Written and Performed by Khawla Ibraheem Directed and Developed by Oliver Butler Review by Josie Rose Traverse Theatre: Tickets ★★★★★ There is perhaps nothing more destructive, heartbreaking, and ruinous than war. From the constant fear and anxiety experienced by its victims to the terrible external realities made starkly visible to all around, Khawla Ibraheem captures … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe – A Knock on the Roof
https://youtu.be/jW999P0EeGo Written by Maria MacDonell Performed with Leo MacNeill Review by Josie Rose The Scottish Storytelling Centre: Tickets ★★★★ Choosing one of the most loaded words as its title and central theme, ‘LIFE’ takes us on a journey. Yet, rather than being mere passive listeners to our protagonist Estelle’s gripping story, the audience can capture … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe – LIFE
Written by Morna Young, after Lewis Grassic Gibbon Co-conceived by Finn den Hertog and Morna Young Directed by Finn den Hertog, Music by Finn Anderson Review by Josie Rose Tickets from £10.00 ★★★★★ ‘Nothing endures but the land’. As audiences follow the seasons of Chris Guthrie’s life, change seems to be the only constant. In some … Continue reading Review: Sunset Song – Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Written by Morna Young Directed by Finn den Hertog Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★ At the risk of conjuring a Prelim exam question: just what is it that secures Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s Sunset Song as one of the most important contemporary pieces of Scottish literature? But for any who have read the original piece or audiences leaving the Dundee Rep this evening, … Continue reading Review: Sunset Song, Dundee
Written by Lesley Hart after Leo Tolstoy Directed by Polina Kalinina ★★★★ Romance, parental love, jealousy, self-destruction, freedom, horse-riding, guilty consciences, and a decadent mountain of desire: pick your poison. Condensing a thousand pages of Russian agricultural debates, gender politics, social class dynamics, and the grand ol’ judgements of love, relationship, and family is no … Continue reading Anna Karenina – The Royal Lyceum Theatre
Book by Finn Anderson & Tania Azevedo Music & Lyrics by Finn Anderson Directed by Tania Azevedo Musical Arrangements Created by Finn Anderson and A Mother’s Song Band. ★★★★ The distinctiveness and reverence of folk language are unlike any other, particularly in Scottish culture. Transcending time and location, many who leave homelands carry with them … Continue reading A Mother’s Song – Macroberts Art Centre
Written by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss Directed by Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage Last week we celebrated International Women's Day. A minor, though no less significant slice, of the appreciation, adoration and respect millions across the globe deserve. And yet, looking back into Her-Story, there's a pantheon of stories left behind in the shadows … Continue reading SIX – Festival Theatre
