Featuring the poetry and songs of Robert Burns
Directed by Helen Eastman
Presented by Live Canon in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre
A celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns.
Sunday, 25 January 2009 at 7.30pm.
Tickets £28, £24 concessions INCLUDING three course meal (see menu below) and a wee dram.
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A sumptuous feast of poetry and music including a traditional Burns Night Supper in the Finborough Road Brasserie.
Performed by the Live Canon ensemble with special guests.
Live Canon’s unique style is a fabulous way to hear, see and experience poetry. Every Live Canon production features the world premiere of newly commissioned acapella musical settings of poetry – this production will include three new works by emerging composers.
Live Canon are an ensemble performing British poetry on stage and premiering new acapella settings of canonical poems; they have recently had great success with a programme of work at Greenwich Theatre in Autumn 2008. This is their debut residency at the Finborough Theatre.
Burns Night Menu
Scotch Broth
or
Tattie Soup
Haggis, neeps and tatties
or
Vegetarian Stovies
Tipsy Laird
or
Scottish cheese and oat cakes
Dram of whisky
Director Helen Eastman returns to the Finborough Theatre after the success of Fair, which toured the UK and transferred to Trafalgar Studios, The Monument and The Gabriels. Recent directing includes Dido and Aeneas (English Touring Opera), Hansel and Gretel (Cork Opera House), The Sweet Science of Bruising (National Theatre Studio), Cloudcuckooland (UK tour), Wild Raspberries (Glasgow Citizens Theatre), Bug Off (OTC), Cure at Troy (Delphi International Festival and Tour) and the world premiere of Julian Joseph’s jazz opera Bridgetower. She is Producer of the Onassis Programme at Oxford University, Guest Fellow in Theatre at Westminster University and a member of the Associate Literary Panel at Soho Theatre. She is currently rehearsing the Circus Space’s Christmas show.
