Review by Dominic Corr Three60 ★★★★ Bodies enter the space already marked by memory. Before a single lift or suspension takes hold, World’s Evolution establishes its central question through movement alone: not how far we’ve travelled, but what we’ve carried with us along the way. Three60’s ambitious, richly layered production unfolds as a physical meditation … Continue reading Review: Three60: World’s Evolution – The Studio Theatre, Edinburgh
Book by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner Directed by Taylor Doig Musical Direction by Roisin Caulfield Review by Dominic Corr Broughton High School ★★★★ Raise your voice, grab a cheese-steak, say a few hail-mary’s and get ready to be possessed by a spirit which screams louder than anything else: Soul. And there’s a particular sparkle … Continue reading Review: Forth Children’s Theatre: Sister Act – Broughton High School, Edinburgh
Book by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie Music by Tom Snow Directed by Clare Wotton Review by Laurie Kimmett ★★★★ There is something delightfully rebellious about watching a theatre full of Edinburgh audiences attempt not to dance in their seats, and Footloose at Church Hill Theatre makes that restraint feel like an Olympic sport. Edinburgh … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Music Theatre’s Footloose – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Review by Dominic Corr ★★★★ There’s something remarkably special occurring – while at the same time, something horrific. In the wake of the rolling back of rights, the threat of not just re0emerging barriers, but new ones for Queer communities – art often flourishes as one of the view autonomous spaces left. Some shows arrive … Continue reading Review: Bedrock – Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Produced by The Perplex Team ★★★★ The magnificent people of Iceland have gifted the world breathtaking landscapes, all-female political parties, openly gay presidents, the incest-avoidance app, Skyr, incredible writers, Ah yes, and Björk. Now, direct from the nation’s National Theatre where Perplex Theatre Company still perform the production following its enormous success at Iceland’s Reykjavík … Continue reading Good Morning, Faggi – Summerhall: Red Lecture Theatre
Written and Performed by Daniel Orejon Directed by Flavia D'Avila ★★★★ The greatest stage and movie monsters of old were never really the fearsome beasts our protagonists contorted and twisted themselves into: but the worlds surrounding them. In their solo show, The Rotting Hart, writer and performer Daniel Orejon forges a performance saturated in storms and … Continue reading The Rotting Hart – George Mackay Brown: The Scottish Storytelling Centre
Written by Joe Hunter Directed by Rachel Fraser ★★★ Moot Point Collective, a queer-led creative company bring Joe Hunter’s new writing piece, Kneecaps, to the Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh. A surreal, and a darkly comic piece which seeds questions surrounding queer identity in a hostile world around the survival mechanics of a life-threatening epidemic. Isolated … Continue reading Kneecaps – Assemby Roxy
Written by Mamoru Iriguchi Dramaturg by Lou Brodie ★★★★ Even going to school in the early 2000s, sex education left a lot to be desired. It divided us between those who identified as boys and as girls and left us with barely any more information than we had when we went in. On reflection, something … Continue reading Sex Education Xplorers (S.E.X) – Summerhall
Book and Lyrics: Robyn Grant & Daniel Foxx Director: Siobhan Cannon-Brownlie There have been wicked witches, mistresses of evil, and fashionistas with a fetish for puppy fur. There is, however, only one Ursula. Plus-size, fabulous, proud and sick of your shit – this sea witch is going to give us the down and dirty. This … Continue reading Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Urusla the Sea Witch
Image Contribution:Shift Theatre Created by Drew Taylor-Wilson Theatre isn’t as diverse and accommodating as it ought it be – it has just as many issues with representation as film or TV. One company looking to change that is Shift Theatre Company with their launch of Scotland’s first LGBTQI+ Playwrights' festival, Pride Plays, featuring Drew Taylor-Wilson’s black comedy Captivity. Captivity plays … Continue reading The Pride Plays: Captivity @ Traverse Theare
