An enormous hit with Critics and Audiences at the Festival Fringe 2025, Glasgow's acclaimed Company of Wolves' The Bacchae arrives charged with renewed electricity and theatricality. Euripides’ wild, intoxicating tragedy has been reimagined for a contemporary stage, inviting audiences into a world where ritual, rebellion and divine chaos collide. We sat down with Ewan Downie … Continue reading Have a Gander at Company of Wolves’ The Bacchae – A Chat with Ewan Downie
Written by Stephen Christopher & Graeme Smith Directed by Jake Sleet Review by Laurie Kemmett Òran Mór ★★★★ Sean and Davie are best pals - and cellmates. They’ve shared everything in life, from childhood games, to a love of Hollywood blockbusters, to addiction problems. When Davie passes away on the day of his release from … Continue reading Review: Play, Pie, and a Pint: The Legend of Davie McKenzie – Òran Mór, Glasgow
Written by Samuel Beckett Directed by Dominic Hill Review by Dominic Corr The Citizens Theatre ★★★★★ A profound stillness settles over The Citizens Theatre as Waiting for Godot returns in a staging that feels both monumental and startlingly intimate, a triumph that reaffirms the play’s place as one of the most quietly devastating works of … Continue reading Review: Waiting for Godot – The Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
Written by Milly Sweeney Directed by Sally Reid Review by Libbi Hutton Òran Mór ★★★★★ Nostalgic, heart-warming and dynamic, writer Milly Sweeney’s sold out run of original two-man play ‘Someone’s Knocking at The Door’ is a perfectly paced, comedic insight into interpersonal relationships. The play’s genius lies in its character development and the subsequent illumination … Continue reading Review: Play, Pie, and a Pint: Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door – Òran Mór, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/bavdTCmRvWM Written by Hana Pascal Keegan, Gabriella Sloss and Robert Softley Gale Directed by Robert Softley Gale Review by Libbi Hutton BOP Theatre ★★★★ Unapologetic and provocative, Birds of Paradise’s “(We Indulge in) a bit of roll play” radically addresses disability and sex in a world “built to keep us apart”. With simulated sex scenes … Continue reading Review: (We Indulge in) a bit of roll play – The Tramway, Glasgow
A powerful, intimate touring production of David Greig’s acclaimed play, exploring a priest's search for answers after a mass shooting; The Events features a local community choir - a piece that investigates themes of resilience, empathy, and forgiveness. Originally staged for audiences at the wonderful Cumbernauld Theatre in October 2024, Wonder Fools tours The Events … Continue reading Have a Gander at Wonder Fool’s The Events – A Chat with Robbie Gordon
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
Directed and Choreographed by Matthew Bourne Orchestrated by Terry Davies Review by Dominic Corr The King's Theatre ★★★★ For a tale draped in crimson and ruby, the overwhelming shade of The Red Shoes tale has always been that of a symbolic sharpness of emerald: a green with envy that cuts through any of the gorgeous … Continue reading Review: The Red Shoes – The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt after Susan Hill’s Book Directed By Robin Herford Review by Dominic Corr The Theatre Royal ★★★★ There’s something deliciously perverse about watching a ghost story unfold in a grand Victorian auditorium, especially one as storied as the Theatre Royal Glasgow. In an age where horror is often filtered through screens, algorithms, … Continue reading Review: The Women in Black – The Theatre Royal, Glasgow
written by Callum Latham, David Hewitson and Steven Brackenridge Review by Libbi Hutton Theatre 118 ★★★★ Jack and the Privately Owned Beanstalk by Theatre 118 is everything a panto should be: wildly entertaining, fast-paced, ridiculous, outrageous, and most crucially ‘theatre for the people’. Advertised as ‘a pantomime for the rest of us’, this rendition of … Continue reading Review: Jack and the Privately Owned Beanstalk- Theatre 118, Glasgow
