Review: Through the Shortbread Tin Explores Scottish Myth ★★★★ A poetic journey through Scotland’s stories and silences Martin O’Connor’s Through the Shortbread Tin is a poet/theatre maker’s highly personal attempt to make peace with the national myth – and his own. With a mix of wry humour and a generous lacing of rhythmic speech, he introduces Scotland’s legend as fronted by Landseer’s ‘Monarch of the Glen’, only to dismantle its cultural origins, before asking whether it really matters if the stories we tell ourselves are the gospel truth.

🏴 “Never underestimate the power of poets bearing myths.”
O’Connor’s Through the Shortbread Tin mixes lyrical monologue, Gaelic song and sly humour to explore Scotland’s self-image.

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Dè Tha Dol – April 2025 Edition - An Lanntair An Lanntair - bringing you the best in Arts, Events, Music and Entertainment in the Western Isles.

🎬✨ April at An Lanntair is packed with new cinema, workshops, a Tesla coil performance, and the amazing Through the Shortbread Tin theatre show! Don’t miss out—grab your Dè tha Dol or check it out online! 🙌

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Front Row - Peter Capaldi's new album, the great Ossian myth, Brian Friel's short stories - BBC Sounds Peter Capaldi's new music, an epic literary hoax, and Brian Friel's short stories.

Great to see that we made it onto Front Row on Radio 4 with Kirsty Wark! #throughtheshortbreadtin
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