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
Written by Zoë Bullock Adapted from the work by Annouchka Gravel Galouchko Directed by Shilpa T-Hyland ★★★★ There’s something to be said about caring for our little nightmares before they ferment into larger ones - when their influence extends beyond just our own headspace. And that despite how they make us feel and the pain they … Continue reading Review: Shō and the Demons of the Deep – Platform, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/-zIh_3FdD9Q Written by Gary McNair Directed by Joe Douglas ★★★★★ How do you distil the entire being of a man, a legacy, into ninety minutes Well, sharing in the stories from the people who know him, have never met him, love him and idolise him, and yes, even detest the man - aye, that might … Continue reading Dear Billy: A Love Letter To The Big Yin – Traverse Theatre
