Theatre review: The King’s Kilt - Glasgow

At the Oran Mor, Glasgow. Picture: ContributedAt the Oran Mor, Glasgow. Picture: Contributed
At the Oran Mor, Glasgow. Picture: Contributed
THE Oran Mor panto may not open until next week but there’s a definite mood of festive jollity about this playful little fantasy by leading Scottish playwright Rona Munro, in which an American academic called Walt Scott, visiting Edinburgh for the first time, finds himself slipping through a time-warp, and into a key moment in the life of his distant ancestor, Sir Walter Scott.

The King’s Kilt

Oran Mor, Glasgow

***

The King’s Kilt – which travels on to Aberdeen next week – is a play of three characters, each with a double existence in the present day, and in the