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
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://youtu.be/QlrZUaiyl88 Written by Alan SpenceDirected by Liz Carruthers Review by Dominic Corr Sailmaker on Tour ★★★★ There is something quietly seismic about watching Sailmaker unfold in the intimate setting of The Studio Theatre, where Alan Spence’s text (with many autobiographical elements), revived by The Gaiety in association with Beacon Arts Centre, finds a renewed emotional … Continue reading Review: Sailmaker – The Studio Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/XTLRwxzwyCA Directed and Set Design by Yaron Lifschitz Choreographed by Yaron Lifschitz, Bridie Hooper & Circa Ensemble Composed by Gluck Libretto by Calzabigi The Edinburgh Playhouse ★★★★ Rising from the pits of Hades and defying both mortal realms and gravity—literal and emotional—Orpheus and Eurydice at the Edinburgh Playhouse is a breathtaking fusion of opera and … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2025 – Orpheus and Eurydice, The Edinburgh Playhouse
Written by James Graham Directed by Andrew Panton The Festival Theatre ★★★★ Make It Happen, debuting at the Edinburgh International Festival, is a searing, frequently exhilarating piece of ensemble drama that balances razor-edged satire with surreal intensity. Directed with flair and no shortage of ambition by Andrew Panton, it dares to grapple with avarice, self-mythologising, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2025 – Make It Happen, Festival Theatre
Written by Ann Marie Di Mambro Directed by Ken Alexander ★★★★ There’s something majestical to old Italian confectionary stores in Scotland, specifically Glasgow. Ribboned with faux-gold and clean white tiles - serving up ice cream, pokes o' chips, sweets and cigarettes, the bellows of the family matriarch behind the ribboned doorway suggest an intense familial … Continue reading Tally’s Blood – Perth Theatre
Written by Adam McNamara Directed by Joe Douglas & Jo Rush ★★★★ Police brutality. Corruption, and failure to hold those to account - it’s remarkably safe to say that the scrutiny surrounding the Police Force has done nothing but escalate in recent months – let alone years, and in truth it's difficult to argue against … Continue reading Stand By – Assembly Roxy
