Record Attempt
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Photo: Bill Brodie
TAM O’ SHANTER MARATHON
A REAL SUCCESS
MOST people would struggle to recite
Burns’ epic poem “Tam O’ Shanter” once from memory, but in
Edinburgh
last Saturday afternoon, local actor and storyteller John
Nichol accomplished this feat no fewer than 11 times in the
space of four hours.
Dressed in appropriate costume - complete
with wig, riding boots, bagpipes and ‘horse’ - the 52-year-old
Selkirk schoolteacher gave rousing recitations in packed
public houses along the length of Rose Street in a bid to
publicise IDEOMS Theatre Company’s “Burns Bites Back” Fringe
production.
“To be honest I was a bit nervous at the
start,” said John, “but the warm reception I received in each
pub quickly helped break the ice, and the customers seemed
happy enough to join in and enjoy the fun.
“By the time I reached the last pub my
voice was beginning to get a bit a bit croaky,” he added, “but
I think it was a worthwhile exercise, and a good way to
encourage people to come along and see our ‘Burns Bites Back’
Fringe show at The Vault this week.”
Come along to The Vault Venue, 29 24th till
30th Aug at 20.15 for more of the same "Burns Bites Back"
The Support Crew !
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IDEOMS
Burns Season
2012
supported by
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Honest
Poverty
They’re back!
IDEOMS
bring you their now famous blend of humour and authenticity,
with more than a little daftness.
Join them for an atmospheric stage performance,
followed by the usual informal supper, and help to celebrate
the life and works of the man from Kyle.
A day in the life of Robert Burns.
The time 1786, the place, Mossgiel Farm. Burns is
gaining notoriety as a rhymer, and yet poverty still surrounds
him. He indulges in the simple pleasures of rural Ayrshire.
In our present crisis of spiralling debt and impending
hardship, we can all take a leaf or two from Burns’ book.
Come along and forget your trauchles for a night.
Hosted by John Nichol, Hilary Bell,
Ross
Milligan, Jenni Borthwick
(Lucy Cowan
20th & 28th Jan only)
Honest Poverty
is not so much a show as a party, with original,
comedic,
but always authentic delivery. Never before
has Burns been such uproarious fun.
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2012 DATES
The 2012 Burns
season is another chance to join in this extremely popular format of a
staged performance of Burns songs and poems followed by a traditional
Burns Supper
without any long winded speeches
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Venues
JANUARY 2012
Honest Poverty - Eastgate
Theatre, Peebles
Date: 13th January | Tel: 01721 725777 or
www.thebooth.co.uk
£19.00 incl
supper.
Honest Poverty - Maltings
Theatre
Berwick on Tweed
Date: 14th January Tel: 01289 330999
www.maltingsberwick.co.uk
£19.00 conc £18.00 incl
Supper
Honest Poverty - Towermill
Theatre, Hawick
Date: 15th January Tel: 01450 360429 or
www.thebooth.co.uk
£19.00 incl supper
'Not Another Burns Supper'
- The WaterWheel
Philiphaugh, Selkirk
Date: 20th January Tel: 01750 22258
peacock-catering@tiscali.co.uk
£20.00
incl supper
Honest Poverty - Hazelknowe
Restaurant, The Woll, Ashkirk
Date: 21st January Tel: 01750 32722
www.wollrestaurant.com £22.00 incl
supper
Honest Poverty - The
Corn Exchange,
Melrose
Date: 22nd January | Tel: 01750 82254
£19.00 incl supper
Honest Poverty - Smailholm
Village Hall
Date: 27th January Tel: 01573 460666
£19.00 incl Supper
Honest Poverty - Bowhill
Theatre, Selkirk
Date: 28th January Tel: 01750 22204
www.bowhill.org
£26.00 incl Supper and a Dram!
FEBRUARY 2012
Honest Poverty - Buccleuch
Centre
Langholm
Date: 3rd February Tel: 013873 81196
www.buccleuchcentre.com
£20.00 incl Supper
Honest Poverty - Coldstream
Community Centre, Coldstream
Date: 4th February Tel: 01750 82254
£18.00 incl Supper
Honest Poverty - County
Hotel, Selkirk
Date: 5th February | Tel: 01750 21233
www.ideoms.co.uk £20.00 incl supper
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If you missed the last
tour of War & Glaur
you should buy the Double CD !
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Buy Now
or Read
Review
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Bell have teamed up with Big Sky Studios to produce a CD of the staged
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Supported by
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Accompanied
by Alison Kaye piano, Lucy Cowan on fiddle and Ian Lowthian on
accordion, Nichol has attempted to find a new angle on the Great War,
mostly through the words of four famous Scottish Writers: John Buchan,
Robert Service,
Will Ogilvie and Sir Harry Lauder.
Other contributors are Judy Small, Ernest Longstaffe, Jimmy Copeland,
John Nichol, Hilary Bell, Eric Bogle.
Available from
www.bigskystudios.com
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IDEOMS
ARTISTES
Lucy Cowan
Alan Caig Wilson
Colin Turnbull
Alison Kaye
BURNS BITES BACK
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