Book by Lawrence D. Cohen Lyrics by Dean Pitchford Music by Michael Gore Directed By Elise Siddiqui ★★★★ High school is hard enough. But for Carrie White, the titular character and horror icon of Stephen King’s 1974 novel, brought to life with Sissy Spacek’s exemplary performance in the 1976 film, things are a lot tougher. Her home life is a den of crucifixes … Continue reading Review: Carrie The Musical – Buchanan Lecture Theatre, St.Andrews
Directed by Joe Atkinson and Kylie Lam Produced by Iain Cunningham Review by Ben Connaughton ★★★★★ The University of St Andrews’ Musical Theatre Society, or MusT, took a creative detour from their programme of book musicals to perform a one-night, one-act concert which charted the history of musical theatre: A Chronicle in Concert. The unique … Continue reading A Chronicle in Concert – Laidlaw Music Centre, St. Andrews
Written and Directed by Gordon Barr Musical Direction by Andy Manning ★★★★ There’s a touching duality to this year's Byre Theatre production of Snow White, featuring a tag-line theme of re-writing our stories. Traditionally, pantos of old suffer the lop-sided representations of their fairy-tale foundations, swinging the opposite way to recover this ended in a … Continue reading Snow White – Byre Theatre
Based on the works of Robert Burns Associate direction by Emily Ingram ★★★★ You know, Scotland’s bard wasn’t all about mice and romance. Often, in the dead of night, Burn’s had a finer grasp of Scotland’s provocative ties with folklore and the land better than many scribes and storytellers. He was partial to a ghoulish … Continue reading Tam O’ Shanter, Tales & Whisky – theSpace @ Venue 45
Written by Peter Arnott Directed by Ken Alexander ★★★★★ History doesn’t fully recognise how many died during the tragic collapse of the Tay Rail Bridge in 1879. We can estimate. We can approximate. We can even invent the lives of the passengers and crew of the train which plunged into the icy River Tay – … Continue reading The Signalman – King’s Theatre
Written by Matthew Knights Directed by Emma Lynne Harley ★★★ Fife’s best-kept secret, and no it isn’t The Secret Bunker - from Lochgelly to Lords (House of), Jennie Lee was a working-class girl from Fife, best known for working her way through the Labour party into becoming the first Minister for the Arts, and eventual … Continue reading Jennie Lee: Tomorrow is a New Day – Rehearsed Reading
As of March 16th, the Scottish Government advises a policy to protect the capacity of our public services, advising that organisers should cancel or postpone all mass events of 500 people or more – indoors or outdoors. Below is an ongoing list of Scottish Theatre & events venues which have provided their stance on the … Continue reading Covid-19 – Theatre/Events responses & information
Written by Suzanne Loftus Photo Credit to Alan Peebles Downs With Love is a frank, open conversation about the way we look at the capabilities, emotions and safeguarding of those with Down’s Syndrome; specifically, in the contexts of relationships. Abi Brydon plays a young woman named Beth. Beth is vivacious, independent and has intense happiness for life most of … Continue reading Downs With Love – Assembly Roxy
Image Contribution:Mihaela Bodlovic Writer: Cora Bisset Director: Orla O’LoughlinR Can you smell the chippy? Visualise the iconic image of Patti Smith’s ‘looks could kill’ photo? What about the stale sweat of a grunge bands’ van? Well, after Scottish theatrical wonder Cora Bisset’s autobiographical gig What Girls Are Made Of you’ll have no issues doing so. The multi-layered … Continue reading What Girls are Made Of @ Traverse Theatre
