In Roxana Silbert's revival of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Winnie, played by Siobhan Redmond, embodies resilience amidst existential decay. The production transforms bleak themes into an intimate exploration of survival. Redmond's masterful performance shines in a captivating setting, reaffirming the enduring spirit of humanity.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s reimagining of Lear, directed by Finn Den Hertog and featuring Maureen Beattie, offers a bold exploration of power and familial disintegration. The production captivates with its emotional depth, striking design, and strong performances, portraying a profound tragedy that resonates both politically and personally. A significant triumph for the theatre.
Co-curated and Directed by Cora Bissett and Hannah Lavery Review by Dominic Corr ★★★★ An international beacon; Scotland’s writing, talent, music, and movement is a world-leader. So too is its sense of justice and inclusive nature. But even so; the swell of the Right is nothing which can be ignored. The National Theatre of Scotland’s … Continue reading Review: The National Theatre of Scotland: May Day – Central Hall, Edinburgh
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
https://youtu.be/Q3SEXLIUlrE Music and Lyrics by Roddy Hart and Tommy Reilly Directed by Cora Bissett Adapted by Douglas Maxwell ★★★★ A city without another of similar ilk, Glasgow sees layers of history, strife and raucous wonderment collide in a myriad of uninhibited pitches – almost a living, breathing paradox of a city. Nowhere more evident than in Peter Mullan’s … Continue reading Orphans – King’s Theatre
Written by Stewart Melton Directed By Caitlin Skinner ★★★ A woman living in the past, another desperate to break away from her present and a young man unsure of his future; Stewart Melton and Caitlin Skinner’s Distance Remaining follows the journeys of these three people as their tribulations and experiences test them in their endeavours to secure … Continue reading Distance Remaining – Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival
https://youtu.be/imsXlSV-Ytg Written & Directed by Adura Onashile ★★★★ Surrounding the Merchant City, a construct name for an area of Glasgow, once Scotland’s centre of economics and culture, are the skeletons of its cruel and absent-minded past. A city constructed on the foundations of slavery, these frames are not the bones of the nameless men, women and … Continue reading Ghosts – National Theatre Scotland
