https://youtu.be/TfJhAowLXyE Text by Josephine Eusebius Directed by Matthew Lenton Review by Dominic Corr The Tron Theatre ★★★★ Life and Death play chess at The Tron Theatre, as Vanishing Point and Teater Katapult come together with a commanding piece of slow-burn, spoke word rich production What I’m Here For. Announcing itself, quite often, with a devastating … Continue reading Review: What I’m Here For – Tron Theatre, Glasgow
There’s turning seventy‑five with a polite slice of Victoria sponge… and then there’s turning seventy‑five the Pitlochry Festival Theatre way: by calling in a trio of Scotland’s most recognisable exports and handing them the mic. Growing old tastefully no longer fits the theatre's dynamic: it's here to stir up momentum and energy. If there was ever any … Continue reading Have a Gander at Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s 75th Anniversary Appeal
Review by Dominic Corr ★★★★ There’s something remarkably special occurring – while at the same time, something horrific. In the wake of the rolling back of rights, the threat of not just re0emerging barriers, but new ones for Queer communities – art often flourishes as one of the view autonomous spaces left. Some shows arrive … Continue reading Review: Bedrock – Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
There’s a particular sound that echoes across Edinburgh every year. It’s not the seagulls, nor the clatter of scaffolding as yet another venue sprouts from a car park. It’s the collective gasp of Fringe‑goers realising the programme has ballooned again — this time by 1,730 new shows, bringing the total to 2,083; so far. And … Continue reading Have A Gander at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 – 1,730 New Shows Confirmed as Edinburgh Braces for Impact
Performed and Written by Alys Williams Directed by Andrea Heaton Review by Dominic Corr The Traverse Theatre ★★★★ Hope is a fragile thing, but The Light House at The Traverse Theatre treats it with the kind of care usually reserved for rare glassware, holding it up to the light, turning it gently and letting its cracks become part of the beauty. … Continue reading Review: The Light House- The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Directed by Sophie Davis Review by Dominic Corr ★★★★ There are certain groups you can always count on to deliver excellence. Edinburgh University Footlights is one of those rare few. There’s something uniquely thrilling about watching this group of performers assemble onstage with nothing but the barest scaffolding of a narrative and the promise of … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh University Footlights Present Talk It Out- The Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
Just when you thought the news from Pitlochry Festival Theatre was about to halt; here they go rolling out another big hitter for Alan Cumming’s inaugural season — and this time it’s Beckett. The Theatre has announced that Siobhán Redmond (currently starring alongside Cumming, Forbes Masson in The National Theatre of Scotland’s The High Life … Continue reading Have a Gander at Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days – Siobhán Redmond Digs Into Beckett’s Bleak Brilliance at Pitlochry
Pitlochry Festival Theatre is limbering up the ankles and clearing the floor, because this October the town’s in for a stoater. The UK première of CEILIDH, a new musical steeped in Scotland’s favourite communal chaos ritual, will take over Pitlochry Town Hall from 7–17 October — and it’s arriving with some serious creative heft behind … Continue reading Have a Gander at CELIDH – Pitlochry’s Set for a Right Good Knees-Up
https://www.flickr.com/photos/204241173@N04/55175773286/in/dateposted-public/ Written by Eilidh Smith Songs by Rona Johnston Review by Dominic Corr ★★★★ Bathed in fury; burning with feminine rage and lyricism; there’s an undeniable thrill in watching a piece of theatre lean into its own fury with such gleeful theatricality, and with newly debuted Witches Corner at The Scottish Storytelling Centre, it does so … Continue reading Review: Witches Corner – The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
https://www.flickr.com/photos/204241173@N04/55171368420/in/dateposted-public/ Words and Lyrics by Belle Jones Composition by AJ Robertson & John Kielty Directed by Stasi Schaeffer Review by Dominic Corr The Pavilion Theatre ★★★★ Once upon a time, the hunt for the ‘next big thing’ in the Scottish musical repertoire was hotly contested. There were champions, some of them brilliant, but sparse. Now, … Continue reading Review: Flora – A New Musical at The Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow
