Directed by Lynne Morris Review by Hunter King Churchill Theatre ★★★ As the Christmas season quickly approaches, Leitheatre welcomed the festive tidings this weekend with the classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. The show tells the story of George Bailey (Kevin Rowe) and his life from childhood until a situation that could become his death, his … Continue reading Review: It’s A Wonderful Life – The Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Adapted by Simon Stephens Based on the Novel by Mark Haddon Directed by Jac Wheble Review by Hunter King Assembly Roxy ★★★★ The Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group performed Mark Haddon’s modern classic The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time this week at Assembly Roxy in a way that felt authentic, meaningful, and emotional. … Continue reading Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-Time – The Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Written by Owen Sutcliffe Directed by Jack Nurse Review by Hunter King Traverse Theatre ★★★★ After a sold-out Fringe run, Wonder Fools’ Òran has returned to Edinburgh for a limited run at the Traverse Theatre. Immediately after trekking down the stairs to Traverse 2, the audience is transported to an eerie world with lo-fi-esque electronic … Continue reading Review: Òran – The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Written by Agatha Christie Adapted by Rachel Wagstaff Artistic Direction by Fiona Main Review by Hunter King Threepenny Theatricals ★★★ Threepenny Theatricals performed Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d this weekend at the Church Hill Theatre, marking their second production of the year, following their May production of Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime. After a guest is … Continue reading Review: The Mirror Crack’d – The Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. and Alain Boublil Directed by Jean-Pierre van der Spuy Review by Olivia Burns Glasgow - 2026 tickets ★★★★★ Boublil and Schönberg’s musical returns in ALL of its glory in a visual and audio spectacle. Mackintosh’s revival has nurtured a theatrical buffet of skill, talent, consideration and … Continue reading Review: Miss Saigon – The Edinburgh Playhouse
Written by Katy Nixon Directed by Brian Logan Review by Olivia Burns Traverse Theatre ★★★ A Play, A Pie, A Pint vet Katy Nixon returns with horrifying relevance and an uneasy Tuesday-afternoon-watch in Cheapo, directed by Brian Logan. School uniforms, chicken-shop meet-ups, crippling anxiety and big hoop earrings thrust into a paradigm of teenagerisms and adolescence … Continue reading Review: Play, Pie, and a Pint: Cheapo – Traverse Theatre
Written by Jack MacGregor Directed by Andrea Ling Review by Olivia Burns Traverse Theatre ★★★ The last two productions by A Play, A Pie, A Pint at the Traverse have brought us two diverse yet coalescing conversations on the representation of history; last week’s Wallace concerned itself with the impact of archival representation on modern … Continue reading Review: Play, Pie, and a Pint: Our Brother – Traverse Theatre
Written by Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh after Euripides Directed by Philip Howard Tickets from £16.00 ★★★★ Some stories are inescapable in their evolution; contemporary rewrites on myth and legend become more numerous in our attempts to revisit them with a renewed lens and offer voices to the once silenced. And when captured with deft intelligence, gallus tongues, … Continue reading Review: Medea on the Mic – A Play, a Pie, and a Pint at Òran Mór, Glasgow
Written by Éimi Quinn Directed by Maureen Carr Tickets from £16.00 ★★★★ There are few things more appropriately Scottish than baring down something like cancer or the prospect of an early death, than with little more than a smirk, pals, and plans for one last grand adventure. Taken from actor and writer Éimi Quinn’s experiences as a … Continue reading Review: The Funeral Club – A Play, a Pie, and a Pint at Òran Mór, Glasgow
Written by Raymond Wilson Directed by Fiona Mackinnon Tickets from £16.00 ★★★ Every rock star has a certain want: jewel-encrusted watches, historical artefacts, and less savoury substances. And then there’s Scotland’s own Lewis Capaldi. That loveable scamp, world-class songwriter and vocalist, and renowned for a cracking sense of humour, so what is it that Capaldi wants? Well, it would appear to … Continue reading Review: Lewis Capaldi Goes Tropical – Òran Mór, Glasgow
