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Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghIn Miriam Battye’s comedic tour de force, Her and Him go through the motions of getting to know each other Given the survival of the species depends on it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55AMTraverse, EdinburghLaurie Motherwell’s avoidance of cliche is commendable, but it does leave this tale of a get-rich-quick scheme with little sense of jeopardy Playwright Laurie Motherwell…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33PMPleasance @ EICC, EdinburghSouth African actors replay the brutal events of the US’s formation as a catalogue of poverty, struggle, violence and pain We know the story. We have heard it to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55AMTraverse, EdinburghIsobel McArthur’s gag-filled farce takes place in a bland modern hotel with a previous life as an opera house Early in Isobel McArthur’s head-spinning new comedy, ther…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:49AMRoundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghPlaywright Ed Edwards frames the story of a juvenile offender through the lens of colonialism In his 2018 play The Political History of Smack and Crack, Ed …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMTraverse, Edinburgh A mother is overwhelmed by postnatal depression, just as her musician partner gets a big break, in this heartfelt show drawn from life There is a tremendous amount of hea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25AMTraverse, Edinburgh A couple gradually face up to the emotional life choices they’ve made, in this compellingly acted, exquisitely written play by Eugene O’Brien It is a game we all pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:13PMPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh The traumatic secret at the heart of Glenna Morrison’s play hits the audience as a shock – but would the drama be greater if we knew all along? Many people…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMSummerhall, EdinburghWelsh-Iranian musician Roshi Nasehi spins her heritage into standup that is most impressive when she works the stories into sound pieces Having established herself as a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55AMUnderbelly Cowgate, EdinburghNamed after a song by Elina Alminas’s Estonian father’s favourite band, Depeche Mode, this show takes on the boorish failings of the former Soviet republic P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:55AMPleasance Dome, EdinburghWittily drawn historical drama follows self-effacing leader ill-equipped to deal with the encroaching Nazi menace If you think actor Joseph Cullen is cartoonish at t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMWilliamson Park, LancasterSam Jones brings innocent charm to the role of Jules Verne’s hero in an outdoor version that roams around the park if not quite the globe Jules Verne’s caper is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:49AMGlasgow Botanic GardensBard in the Botanics stages Robert Louis Stevenson’s gothic novella as a tense three-way struggle that asks big questions about human nature It is not quite a Dylan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:13AMDirector John Young energises this medieval community-theatre tradition with a dynamic and dreamlike journey from the crucifixion to the last judgment It is an inspired idea to present the M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMWhat can the ancient sport of backhold wrestling tell us about today’s struggles over unity and tradition? Our writer heads to the Highlands to see On the far side of the field, a girls’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25AMManchester international festivalThe audience tour the city listening to a series of voice notes sent by a world-weary survivor. But this promenade performance falters with its form and sens…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55PMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterKimber Lee’s punky polemic circles through pastiches of Madama Butterfly, South Pacific and M*A*S*H, dissecting years of racist, imperialist and misogynistic trop…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMHope Mill theatre, ManchesterCoronation Street’s Christine Mackie gives a passionate performance as the raging patriarch in a production that has moments of invention but too little clarit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AMPitlochry Festival theatreKirsty Stuart’s Blanche is convincingly respectable in this revival of the Tennessee Williams classic, before she spectacularly unravels It must be tempting for a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:19AMVanya, adapted by Simon Stephens, will see Scott tackle all of the characters in Chekhov’s play Andrew Scott is to return to London’s West End to play every character in Uncle Vanya. The…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19PMNorthern Stage, Newcastle upon TynePoliticians’ glib statements frame the struggles of one man confounded by a bewildering welfare system, in an adaptation of the Ken Loach film that both …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMVarious venues, EdinburghFor children wondering what their parents do all day, many of the delightful shows programmed here will show them that they’re not really so grown up How curious t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMIn the run-up to the festival, our writers will choose new productions that have caught their eye – but here’s a selection of those we’ve already reviewed Richard Marsh has clearly see…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMPitlochry festival theatreMama Rose drags her two daughters from one vaudeville fleapit to the next in a bulldozer of a role There’s something of the Mother Courage about Mama Rose. Like B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMThe writer of the acclaimed Patricia Gets Ready… returns with a lockdown-inspired comedy drama about a drug dealer having a power cut The trigger for a play can be many things: a moral dil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMAlphabetti theatre, NewcastleDegna Stone’s ambitious play moves from the imperial to the domestic in its exploration of the legacy of untruths You can’t fault playwright Degna Stone for …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMTraverse, EdinburghGary McNair delivers verbatim interviews and misremembered Connolly routines from ordinary people in this love letter There is an air of Nick Park’s Creature Comforts ab…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghLesley Hart’s adaptation of the classic novel is driven with tremendous energy following its tragic heroine as she discards bourgeois convention It must be Saturday …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMNorthern Stage, NewcastleThis show for young audiences builds to a stirring drama of waking up to injustice and trying to right it Hannah Lavery constructs her play from simple sentences. He…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06PMBelgrade theatre, CoventryCorey Campbell’s impressionistic production can lose focus but it benefits from engaging performances We never get to see Vivienne Mavis Taylor in this devised pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMRoyal Court, LiverpoolAn inspired parody of coming-out dramas meets a deliciously daft plot involving Sonia in Jonathan Harvey’s comedy Who would have thought Jonathan Harvey would write a…
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