Written and Directed by Morag Fullarton Tickets from £17.50 (Con available) ★★★★ With discussions surrounding the waning patience of audiences and their commitment to a night at the theatre often dependant on finance, something like Perth Theatre’s Casablanca, The Gin Joint Cut can suffice every itch audiences may have. Doing so with aplomb and heartfelt performances as this … Continue reading Review: Casablanca, The Gin Joint Cut – Perth Theatre
Written By Peter Arnott Directed by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir ★★★★ In the betwixt and between, conjured before an audience, A woman and a man (Crocodile Fever’s Meghan Tyler, and Simon Donaldson) sit on the Traverse 2 stage, encircled by a harmless but clearly definitive barrier. No locale is offered, no sense of time is clear. We … Continue reading Variant – A Play, A Pie, And a Pint
Directed, Composed and Written by Andy McGregor ★★★ Parenthood’s a bit like a dance. Just as you think you’ve got all the steps down - you end up on your arse. And no matter how hard you try not to compare, it looks like everyone else is just getting the beats faster than you, better … Continue reading A New Life – Traverse Theatre
Directed, Composed, and Written by Andy McGregor ★★★ In Millport, there’s a rock shaped like a Crocodile. Spoilers, that’s where Andy McGregor gets the title for their comedic and heartfelt musical from. And this rock, projected onto Kenny Miller’s set dressing, hides Stephen Arden, star of this musical extravaganza, as he waits to share his … Continue reading Crocodile Rock – Traverse Theatre
Written by John Byrne Directed by Andy Arnold ★★★ Love, life, death, and a poke of chips; it’s the 60s in Scotland, West Coast Johnstone and Paisley, where the weather is temperamental, and the unshackled restrictions and attitudes of the Swinging Sixties hadn’t quite made it north of the border. But there was one thing … Continue reading Underwood Lane – Johnstone Town Hall
Written by Ashley Smith Directed by Beth Morton ★★★ Thrown open to the elements, the roots of Scottish Theatre are returning to the open plains of storytelling’s birth among the trees, fields and riverbanks. With the wildernesses of Mull and New Zealand as their backdrop, Mull Theatre and Scottish-based company Sonder Circus have produced a … Continue reading Cailleach – Mull Theatre & Sonder Circus
