Written by Henrik Ibsen, In a New Version by Kathy McKean Directed by Gordon Barr Tickets from £19.00 ★★★★ The female Hamlet (only better). That’s how some describe Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, the notoriously complicated woman of wit and word, always yearning, confined more so than they are free. The Norwegian tragedy, of a general’s daughter, confined … Continue reading Review: Hedda Gabler – Bard in the Botanics, Glasgow
Written by David Henry Wilson Directed by Jennifer Dick ★★★★ The unknown fate of characters has plagued and enriched the texts of countless authors and storytellers for centuries. The immense power in the unexplored catapults sometimes small, seemingly inconsequential players into a new world ripe for the picking: where does Long John Silver wash ashore? … Continue reading Lear’s Fool – Bard in the Botanics
Written by Oscar Wilde Directed by Gordon Barr Designed by Heather Grace Currie ★★★★★ Dig out the finest silverware, prep those cucumber sandwiches, and for God’s sake, stop eating the muffins – The Importance of Being Earnest is the star of the season, and everyone will be looking for its hand if they’ve got any sense of … Continue reading The Importance of Being Earnest – Bard in the Botanics
Adapted and Directed by Gordon Barr From William Shakespeare ★★★★ Questions of the purpose, necessity, and our perplexing obsession with the ‘God-given right to rule’ hangs on the lips of the nation once more, as in a time of austerity and wide-spread ruinous inequality - the cost of regalia and crown continues to weigh heavy … Continue reading Henry IV – Bard in the Botanics
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
Directed and Written by Gordon Barr Musical Direction by Stephen Roberts Dust off the tinsel, crack open the advocaat and expand those pipes – it’s Pantomime season. With a vast tradition within the community, The Byre Theatre may have changed a few hands, had a few facelifts and seen more people through its doors than … Continue reading Mother Goose – The Byre Theatre
