Tam O'Shanter at Perth Theatre was superb. Created and directed by Gerry Mulgrew, with a great cast including the particularly fabulous Gerda Stevenson who told me afterwards she had missed a week from rehearsals adapting Sunset Song for Radio 4 (we should all listen out for that methinks). The use of Scots is clever and mixes authentic Burns songs I'd never heard before with Gerry's own fast and furious "modern" Scots commentary. 
It's the kind of play that makes you want to go back and listen really, really carefully – and ban everyone from coughing in the audience or mumbling on stage. We had a wee chat afterwards about the delivery and acoustics – some felt the slight barrier to understanding wasn't the speed but the confidence of the actor delivering the lines. Anyway, if you can't see how Tam O'Shanter can last more than 15 minutes go along and be amazed. And if like me you get confused by everything in Perth being called "Horsecross" these days, its at the old Perth Theatre not the new een.
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