Written by Imogen Stirling Directed by Eve Nicol Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★ As Imogen Stirling’s Starving puts it, many names exist as poorly edited Wikipedia entries: one of them is the campaigner for Scottish Independence, activist and artist Wendy Wood, who undertook (at just shy of 80) a hunger strike in the cause of Scottish Home Rule. As … Continue reading Review: Starving – A Play, Pie, and a Pint at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Hosted by Dance Base Artistic Director Tony Mills Featuring Work from Wayne Chang, Jennifer Cullen, Julia Lau, Joshua Effi and Ursula Manandhar Additional Information May Be Located Here There are two areas of Scotland’s cultural majesty which often find themselves with a (perceived) barrier of accessibility for new or unfamiliar audiences - Spoken Word and Dance. And where tremendous groups like Loud Poets or celebrations of … Continue reading Have a Gander: Live & Direct Hip Hop Showcase – Dance Base, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/UnTAHS1zznA Devised by Jo Mango and Liam Hurley Directed by Liam Hurley Co-musical Direction by Jo Mango & Louis Abbott A sense of freedom breaths life through the cluttered, though comforting, Traverse stage tonight: a life-giving sense of release and opportunity that few of us can say we’ve felt. The closest most of us come … Continue reading Review: A Giant On The Bridge – Traverse Theatre
Directed and Produced Flavia D’Avila Written by Marta Massé ★★★★ What does it mean to be a woman? A question which seems to enrage or bemuse the average MP, the question of what makes us who we are, what makes us human, is a profoundly personal one – for as much as we like to … Continue reading Review: La Niña Barro – Assembly Roxy
Created & Co-Artistic Production by Wren Brian Dramaturg & Co-Artistic Production by Patti Flather Available Here ★★★ You’re just doing your job, right? How far would you go to maintain peace in a world of chaos. And just how true is pleading ignorance in defence of horrific acts, spoken without prior knowledge and just following … Continue reading Review: The Investigator
Written by Martin Travers Directed by Kate Black and Annmarie Strain ★★★★ Progress is inevitable. So, it's argued. But is the push for clinical conformity and pounds in the pockets of developers worth the annihilation of opportunity and community? Worth the displacement of the only areas which remain open for those marginalised who require local … Continue reading Review: The Heckelburnie Hecklers – Brian Cox Theatre, The Boardwalk, Glasgow
Lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver Directed by Freya Game Tickets from £6.00 ★★★ If an image, a single photograph, can conjure up a thousand words – then a song shouldn’t be too much trouble. But what about sixteen songs? Finding strength in a non-linear format is challenging but not impossible. Where most musical theatre follows … Continue reading Review: 35mm: A Musical Exhibition – Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh
Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields Directed by Adam Meggido Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★ After ten years with multiple tours and a schtick which, when seen once, reveals the biggest gags of the show, one would expect that the gig becomes a touch stale for repeat viewers. But staggeringly, Mischief Comedy’s second eldest child, Peter Pan … Continue reading Review: Peter Pan Goes Wrong – Edinburgh Playhouse
Written by Liam Moffat Directed by Gareth Nicholls Tickets from £12.00 ★★★ For anyone who has spent any portion of their day wading through discarded chew toys, endless strands of hair, or endured walks in the chucking rain and cleared up enough cat vomit than you thought a creature that size could produce - they’ll … Continue reading Review: Jack – A Play, Pie, and a Pint at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/d4IQuwxRLm0 Written by Caryl Churchill Directed by Joanna Bowman Review by Anna Burnside Tickets from £15.50 ★★★★ On a minimal set, a row of mottled legs end in well-used feet in comfortable sandals. Three women of bus pass-carrying age in mismatched chairs are drinking tea and discussing the things that absorb neighbours - the state of the … Continue reading Review: Escaped Alone – The Tron Theatre, Glasgow
