DJ booth with two celebrity friends.
The Former First Minister, 54, was filmed partying at Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Perthshire.
She was accompanied by Holywood actor Alan Cumming and former Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark at the event.
Mr Cumming, from nearby Crieff, is currently the artistic director at the theatre.
Video footage showed Ms Sturgeon pumping her fist in the air with a pair of headphones on, dancing to the Bee Gees hit ‘Night Fever’.
Mr Cumming, a vocal supporter of Scottish independence, announced; ‘Nicola Sturgeon is in the house – legend.’
It comes just weeks after Ms Sturgeon split with husband and former SNP chief Peter Murrell, 60.
Actor Alan Cumming described the former First Minister as a ‘legend’ at the event at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Ms Sturgeon with Kirsty Wark and Alan Cumming at the event in Pitlochry
Mr Murrell, was charged with embezzling SNP funds in April as part of Operation Branchform’s investigation into the party’s finances.
Recently, Ms Sturgeon, who was arrested and released without charge in June 2023, has frequently posted pictures of herself on Instagram partying with friends, including the crime writer Val McDermid.
She chose the same social media account to post news that her marriage was ending. It was a decision taken jointly, she says, and ‘with a heavy heart’.
Last year former Health Secretary Matt Hancock accused Ms Sturgeon of ‘spin’ and ‘confusing’ the public during the pandemic as he gave evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre was launched in 1951 and is Scotland’s only major, rurally located arts organisation.
