https://youtu.be/iFs1sckiV4k Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald Adapted by Elizabeth Newman Directed by Sarah Brigham Review by Dominic Corr Pitlochry Festival Theatre ★★★ Obsession and illusion are reframed in a swirl of jazz, longing, and champagne-soaked dreams, as The Great Gatsby returned to the stage in a new adaptation by the Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s most recent Artistic … Continue reading Review: The Great Gatsby – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/ien1Z42hzBc Written by Ron Coleman Directed by Magdalena Schamberger Special Mention to James McKillop, Nancy McAdam and Agnes Houston Review by Gabriel Rogers ★★★★ Despite the recent cold weather, which has held Edinburgh in its icy grip, Ron Coleman’s Dementia the Musical manages to cut through the chill and bring much-needed warmth to the audience … Continue reading Review: Dementia The Musical – The Studio, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/M-r3vUI5MlY Written by Shonagh Murray Directed by Tom Cooper Review by Gabriel Rogers Tickets from £12.00 ★★★★ For this week’s edition of the A Play, A Pie and A Pint series, the Traverse Theatre’s loyal audience was treated to an early Burns night, of sorts. Armour: A Herstory Of The Scottish Bard, directed by Tom … Continue reading Review: A Play, A Pie, and a Pint – Armour: A Herstory of The Scottish Bard
Book, Music & Lyrics: Shonagh Murray Featuring works by Robert Burns Girls sent away from their Fathers, widows sitting in the shadows of their husbands and a mistress hiding her adoration, knowing to reveal her history would ruin her – there is little wonder women fashion themselves an armour. Rabbie Burns, epitome of lyrical writing, … Continue reading Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard
