Created by Sally Cookson, Adam Peck, and the Original Company Directed by Jemima Levick Review by Dominic Corr The Lyceum ★★★★★ Cinderella is the fairytale that refuses to fade: morality and wonderment stitched alongside rags-to-riches promise, and a heart tuned to the season. Done right, it carries an engrossing sense of humour and a growling hint … Continue reading Review: Cinderella: A Fairytale – The Lyceum, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/iFs1sckiV4k Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald Adapted by Elizabeth Newman Directed by Sarah Brigham Review by Dominic Corr Pitlochry Festival Theatre ★★★ Obsession and illusion are reframed in a swirl of jazz, longing, and champagne-soaked dreams, as The Great Gatsby returned to the stage in a new adaptation by the Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s most recent Artistic … Continue reading Review: The Great Gatsby – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/jjSF1oEblN4 Written by Philip Ridley Directed by Johnny McKnight Tickets from £15.50 ★★★★★ Just how far would you go to get onto the property ladder? Especially in today’s climate, when homeownership prospects are becoming an even more distant hope. Would you move to a new town, perhaps enter a blind bid and hope for the … Continue reading Review: Radiant Vermin – The Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Co-created and Performed by Lucy Ireland and Jim Manganello ★★★★ The sombreness of the affair strikes the moment you walk into the Assembly Roxy, a venue already basking in a more gothic and even macabre glow with its architecture. From the memorial-styled programme, the crushed velvet curtain, to the lilies standing to attention on either … Continue reading Totentanz – Assembly Roxy
https://youtu.be/mkmLrAlCyss Written and Directed by Joan Clevillé Choreography Joan Clevillé in Collaboration with the Dancers ★★★★ The measure of treasure is often different for those who seek it. It could easily be gold and silver, but for many, a reunion with a loved one or an inspiration is worth more than a horde of gems and trinkets. Jessie … Continue reading Pirates! – Dundee Rep Theatre
Co-Created and Performed by Lucy Ireland and Jim Manganello Creative Production by Helen McIntosh ★★★ Just what is Vertigo anyhow? The film critic side wants to push for its tertiary genre as a psychological thriller, a romantic drama, and of course a tragedy. But when transitioning to the stage, MANIPULATE 2023’s second Hitchcock-inspired piece, Glasgow-based Shotput Theatre’s Ferguson … Continue reading Ferguson and Barton – The Studio
