Cabaret preview: Kevin Williamson on an ”all-snarling, all-dancing” tribute to Burns

It’s that time of year when the supermarket shelves are groaning with haggis and writers are forever trying to find a new angle on Scotland’s national Bard. Given last year’s long overdue uprising of women against sex pests and patriarchy I dare say some bright sparks will set their sights on Rabbie this month given his well-documented enthusiasm for recreational sex. I’m not convinced that 18th century moralities or gender relations can be so easily transposed to our own time. Burns like all of us was flawed and, like all of us, was a product of his time.