Created and Performed by Sarah Hopfinger Music and Sound Design by Alicia Jane Turner ★★★★ What do you do when you can’t trust the very body that houses you? When you lose faith in the form we present and the biological machine which gets us from A to B, how do you reclaim that autonomy … Continue reading Review: Pain & I – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Written by Ellen Ritchie Directed by Becky Hope-Palmer Tickets from £12.00 ★★★★ Not only located in the Play, Pie, and a Pint spring collection, the suppressed anger of women has had a steady and strong presence through the past month’s shows – showing no signs of halting with Ellen Ritchie’s Hotdog, co-presented by the Traverse Theatre and Macrobert Art Centre. … Continue reading Review: Hotdog – A Play, Pie, and a Pint at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/622u4-gUs4c Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt after Susan Hill's Book Directed By Robin Herford Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★ What’s a theatre without a ghost, eh? Over thirty years of chilling delights, The Woman in Black roams a suitably fitting Theatre Royal, Glasgow, to continue its descent into realms of fear and dread. A right of passage for theatregoers, often those … Continue reading Review: The Woman in Black – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Book by Lawrence D. Cohen Lyrics by Dean Pitchford Music by Michael Gore Directed By Elise Siddiqui ★★★★ High school is hard enough. But for Carrie White, the titular character and horror icon of Stephen King’s 1974 novel, brought to life with Sissy Spacek’s exemplary performance in the 1976 film, things are a lot tougher. Her home life is a den of crucifixes … Continue reading Review: Carrie The Musical – Buchanan Lecture Theatre, St.Andrews
Written & Performed by Alan Bissett Directed By Sacha Kyle Tour Dates Available Here ★★★★ We all know a Moira: if you don’t - well - you're the town ‘Moira’. Our condolences, but the Moira of writer and performer Alan Bissett’s now trilogy of monologues is everything to aspire to be: Falkirk’s hardest woman. Frequently defending the meek (her wee … Continue reading Review: The Moira Trilogy – Webster’s Theatre, Glasgow
Directed by Abigail Halperin Musical Direction by Eric Rogers Tickets from £10.00 ★★★★ Fancy a trip to Arendelle? Or maybe the sun-drenched coastlines of Ancient Greece? What about the dark depths of the Woods? Maybe - just maybe - audiences are looking to join in on that long journey down the tracks to Hades… But … Continue reading Review: All Who Wander – Magnusson Centre, Edinburgh
Written by Rob Drummond Directed by Robert Softley Gale Review by Josie Rose Tickets from £15.00 (Con. Available) ★★★★ When will Britain be truly accessible for all? Monday 13 July, 2037 apparently. At least, it is in the eyes of Ralph, proudly contributing to the make-up of the new system. ‘We listened’ he repeats, as … Continue reading Review: Don’t. Make. Tea – The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Written by Taylor Dyson & Calum Kelly Directed by Beth Morton Tickets from £12.00 ★★★★ If you were to think of that one pal you haven’t spoken to in a while (but really should of), it doesn’t take long for a name to crop up - does it? The next ‘serving’ from the Play, Pie, and … Continue reading Review: Pushin’ Thirty – A Play, Pie, and a Pint at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Written and Directed by Morag Fullarton Tickets from £17.50 (Con available) ★★★★ With discussions surrounding the waning patience of audiences and their commitment to a night at the theatre often dependant on finance, something like Perth Theatre’s Casablanca, The Gin Joint Cut can suffice every itch audiences may have. Doing so with aplomb and heartfelt performances as this … Continue reading Review: Casablanca, The Gin Joint Cut – Perth Theatre
Directed by Abigail Harper Musical Direction by Joe Atkinson and Kieron Moore Music by Frank Wildhorn Book by Leslie Bricusse Lyrics by Frank Wildhorn, Leslie Bricusse and Steve Cuden Review by Andrew Joseph ★★★★★ The University of St Andrews’ Musical Theatre Society took on the epic Gothic musical Jekyll and Hyde, telling the haunting story of … Continue reading Review: Jekyll and Hyde – The Byre Theatre, St. Andrews
