Tam O'Shanter, Tales & Whisky

For a supernatural Burns’ Night 2023 Stolen Elephant Theatre will be performing their ‘Tam O’ Shanter, Tales & Whisky’. The show is a comic celebration of the ‘Gothic’ poems of Robert Burns, and includes ‘Tam O’ Shanter’, ‘Death and Dr Hornbook’ and ‘Address to the Deil’. So. Expect to encounter Witches and Death, and the De’il himself! They’ll also be telling comic versions of the Scottish folk tales ‘The Witch of Fife’, ‘The Haunted Ships’, and ‘The Carter of Dunlop’. So. Expect to laugh and hoot, and for the odd shiver to go a running down your spine!

Furthermore, Douglas McQueen Hunter and Douglas Caird (‘The Picts’ and ‘The Court of Equity’) will be on stage performing several Burns’ songs.

Stolen Elephant Theatre are the playwright Andy Dickinson, the Award-Winning actor Shian Denovan, and Edinburgh writer/performer Catherine Bisset.

Tam O'Shanter, Tales & Whisky is part of the Traverse's £1 Ticket Project.

There is a ticket type for each price band that includes an option to buy a dram within your purchase. Please note that you may be asked for proof of age when receiving the drink, and may not be served without it.

Image: Kathrin Jacobsen

The Traverse Theatre is funded by Creative Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council, and has received additional support from the Scottish Government's Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund and Creative Scotland’s Recovery Fund for Cultural Organisations.

Reviews

★★★★ ‘Unfiltered storytelling with adoration, respect and reverence for the language which gave the world its most famous poet.‘ - Corr Blimey

★★★★ 'Shian Denovan’s mesmerising performance of Tam O’ Shanter which nearly brought the house' - ScotsGayArts

‘If you have never heard Burns spoken aloud, by performers who clearly have a connection with him and his work, then look no further than this charming, gothic, spooky evening.’ - Fringe Review, Highly Recommended Show

‘It was wonderfully entertaining, and prepared us for the piece de resistance, a graphic retelling of Burns’ most famous Gothic tale, Tam O’Shanter.’ - UK Theatre Network

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