Written by Walt McGough Directed by Hannah Bradley Coall Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★ Possession and manipulated identities, as a storytelling tool, are nothing new: spiritual or from beyond the stars. And though the science fiction element of this trope is seldom utilised on the stage, Walt McGough’s Chalk, currently being staged for its UK debut by … Continue reading Chalk – Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Written by David Haig Directed by Hannah Bradley Croall ★★★★ 72 hours to change the course of history. And a name which means nothing to many, but everything to all of us in respects, is Dalkeith-born meteorologist Dr James Stagg is tasked with an impossible burden of weight. The Allied invasion of France is a … Continue reading Pressure – Hill Street Theatre
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray Adapted by Declan Donnellan Directed by Hilary Spiers ★★★ Vanity Fair sits among the dusted tomes as a monumentally respected collection of volumes, collated, collected, and often adapted – most famously by Declan Donnellan's 1983 premiere production in Edinburgh with Nick Ormerod. Though for many it’s placed there as a ‘good … Continue reading Vanity Fair – Churchill Theatre
