Robert Burns
The Burns Project
★★★★☆ Nuanced
The Burns Project, by James Clements (in collaboration with the National Trust for Scotland) at the Lyceum, is an engaging, beautifully performed piece full of both vitality and subtlety.
Haggis, Neeps and Burns
★★★☆☆ Measured Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge (Venue 7): Fri 1 – Sun 24 Aug 2025 Review by Emily Geeson Haggis, Neeps and Burns in the lower hall of Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge is an ode to Scotland’s national poet: recounted through letters, songs, and stories, it’s a mash-up that matches the […]
PPP: Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard
★★★☆☆ Tuneful
Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard, this week’s lunchtime theatre offering at the Traverse before continuing on tour, provides a melodic new slant on the familiar story of Robert Burns.
She Burns
★★★★★ Her noblest wark
She Burns is a feminist reworking of the story of Scotland’s very own Bard, in an enlightening and entertaining show, playing for just six performances across the fringe at Johnnie Walker Princes Street.
Tam O’Shanter, Tales and Whisky
★★★★☆ Charming
Tam O’Shanter, Tales and Whisky, Stolen Elephant’s Burns Night presentation at the Traverse, is an accomplished and enticing celebration of the poet.
Burns
★★☆☆☆ Messy
That a world premiere should take place at the Playhouse is not the oddest thing about the long, over 30-year gestation of Burns – and, sadly, not the most inexplicable thing about the end result.
Burns musical’s Edinburgh premiere
Playhouse premiere for Musical based on Burns’ life
Tickets have gone on sale today, for Burns, a new musical based on the life of Robert Burns, which will premiere at the Edinburg Playhouse on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 January 20223.
Burn (EIF)
★★★★☆ Fiery
Burn, Alan Cumming’s solo dance-theatre interpretation of Robert Burns in the International Festival at the King’s, has a definite spark of passion.
Burns for Brunch
★★★★☆ Anti-Brexit Rabbie:
Robert Burns wakes up hungover among empty bottles. He’s the real Rabbie, even though he talks about Brexit in Theatre Objektiv’s hilarious Burns for Breakfast at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
Fond of Rabbie
Nonsense Room hit Roxy with Burns show:
Ae Fond Kiss, Nonsense Room Productions’ take on the life of Robert Burns, is touring to the Assembly Roxy for two performances only, this Friday, 23 February 2018.
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