Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Confusion reigns in an overly ambitious take on technology, time and climate catastrophe
You can’t question Javaad Alipoor’s ambition.
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:06AMMonday, August 5, 2019
Two compelling examinations of femininity and masculinity at the Traverse Theatre
Enough ★★★★
Immaculately turned out in winning smiles, navy and nylon, cabin crew Jane and T…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:24AMWednesday, March 27, 2019
New staging brings the iconic 1983 movie's themes and characters into sharper focus
‘Cult’ is probably an over-used adjective, especially when it comes to movies. But there’s undoubted…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:20AMThursday, September 27, 2018
Psychedelic Shakespeare feels rather too charming for its own good“Well, that was really sweet,” one young audience member in front of me remarked on his way out of Edinburgh’s Lyceum …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:24AMTuesday, September 18, 2018
The British master-director settles for vaguely Beckett-inflected bafflementOf the Edinburgh International Festival’s three productions by 2018’s resident company, Paris’s Théâtre de…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:04AMMonday, August 27, 2018
Playful visual trickery and gnomic bafflement at the International Festival Home ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:48AMWednesday, August 22, 2018
Two striking explorations of sexual identity stop short of grabbing the emotions La maladie de la mort ★★★ Toxic masculinity in all its appalling variety is a hot topic across Edi…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:42AMFriday, August 17, 2018
Three intimate storytelling shows at Summerhall offer mixed insights Orpheus ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:12AMTuesday, August 14, 2018
Two superb - and very different - examinations of what defines our identity Nigel Slater's Toast ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:36AMMonday, August 13, 2018
Toxic masculinity and reflections on identity at the Fringe's newest venueLaunched just last year to celebrate the country’s 150th anniversary, CanadaHub has quickly become one of the…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:48AMFriday, August 10, 2018
Racial politics and gun culture dissected in two provocative shows at the Traverse Underground Railroad Game ★★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:54AMWednesday, August 8, 2018
Cycles of abuse, a health service polemic and a celebration of silliness Coriolanus Vanishes ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:24AMMonday, August 6, 2018
A brutal assault on liberal values, and exquisite dance/theatre/cinemaUlster American ★★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:18AMThursday, September 14, 2017
Enoch Powell's 'rivers of blood' speech re-examined in flawed but timely playYou’ve got to hand it to David Greig. The artistic director of Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre has …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:05AMFriday, August 18, 2017
Grief, loss, unending pain - and critics talking out of their backsides Meet Me at Dawn ★★★★★
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:06AMTuesday, August 15, 2017
Comedy, tragedy and a whole lot more at Paines Plough's pop-up RoundaboutPike St ★★★★
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:18AMSunday, August 13, 2017
Alan Ayckbourn's vast dystopian fantasy feels cosy rather than alarmingA society that segregates men and women, prescribes what women can learn, read, wear, even which words they can sa…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:42AMThursday, August 10, 2017
Three compelling shows on identity - gender and otherwise - at the Traverse TheatreEve ★★★★Transgender issues are high on the agenda at this year’s Fringe, with the energetic Test…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:36AMWednesday, August 9, 2017
Zinnie Harris's new verison of Ionesco, and Vox Motus take on the subject of migration
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:12AMThursday, May 4, 2017
Well-meaning but uneven comedy bursts at its seams with mismatched themesTime travel, Brit pop, Sleeping Beauty. Classical ballet, the ravages of alcoholism, serial poisoning. There’s plen…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:18AMFriday, February 17, 2017
A wonder-filled, child's-eye view of Shakespeare from director Max WebsterIn the end, it’s all about Mamillius. It’s he – young son of Leontes of Sicily – who launches director …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:48AMThursday, January 19, 2017
Terror of the brutal rawness of nature in Malthouse Theatre's masterful stage adaptationWe probably think we know the story. From Peter Weir’s cult 1975 film, or even from the origina…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:42AMWednesday, October 12, 2016
It’s not often you need a passport to get into a theatre show. But then the journey required to get to Scottish site-specific experts Grid Iron’s Crude does feel like something of a pilg…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:48PMWednesday, October 5, 2016
Fleeing rape and forced marriage in their war-torn homeland, a boatload of women refugees washes up in Greece, where they beg asylum from the suspicious locals.read more
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:08PMMonday, August 22, 2016
Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songsread more
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:32AMSaturday, August 13, 2016
Alix in Wundergarten ★★★★Think Alan Ayckbourn on acid: a commonplace (well, almost) set-up, exaggerated further and further beyond what we’d ever anticipate. In François Pandolfo�…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:09AMSaturday, June 4, 2016
The journey begins amid the glassy modernity of Perth’s gleaming Concert Hall. From there, you’re bussed a few miles out into the Perthshire countryside to a blasted, burnt-out farmhouse…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:12AMThursday, April 28, 2016
And so, it’s farewell to Mark Thomson with his final production as artistic director of Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre, after 13 years in the job (incoming artistic director David Grieg unve…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:37AMFriday, March 25, 2016
‘Thomas Aikenhead – who the fuck are you?’ So goes the refrain to the opening number of I Am Thomas, a boisterous co-production between London’s Told by an Idiot, and the National Th…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:45AMFriday, March 11, 2016
Seldom can the suggestion of a post-show discussion have seemed so… well, unappealing is probably the polite way of putting it.read more
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:58AMThursday, January 21, 2016
Since its unveiling at London’s Royal Court in 1997, Conor McPherson’s The Weir has become something of a modern classic, notching up dozens of productions worldwide and even inclusion i…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:37AM 
