Review: Dementia The Musical – The Studio, Edinburgh

https://youtu.be/ien1Z42hzBc Written by Ron Coleman Directed by Magdalena Schamberger Special Mention to James McKillop, Nancy McAdam and Agnes Houston Review by Gabriel Rogers ★★★★ Despite the recent cold weather, which has held Edinburgh in its icy grip, Ron Coleman’s Dementia the Musical manages to cut through the chill and bring much-needed warmth to the audience … Continue reading Review: Dementia The Musical – The Studio, Edinburgh

Review: A Play, A Pie, and a Pint – Armour: A Herstory of The Scottish Bard

https://youtu.be/M-r3vUI5MlY Written by Shonagh Murray Directed by Tom Cooper Review by Gabriel Rogers Tickets from £12.00 ★★★★ For this week’s edition of the A Play, A Pie and A Pint series, the Traverse Theatre’s loyal audience was treated to an early Burns night, of sorts. Armour: A Herstory Of The Scottish Bard, directed by Tom … Continue reading Review: A Play, A Pie, and a Pint – Armour: A Herstory of The Scottish Bard

Review: A Play, A Pie, and a Pint – The Wolves At The Door, Traverse Theatre

Written by Jack Hunter Directed by Amie Burns Walker Review by Gabriel Rogers Tickets from £12.00 ★★★★ In the wonderful Traverse Theatre, armed with a ‘tattie dog’ and a pint of coke, I awaited with anticipation the beginning of Jack Hunter’s The Wolves At The Door. Hunter’s fifty-minute play is a contemporary piece which focuses … Continue reading Review: A Play, A Pie, and a Pint – The Wolves At The Door, Traverse Theatre

Childminder – Traverse Theatre

Written by Iain McClure Directed by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir ★★★ The lingering wills of lost children circle the peripherals of Iain McClure’s Childminder as the repression of memory and the invisible shackles which bind us play havoc with respected child psychiatrist Professor Joseph Croan, who carries with them a terribly troubled past in this richly complex piece … Continue reading Childminder – Traverse Theatre