Soldier is one-man troupe for Burns show

Published on Tuesday 8 July 2008 10:23

A SCOTS army sergeant is set to launch a one-man show celebrating the work of Robert Burns.

Cameron Goodall, who has served in Kosovo and Iraq, has created the two-hour show to attract a new audience to the work of Scotland's Bard.

The show will see him recite well-known Burns poems such as the Twa Dogs, Tam O'Shanter and The Cotter's Saturday Night, with the aid of quick-change costume, puppetry, props and big-screen projections.

He will also perform some of the most famous Burns songs and give a history of the Bard's life.

Mr Goodall, 39, of Midlothian, who is also a published composer and arranger, said: "I've loved Burns' work since I was very young. My dad was a keen reciter of his poems but, even as a child, I wanted to be better. I addressed my first haggis at eight and, since then, I've never been to a Burns Supper that I didn't perform at."

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