Never-wracking doesn’t quite do it justice. But once on stage it was fine. Anyway, that’s the first night over and I’m pleased the way things panned out. It all came together nicely. A fair sized audience turned up too and from the reaction at the end most seemed to enjoy it. Some critics turned up as well, including the redoubtable Joyce McMillan, and I’ll be interested to find out what they thought of it.
Have to say thank you especially to the feedback from Innes Mitchell and his group of students from Austin, Texas, who I spent an enjoyable hour with this morning at Queen Margaret University. They came last night and they really got what we were trying to do, with the films in particular, even if some of the 18thC Scots words left them baffled!
The bonus was meeting Joe, an American Professor, who has been a big Burns fan for over 40 years, and was so blown away by the show he wants to help take it international. Watch this space as they say.
Robert Burns: Not In My Name 