https://www.flickr.com/photos/204241173@N04/55159464511/in/dateposted-public/ Written by Onjali Q. Raúf Adapted by Nick Ahad Directed by Monique Touko Review by Dominic Corr The Festival Theatre ★★★★ 'Refugees are people who have fled their countries to escape conflict, violence, or persecution and have sought safety in another country.' - UNHCR 'People'. Some of us seem to have forgotten this. Few … Continue reading Review: The Boy at the Back of the Class – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
by George Bernard Shaw, Reimagined by Stewart Laing Review by Eloise Robertson Traverse Theatre ★★★★★ Stewart Laing’s reimagining of Saint Joan is potent. It brims with innovation through its narrative framing, experimental soundscapes, and the bold multimedia twist of its Epilogue. What’s more, it is carried out with absolute precision in the performances of the … Continue reading Review: Saint Joan – The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
https://www.flickr.com/photos/204241173@N04/55155449851/in/dateposted-public/ Created by Hazel Darwin-Clements Performed by Hazel Darwin-Clements, Fay Guiffo & Mamoru Iriguchi Directed by Andy Cannon Review by Dominic Corr Independent Arts Projects ★★★★ The thing with imagination; is all it needs is a single little spark. Or a laugh. Or a shoestring of a budget and an idea. Something which every element involved in the … Continue reading Review: Ideas Jukebox – The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Written by Neil LaBute Directed by James Haddrell Review by Marina Funcasta The King's Head Theatre ★★★★ While entering the King’s Head Theatre, I wonder whether I am alone in sensing an immediate paradox upon hearing the words ‘America’ and ‘beauty’ in the same sentence. I blame Sam Mendes’ 1999 film. But the more I … Continue reading Review: America The Beautiful: Chapter 1 – The King’s Head Theatre, London
Written by Dawn King Directed by Joanna Bowman Review by Laurie Kemmett The Tron Theatre ★★★ Sometime in the near future, a sparse room with a water cooler bubbling in a corner waits for its occupants. Twelve school-like green chairs sit empty, dwarfed by huge, blocky typography that won’t allow anyone to forget the purpose of … Continue reading Review: The Trials – The Tron Theatre, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/rcnYUO6plaM Book by David Grieg Directed by Max Webster Music and Lyrics by Abner and Amanda Ramierz Additional Lyrics by Jeremy Sams Review by Dominic Corr Tour Dates ★★★★ In what may be The Lyceum Theatre’s pinnacle production of their anniversary year; the long-awaited (and inevitable) stage-adaptation of David Nicholl’s adored novel, One Day, brings … Continue reading Review: One Day: The Musical – The Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Written and Performed by She Goat (Shamira Turner and Eugénie Pastor). Review by Marina Funcasta Soho Theatre ★★★ She Goat’s new production, Iron Fantasy, is a didactic mosaic of female strength. Shamira Turner and Eugenie Pastor carve out a world of 90s fantasy warriors and French personal trainers, displaying the several attempts they made in … Continue reading Review: Iron Fantasy – Soho Theatre, London
Written by Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie Directed by Jemima Levick Review by Dominic Corr Tour Dates ★★★★ History rarely arrives with such swagger, but SCOTS marches back around Scotland, briefly to The Dundee Rep, with a tartan‑tinted skid-mark in its breeks, and a renewed sense of theatrical purpose, delivering a renewed show which balances … Continue reading Review: SCOTS – The Dundee Rep
By Tash McPhillips and Jordan S Daniel Review by Hunter King ★★★★ Once upon a time there was a sex robot, an internet creep, and a group of swans doing cocaine in a club bathroom. This may not be what you expect from a fairytale, but this is exactly what Jordan S Daniel and Tash … Continue reading Review: Fairytales26- The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
By Kathy McKean, after Euripides Directed by Gordon Barr Review by Eloise Robertson Bard in the Botanics ★★★★ It is a rare treat to know instantaneously that you can trust a performance to carry you through its script and deliver you neatly to its conclusion. The moment Isabelle Joss opens as the Nurse, the audience … Continue reading Review: Medea – The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
