Lead Artist and Performed by Mamoru Iriguchi Co-Directed & Co-Designed by Fergus Dunnet Review by Dominic Corr Traverse Theatre (Manipulate Run) ★★★ A strikingly unique and compelling theatrical curiosity unfolds in Glasgow as Vanishing Point presents Size Matters, a production that stretches its central metaphor across an hour of inventive puppetry, shifting scale, and philosophical musing, landing … Continue reading Review: Size Matters – The Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/Ox0HZbJArfA Lead Artist - Ferbus Dunnet Co-Direction by Emily Reutlinger Review by Dominic Corr The Studio: Tickets ★★★ There’s a peculiar wonderment in watching a ten-foot grizzly bear brought to life, not by CGI or spectacle, but by the sweat, wit, and ingenuity of a creative and small ensemble. Tenterhooks’ Hercules the Bear takes the … Continue reading Review: Hercules The Bear – The Studio, Festival Theatre
Created and Performed Sarah Rose Graber and Ruxy Cantir Directed by Tim Licata ★★★★ The prospect of living on an island with your best pal might sound like a dream for some, a nightmare for others. But that’s precisely where Riri and Moku find themselves, confined to a barrel, sitting atop an island of rubbish. … Continue reading Two in a Barrel – National Museum of Scotland
Written and Directed by Ben Harrison Adapted from Erlend Loe's novel ★★★★★ Some people buy a muscle car to conceal their insecurities – others have an affair, though the less said there, the better. A mid-life crisis can result in a peculiar array of life choices, both self-destructive and improving. And then there’s the complete … Continue reading Doppler – Newhailes House and Gardens
Based on the stories by Pu Songling Adapter: Ewan Macdonald Written & Directed by Pauline Lockhart and Ben Harrison Our nightmares may be home to Kelpies, Redcaps and Banshees but for a different culture, who grew with the stories of Chinese writer Pu Songling, who five centuries ago wrote over five-hundred tales of demons, beasts … Continue reading Strange Tales
