Written and Directed by Gordon Barr Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £14.00 ★★★★ A decade of decadence, dance, fairytales and farts. That’s what it’s all about, right, kids? For the past ten years, the Byre Theatre has worked with writer and director Gordon Barr and the folk of Bard in the Botanics to maintain … Continue reading Review: Beauty and the Beast – The Byre Theatre, St. Andrews
Book by Lawrence D. Cohen Lyrics by Dean Pitchford Music by Michael Gore Directed By Elise Siddiqui ★★★★ High school is hard enough. But for Carrie White, the titular character and horror icon of Stephen King’s 1974 novel, brought to life with Sissy Spacek’s exemplary performance in the 1976 film, things are a lot tougher. Her home life is a den of crucifixes … Continue reading Review: Carrie The Musical – Buchanan Lecture Theatre, St.Andrews
Written and Directed by Andy McGregor Lyrics by Andy McGregor and Isla Cowan Review by Ben Connaughton ★★★★★ Music is at the heart of Battery Park. This makes sense, as it’s a production which documents the rise and fall of the titular (and fictional) Britpop band; this is less a musical – I didn’t see any kick … Continue reading Battery Park – The Byre Theatre
Written by Laila Noble Directed by Lu Kemp and Chris Stuart Wilson ★★★ There are few things as isolating as being in a submarine, fathoms below the everyday chatter, connections, and ready availability of tea and biscuits. But to be in one alone is even more inconceivable. But for many, who live with dementia every … Continue reading The Man in the Submarine – Byre Theatre
Written and Directed by Gordon Barr Musical Direction by Andy Manning ★★★★ There’s a touching duality to this year's Byre Theatre production of Snow White, featuring a tag-line theme of re-writing our stories. Traditionally, pantos of old suffer the lop-sided representations of their fairy-tale foundations, swinging the opposite way to recover this ended in a … Continue reading Snow White – Byre Theatre
Written and performed by Catherine Bisset Dramaturgy by Jaïrus Obayomi Directed by Flavia D’Avila ★★★★ Watching the world unfold, a play within itself, The Placeholder begins in the very seats our audiences find comfort. No longer a theatre in the sharp, bitter cold of Scotland, but of Port-au-Prince, where Minette awaits her white employer – holding her … Continue reading Placeholder – Byre Theatre
