Tam O’Shanter, Tales & Whisky set to run for three dates

TAM O’SHANTER, Tales & Whisky is the hottest ticket in town this spring. Premiering at Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh on Friday 15 April this is a contemporary take on the gothic Edinburgh of Rabbie Burns combining Scottish folklore, iconic poetry, and live music, all washed down with a wee dram of the good stuff.

Running for three dates - Friday 15, 22 and 29 April - Tam O’Shanter, Tales & Whisky is a Stolen Elephant Theatre production created by Artistic Director

Andy Dickinson, featuring three of the bards most famous gothic poems, two reworked traditional Scottish folk tales, some Burns ballads, and of course, a dram of one of Scotland’s finest single malts.

Featuring ‘Death and Dr Hornbook’, ‘Address to the Deil’ and of course, ‘Tam O’ Shanter’, Tam O’Shanter, Tales & Whisky is performed by Fiona Herbert, an award-winning storyteller widely accepted as one of Scotland’s finest, Shian Denovan, an awardwinning actress who has worked across film, TV and theatre (nominated for Best Actress by The Stage for her Theatre work) and writer and performer Andy Dickinson.

Audiences will also enjoy some toe-tapping tunes courtesy The Court Of Equity, an ensemble formed to celebrate Burns’ songs and comprising musicians Douglas McQueen Hunter and Douglas Caird who are perhaps better known as members of Scotland’s leading folk rock band, The Picts.

Andy Dickinson, Artistic Director at Stolen Elephant Theatre Company, said: “After a slight delay with dates due to you know what, we are over the moon to be bringing Tam O’Shanter, Tales & Whisky to Edinburgh this spring! Featuring arguably Scotland’s most famous ‘lad’, the one and only Rabbie Burns, with 2 Lassies Replies in the Tales audiences can expect lots of laughs and a little bit of the scary stuff, with a wee nip of the water of life to help take the edge off.”