Written by Morna Young Directed by Finn den Hertog Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★ At the risk of conjuring a Prelim exam question: just what is it that secures Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s Sunset Song as one of the most important contemporary pieces of Scottish literature? But for any who have read the original piece or audiences leaving the Dundee Rep this evening, … Continue reading Review: Sunset Song, Dundee
Written by Rona Munro Directed by Orla O’Loughlin Tickets from £27.50 ★★★ While the bonfire of masculine history chars pages of Scotland’s heritage - it is the stories of women that can burn brightest. Someone just has to tell them first. Despite the balancing act of regal storytelling, hidden and repressed queer history, and a … Continue reading Review: James V: Katherine – The Studio, Edinburgh
Written by Jennie Gilbertson and Aline Gordon Directed by Jennie Gilbertson Scotland/1933/56mins ★★★★ A cash grab, at worst propaganda, nostalgia and the "good old times" frequently find themselves utilised for ill will in contemporary cinema. But the preservation of film, particularly silent-era pieces outside of Hollywood, has a more nuanced and vital place in cinematic lineage. … Continue reading Review: The Rugged Island: A Shetland Lyric, Hippodrome Silent Film Festival 2024
The Playwrights - Jim Brown, Carolyn Lincoln, John Lamb, Brian Lincoln, Hilary Spiers, Elaine Campbell, and Rhona McAdam Directed by Liz Hare Tickets £10 - email: jamesellison@blueyonder.co.uk. ★★★★ There’s less of a grim, grinning, ghoulish haunt to this evening’s event than it first appears as the residents of Leith, living and deceased, come together to pry … Continue reading Ghosts of North Leith – North Leith Parish Church
Written by Ann Marie Di Mambro Directed by Ken Alexander ★★★★ There’s something majestical to old Italian confectionary stores in Scotland, specifically Glasgow. Ribboned with faux-gold and clean white tiles - serving up ice cream, pokes o' chips, sweets and cigarettes, the bellows of the family matriarch behind the ribboned doorway suggest an intense familial … Continue reading Tally’s Blood – Perth Theatre
https://youtu.be/raqEXET3Yx8 Written and Directed by Izzy Gray ★★★★ Our fascination with the one thing we cannot control, death, leads to various stories twisting themselves into the gaps history leaves blank. It’s a powerful thing to craft a tale, to take autonomy over someone’s life and death – for millennia we can’t help but complete an … Continue reading Keepers of the Light – The Studio
Written by Martin Travers Artistic Direction by Pauline Lynch ★★★★ The hooting caws of houlets punctuate the Biggar evening, as their feader-filled sacks leave a maukit scent lingering in the air, as the moot presence of something otherworldly ensnares the audience. Then again, it may all just be in your heid. No surprises given the … Continue reading A Secret Wrapped in Lead -Loaningdale Arts
https://youtu.be/SDUj0904xYQ Written by Morna Young Concept by Alan B McLeod Directed by Luke Kernaghan Featuring the Songs of Runrig ★★★ What is 'home'? Is it where we feel safe, where we are from, or is it simply the land itself we inhabit? Perhaps, it’s all of these. Or maybe it's something more. The merger of … Continue reading The Stamping Ground – Festival Theatre
Written by Philip Differ Directed by Sally Reid ★★★★ There’s only one Barrie Hunter. From the Byre to the Lyceum, to Perth, and the Rep, Barrie Hunter’s presence has a renowned knack for lifting those around, for cutting to the heart of something with minimal effort and emanating a beloved charm. So, imagine the surprise as a … Continue reading Smile – Dundee Rep
Written and Composed by Tish Tindall Directed by Diane Aspinall and Tish Tindall ★★ Our national dish, the Haggis: you take, what many consider to be, the worst aspects of another dish, the off-cuts, and cram them together with dashes of flavour, spice, and panache. The result is unique, an acquired (but delicious) taste, and … Continue reading Burns – Edinburgh Playhouse
