https://youtu.be/d4IQuwxRLm0 Written by Caryl Churchill Directed by Joanna Bowman Review by Anna Burnside Tickets from £15.50 ★★★★ On a minimal set, a row of mottled legs end in well-used feet in comfortable sandals. Three women of bus pass-carrying age in mismatched chairs are drinking tea and discussing the things that absorb neighbours - the state of the … Continue reading Review: Escaped Alone – The Tron Theatre, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/T8GQUmNvdgA Directed by Jonathan O'Boyle Music and Lyrics by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★★ Calendar Girls The Musical somehow still feels like a breath of fresh air in 2024, over twenty years since the real-life women of the Women’s Institute posed for their calendar in aid of charity. The Bill Kenwright LTD … Continue reading Review: Calendar Girls The Musical – The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Book by Tim Firth Music and Lyrics by Take That Directed by Tim Firth and Stacey Haynes Tickets Begin from £18.00 ★★★ With Take That’s 30th anniversary on the cards and a newly released cinematic adaptation of the original stage production (The Band) starring Jayde Adams and Aisling Bea, there was cause to have a … Continue reading Greatest Days – Edinburgh Playhouse
https://youtu.be/ytdp9304iQg Written by Tim Firth Directed by Joanna Reid ★★★ Training days. Excursion missions. Trust exercises. Does anyone enjoy mandatory work events like these? If they do, they’re the ones to avoid at the office party. A reimagining of their comedic play Neville’s Island, Tim Firth adapts their work for an all-female cast, following similar structural … Continue reading Sheila’s Island – King’s Theatre
