Written and Directed by Jennifer Dick Adapted from the novel by Charlotte Bronte Tickets from £19.00 ★★★★ Shifting from the 'grim (up) north' to the bristle and howl of the Scottish Highlands (via the Glasgow botanic gardens), Jennifer Dick’s new version of Bronte’s genre-defining and eyebrow-raising novel firmly roots itself in the grit and gravel … Continue reading Review: Jane Eyre, An Autobiography – Bard in the Botanics, Glasgow
Written by Apphia Campbell Directed by Caitlin Skinner Review by Josie Embleton Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★★ How do you conceptualize one of humanity’s greatest wrongs? How do you present to an audience the emotional, political, psychological, and historical complexity of the American Civil Rights struggle that pushed through inequality and stood firm together ‘Through the Mud’. Through … Continue reading Through the Mud – The Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Book by Finn Anderson & Tania Azevedo Music & Lyrics by Finn Anderson Directed by Tania Azevedo Musical Arrangements Created by Finn Anderson and A Mother’s Song Band. ★★★★ The distinctiveness and reverence of folk language are unlike any other, particularly in Scottish culture. Transcending time and location, many who leave homelands carry with them … Continue reading A Mother’s Song – Macroberts Art Centre
Written by Writer Tony Roper Directed by Becky Hope-Palmer Songs by Dave Anderson ★★★★ Hogmanay in the fifties. But we’re not in our glad rags partying it up in the high rises and tenements, no, Tony Roper’s firm Scottish classic The Steamie finds us throwing on a pinny and getting our hands into the basin … Continue reading The Steamie – Dundee Rep
