Written by Ellen Ritchie Directed by Becky Hope-Palmer Tickets from £12.00 ★★★★ Not only located in the Play, Pie, and a Pint spring collection, the suppressed anger of women has had a steady and strong presence through the past month’s shows – showing no signs of halting with Ellen Ritchie’s Hotdog, co-presented by the Traverse Theatre and Macrobert Art Centre. … Continue reading Review: Hotdog – A Play, Pie, and a Pint at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/UrQphDbxNG0 Written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Directed by Oisín Kearney ★★★★ The very notion of taking an absurdist humour and approach to sexual consent, work-place-harassment and believing those who come forward is not only an ill-advised pr nightmare; but frankly dangerous in the wrong hands. Good thing Lie Low is written with such disarmingly acute humour, and … Continue reading Lie Low – Traverse Theatre
https://videopress.com/v/8rHHo6RI?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true The face she looks upon is one she recognises. This is the face and body, of a man who raped her eleven months ago. Now, it’s her job to prepare the body for the family's final goodbye. This striking play is about one women’s choice to confront her trauma and her story, on her … Continue reading Have a Gander – When We Died
Books, Music & Lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe Directed by Andy Fickman ★★★★ Dear Diary; This evening, a glorification of suicide, loss, slut-shaming and high-notes were woven into a musical extravaganza – capitalising on the peak interest of nostalgia, and every second of it was mean-spirited, snappy, and sheer perfection. Heathers, the cinematic classic, … Continue reading Heathers The Musical – Edinburgh Playhouse
Writer: Mary Jane Wells Director: Susan Worsfold At the heart of this production, a prime example of raw, honest theatre, is the life story of Danna Davis. Adapted in a brutal, purposeful way, Heroine hasn’t been crafted by writer and performer Mary Jane Wells as a sob story, nor a hate piece – it’s a profound amalgam … Continue reading Heroine – Traverse Theatre
