Written by David Henry Wilson Directed by Jennifer Dick ★★★★ The unknown fate of characters has plagued and enriched the texts of countless authors and storytellers for centuries. The immense power in the unexplored catapults sometimes small, seemingly inconsequential players into a new world ripe for the picking: where does Long John Silver wash ashore? … Continue reading Lear’s Fool – Bard in the Botanics
From the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted and Directed by Jennifer Dick ★★★★ In its history, the Glasgow Botanics has long echoed with sonnets of Shakespeare throughout the summers; until now. But in the canny decision to move and acknowledge the absence of the Bard, the Botanics instead charter the melodramatic cobbles of a … Continue reading Jekyll & Hyde – Bard in the Botanics
Directed by Jennifer Dick Written by William Shakespeare ★★★★ A touch of rowdiness in the gardens isn’t anything entirely new. Still, as audiences begin to spot the balaclava-wearing mob with their Pro-Caesar flags, well, things heat up quickly for Bard in the Botanics’ al-fresco performance of Shakespeare’s tale of ultimate betrayal and power dynamic: Julius Caesar. … Continue reading Julius Caesar – Bard in the Botanics
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
Directed and Written by Gordon Barr Musical Direction by Stephen Roberts Dust off the tinsel, crack open the advocaat and expand those pipes – it’s Pantomime season. With a vast tradition within the community, The Byre Theatre may have changed a few hands, had a few facelifts and seen more people through its doors than … Continue reading Mother Goose – The Byre Theatre
