The Flyting

Enlightenment Edinburgh.

Robert Burns and Walter Scott meet only once, at a salon in the Sciennes home of Adam Fergusson.

Or so history tells us.In the School of Scottish Studies archives, a Scottish Traveller recounts another version; a fantastical gathering of 'all the great writers', locked in poetic flyting – until tragedy strikes.Scots folksinger Kirsty Law weaves together documented fact, imagined rivalry and a childhood memory of hearing the tale in the very building where it happened.

A meditation on truth and fiction, and on the ordinary people who quietly carry on Scotland's living tradition.This event is part of the Carrying Stream Festival.