https://youtu.be/iyWDB962pOw From the Work of Charles Dickens Adapted by Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie Directed by Andrew Panton Musical Direction by Isaac Savage Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★★ There was a time when we boxed it all away. Unsure if we would even ever open it again. We stored away plans and adventures as we waited for … Continue reading A Christmas Carol – Dundee Rep
Songs by Kyle Falconer Book by Laura Wilde and Johnny McKnight Directed by Andrew Panton and Tashi Gore ★★★★ Music touches us in a way few other expressive mediums do: yes, even theatre. We fall in love to music; it’s our first port of call when we break up or when we’re sad or need … Continue reading No Love Songs – Traverse Theatre
Written by Eve Ensler Directed by Irene Macdougall ★★★★ You likely came out of one. You might have zero experience with one, never seen one – even your own. Hell, you might even be quite partial to them. So, before going any further, let’s all take a moment and say the word together: “vagina”. That … Continue reading The Vagina Monologues – Dundee Rep
Written by Philip Differ Directed by Sally Reid ★★★★ There’s only one Barrie Hunter. From the Byre to the Lyceum, to Perth, and the Rep, Barrie Hunter’s presence has a renowned knack for lifting those around, for cutting to the heart of something with minimal effort and emanating a beloved charm. So, imagine the surprise as a … Continue reading Smile – Dundee Rep
https://youtu.be/dNdrPA6gqGU Written by Rona Munro Directed by Laurie Sansom ★★★★ Ambition. It can be a King’s folly, a Queen’s sentence, and the Rabble’s making. But it extends, not only in character, but with the playwright, and the decision to move beyond the initial triptych James plays is a bold one. Celebrated Scottish writer Rona Munro … Continue reading James IV – Festival Theatre
Written by Ben Lewis Directed by Lu Kemp ★★★★★ Living a relatively quiet middle-class lifestyle amidst the trinkets and collectables which faintly glitter with promise and memory, Don, an intelligent, eccentric gentleman of a growing age from Clackmannanshire, is peppered with the natterings and intrusions of his family and care-workers. They fret over him with … Continue reading Don Quixote: Man of Clackmannanshire – Dundee Rep
Written by Writer Tony Roper Directed by Becky Hope-Palmer Songs by Dave Anderson ★★★★ Hogmanay in the fifties. But we’re not in our glad rags partying it up in the high rises and tenements, no, Tony Roper’s firm Scottish classic The Steamie finds us throwing on a pinny and getting our hands into the basin … Continue reading The Steamie – Dundee Rep
Written by Lucy Kirkwood Directed by Andrew Panton ★★★★★ Unexpected, but far from unfamiliar – a visitor arrives at a small cottage by the shoreline, their intentions unknown, but their presence unnerves the residents of this off-grid slice of tranquillity in a world snared in turmoil. Once a distant fantasy, but now a crushing reality … Continue reading The Children – Dundee Rep
Book & Lyrics: Scott Gilmour Music: Claire McKenzie Director: Andrew Panton Being blunt, the concept of drawing on an eighty-year-old comic script – rife with slang, Dundonian heritage and is as quintessentially Scottish as Irn Bru chews and Haggis Pakora could leave a potential unpleasant taste in the mouth if done tacky. Capitalising on nostalgia … Continue reading Oor Wullie The Musical – King’s Theatre
