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A dynamic musical play exploring the life of Robert Burns through the perspectives of the women who knew him, staging the first Burns Night.
A Toast Fae the Lassies comes to the King's Theatre on Sunday 24 January, a musical play that looks at Robert Burns through the eyes of the women who knew him best. It's a one-night stop in Edinburgh, and it arrives after a sell-out run at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
The show stages the first Burns Night, set on 25 January 1797 — the day after the poet died. It opens with his mother visiting the graveyard in Dumfries to remember her son, only to be interrupted by Jean Armour, the mother of nine of his children, while his muse Clarinda watches from the shadows. From there, the play builds around the three of them: his mother, his wife, and his muse, each bringing their own perspective on the man.
It runs for about an hour and twenty minutes with no interval, so it's a straight run through without a break. If you're in the mood for a proper Burns Night touch, you can add a dram of whisky to your ticket price, provided you've got a valid photo ID on you.
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Tickets are between £20 and £35, and the performance runs from 6:00pm to 7:20pm at the King's Theatre, 2 Leven Street, Edinburgh EH3 9LQ.
