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://www.flickr.com/photos/204241173@N04/55159464511/in/dateposted-public/ Written by Onjali Q. Raúf Adapted by Nick Ahad Directed by Monique Touko Review by Dominic Corr The Festival Theatre ★★★★ 'Refugees are people who have fled their countries to escape conflict, violence, or persecution and have sought safety in another country.' - UNHCR 'People'. Some of us seem to have forgotten this. Few … Continue reading Review: The Boy at the Back of the Class – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
by George Bernard Shaw, Reimagined by Stewart Laing Review by Eloise Robertson Traverse Theatre ★★★★★ Stewart Laing’s reimagining of Saint Joan is potent. It brims with innovation through its narrative framing, experimental soundscapes, and the bold multimedia twist of its Epilogue. What’s more, it is carried out with absolute precision in the performances of the … Continue reading Review: Saint Joan – The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
https://www.flickr.com/photos/204241173@N04/55155449851/in/dateposted-public/ Created by Hazel Darwin-Clements Performed by Hazel Darwin-Clements, Fay Guiffo & Mamoru Iriguchi Directed by Andy Cannon Review by Dominic Corr Independent Arts Projects ★★★★ The thing with imagination; is all it needs is a single little spark. Or a laugh. Or a shoestring of a budget and an idea. Something which every element involved in the … Continue reading Review: Ideas Jukebox – The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/rcnYUO6plaM Book by David Grieg Directed by Max Webster Music and Lyrics by Abner and Amanda Ramierz Additional Lyrics by Jeremy Sams Review by Dominic Corr Tour Dates ★★★★ In what may be The Lyceum Theatre’s pinnacle production of their anniversary year; the long-awaited (and inevitable) stage-adaptation of David Nicholl’s adored novel, One Day, brings … Continue reading Review: One Day: The Musical – The Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Written and Performed by She Goat (Shamira Turner and Eugénie Pastor). Review by Marina Funcasta Soho Theatre ★★★ She Goat’s new production, Iron Fantasy, is a didactic mosaic of female strength. Shamira Turner and Eugenie Pastor carve out a world of 90s fantasy warriors and French personal trainers, displaying the several attempts they made in … Continue reading Review: Iron Fantasy – Soho Theatre, London
Written by Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie Directed by Jemima Levick Review by Dominic Corr Tour Dates ★★★★ History rarely arrives with such swagger, but SCOTS marches back around Scotland, briefly to The Dundee Rep, with a tartan‑tinted skid-mark in its breeks, and a renewed sense of theatrical purpose, delivering a renewed show which balances … Continue reading Review: SCOTS – The Dundee Rep
By Kathy McKean, after Euripides Directed by Gordon Barr Review by Eloise Robertson Bard in the Botanics ★★★★ It is a rare treat to know instantaneously that you can trust a performance to carry you through its script and deliver you neatly to its conclusion. The moment Isabelle Joss opens as the Nurse, the audience … Continue reading Review: Medea – The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
An enormous hit with Critics and Audiences at the Festival Fringe 2025, Glasgow's acclaimed Company of Wolves' The Bacchae arrives charged with renewed electricity and theatricality. Euripides’ wild, intoxicating tragedy has been reimagined for a contemporary stage, inviting audiences into a world where ritual, rebellion and divine chaos collide. We sat down with Ewan Downie … Continue reading Have a Gander at Company of Wolves’ The Bacchae – A Chat with Ewan Downie
https://youtu.be/jsNv2XH1VXA Book by Dennis Kelly Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin Directed by Matthew Warchus Review by Dominic Corr The Playhouse ★★★★★ The city is over-run with revolting children; as a riot of colour and imagination bursts across the stage of The Playhouse Theatre as Matilda- The Musical arrives in Edinburgh with a flourish, a production so visually sumptuous and emotionally generous that it … Continue reading Review: Matilda – The Musical at The Edinburgh Playhouse
