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

I, Daniel Blake – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

Adapted by Dave Johns, from Ken Loachs' Film Directed by Mark Calvert Tickets: £20.00 (Con. available) ★★★★ £350 million a week for the NHS. There were no parties in Downing St. It's no worse than the flu. Forty new hospitals. No red tape: an oven-ready deal. Fifty rebuilt schools. These things are fictional. I, Daniel … Continue reading I, Daniel Blake – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh