Stand & Deliver at The Tron Theatre captures the 1981 Lee Jeans sit-in, showcasing workers' determination through humor and music. With strong performances and direction, it honors collective action while acknowledging the complexities of resistance.
The production "Jackals" explores Emma Eckstein's tragic experiences with Sigmund Freud, emphasizing women's suppressed histories through impactful performances, though its dense dialogue sometimes hinders emotional resonance.
Written by Robbie Gordon & Jack Nurse Story Created with the Women of Dundee Change Centre Directed by Bryony Shanahan Tickets: £20.00 (Con. available) ★★★★ Though there isn’t a bauble in sight for the closing production of the Traverse Theatre’s season, there’s little wonder why the venue deviates from the Christmas route with Same Team. Or … Continue reading Same Team – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Written by Alison Carr Directed by Caitlin Skinner ★★★★ 49.7% (give or take) of the world gone in an instant. But this vanishing act is by no biblical rapture or comic-book endgame shenanigans: this future Alison Carr’s Until It’s Gone manifests is one without explanation. The first entry into the 2023 A Play, A Pie, And a … Continue reading Until It’s Gone – A Play, A Pie and A Pint
https://youtu.be/b-ybs6ZvoTc Written and Directed by Matt Wilkinson ★★★★★ “What he did was not just a crime against humanity… it was a crime against Theatre”. So, the question is, what the hell did he do? In this remarkably astute one-woman monologue, performed by Emily Bruni, age is the unfortunate reminding factor – inescapable for a once … Continue reading Psychodrama – Traverse Theatre
https://youtu.be/O9kfZkx9lfY Written by Clare Dunne Directed by Phillipa Lloyd ★★★ From the insipid musical diabetes which is Mamma Mia! To the politically ambiguous The Iron Lady, film and theatre director Phyllida Lloyd is nothing if not versatile. Seeking to avoid the large scale filmmaking ventures of the past, Lloyd’s release of Herself entrusts itself to the daily exhaustion women, and … Continue reading Herself – London Film Festival
https://youtu.be/SnpBc8YvGpk Directed by Nora Twomey Written by Anita Doron, Deborah Ellis Gloriously direct, “The Breadwinner” (2017) turns the patriarchal trope of a sole provider into an unflinching tale of a young Afghan girl’s determination, fear and resilience under Taliban rule in 2001. Based on Deborah Ellis’ bestselling novel, who returns to write the screenplay, “The Breadwinner” … Continue reading The Breadwinner
https://youtu.be/o5uTpFvD_IQ Music & Lyrics by Dolly Parton Book by Patricia Resnick Directed by Jeff Calhoun Let’s just get something straight: too few of us actually enjoy our jobs. Certainly not those early mornings, hiding in the bathroom to play on our phones, avoiding awkward co-workers and superfluous bosses who seem to have obtained their status … Continue reading 9 to 5 – Edinburgh Playhouse
https://youtu.be/m4bW8kZaZCI Written by Meghan Tyler Directed by Gareth Nicholls To be blunt, Crocodile Fever is a smack in the face in all of the best ways possible. Dark, hilarious, violent, gruesome, wholesome and a clusterfuck of religious iconography and blasphemy – and you have to get behind every second. It's a story of sisterhood; a portrayal of a timeless … Continue reading Crocodile Fever – Traverse Theatre
Presented by The Edinburgh University Theatre Company Written & Directed by Sally MacAlister Runs at Bedlam Theatre until August 25th Fostering recent accomplishments with female writers, as part of the Edinburgh University Theatre Company, writer Sally MacAlister's term-time hit She Can't Half Talk makes a Fringe debut. A series of six femme-lead monologues which focus … Continue reading She Can’t Half Talk – Bedlam Theatre
