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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Chris Wiegand

Alan Cumming to play Robert Burns in solo dance-theatre show

Burn’s works ‘tells us the absolute truth of who we are as Scots’ … Alan Cumming in Burn.
Burns’ works ‘tells us the absolute truth of who we are as Scots’ … Alan Cumming in Burn. Photograph: Lawrence Winram

Alan Cumming will play Scotland’s national bard Robert Burns this summer in a solo show that will delve beyond “the traditional biscuit tin image” of the great poet.

Burn, a dance-theatre production, was announced on Tuesday amid preparations for the evening’s traditional Burns suppers celebrating the poet’s birthday. It will be staged as part of the 75th Edinburgh international festival (EIF) in August.

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