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Monday, August 13, 2018

Edinburgh Fringe: Vapelord review - Jamali Maddix casts a disgruntled eye over society, posssibly for the last time by David Pollock, David Pollock

It would be a real shame if his on-stage claim to be retiring from stand-up is true, because his point of view is fresh and his set was honest and enjoyable

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:33AM
Monday, August 28, 2017

Edinburgh Festival, Fleabag, review: An angry and focused play by David Pollock, David Pollock

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's 'Fleabag' makes a return to Edinburgh for a short revival run with Maddie Rice playing the lead role

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:36PM

Edinburgh Festival, review, Stand By: Authentic and compelling by David Pollock, David Pollock

The piece about whe work of the police is written by Adam McNamara, a former serving police officer turned actor, whose credits include 'Black Watch' and 'Harry Potter and the…

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:04AM
Friday, August 25, 2017
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Edinburgh Festival, review, Locker Room Talk, Traverse Theatre: Fearsome, amusing, insightful and oddly human by David Pollock, David Pollock

Anonymous words of various males interviewed by Gary McNair reveal their behind-closed-doors views on women, read by four women, delivering the words as they hear them in their earpieces

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:18AM
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Edinburgh Festival, review, Mark Steel - Every Little Thing is Gonna Be Alright: He gets his many easy blows in early and then moves on by David Pollock, David Pollock

An hour plus of fierce, propulsive, late-night stand-up from Mark Steel, who guides the audience through his divorce, privatisation, the housing crisis, even the state of the trains in Brita…

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:24AM
Monday, August 21, 2017

Edinburgh Festival, review, Chill Habibi: A great evening's entertainment by David Pollock, David Pollock

A fusion of Scottish variety and Egyptian cabaret put together by Egyptian-Scots playwright Sarah Shaarawi and poet and editor Henry Bell

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:12AM
Friday, August 18, 2017

Edinburgh Festival, review, Borders, Gilded Balloon: Henry Naylor's dialogue is crisp and evocative by David Pollock, David Pollock

The former half of satirist duo Parsons & Naylor and lead writer on 'Spitting Image' pulls off another good quality political drama at the Fringe

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:18AM
Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Edinburgh Festival, review, Adam / Eve: Honest first-person testimony from transgender people by David Pollock, David Pollock

The National Theatre of Scotland present a pair of plays which explore the experience of transgender people in the 21st century, performed by the people whose stories are being told

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:12PM
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Edinburgh Festival, review, Dave Johns - I, Fillum Star: No fleeting celebrity encounter is allowed to pass by David Pollock, David Pollock

The star of Ken Loach's 'I, Daniel Blake' is back doing stand-up and tells the story of his shock rise to fame in film

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:06AM
Monday, August 14, 2017

Edinburgh Festival review, Butt Kapinski, Pleasance Dome: A tour de force of character comedy and clowning by David Pollock, David Pollock

When the actor and comedian Deanna Fleysher's show first appeared at Edinburgh in 2015 it became a low-level word of mouth hit - now it's gone mainstream

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:18AM
Thursday, August 10, 2017

Edinburgh Festival, Rhinoceros, Royal Lyceum Theatre, review: 'Far smarter than a one-note topical satire' by David Pollock, David Pollock

This co-production between the Lyceum and Istanbul's DOT Theatre of Eugene Ionesco's 1959 absurdist comedic play Rhinoceros is hard to laugh along with

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:06AM
Monday, August 7, 2017

Letters to Morrissey, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, review by David Pollock, David Pollock

This solo piece about hero worship and The Smiths' frontman by Gary McNair follows on from his Fringe hits 'Gary Robertson is Not a Standup Comedian' and 'A Gambler'…

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:18AM
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Black Beauty, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, review: 'Deserves every overjoyed round of applause' by David Pollock, David Pollock

This adaptation of Anna Sewell's classic novel boasts a panto horse in the title role

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:48AM
Sunday, November 6, 2016

Jumpy, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, review: It's a play which is overtly, vitally feminist by David Pollock, David Pollock

April De Angelis' West End hit comedy of mid-life crisis, teenage rebellion and a mother-daughter relationship in meltdown is directed by Cora Bissett

SOURCE: The Independent at 01:06PM
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Trainspotting, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, review: 'Breathes fresh life into this old story' by David Pollock, David Pollock

The film adaptation, directed by Danny Boyle, was a hit success at the box office in 1996

SOURCE: The Independent at 01:09PM
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Edinburgh Festival: Daniel Kitson's Mouse - The Persistence of an Unlikely Thought, Traverse Theatre, review: 'Magnetic' by David Pollock, David Pollock

A piece of theatre which could be performed by anyone else, and yet only Kitson can truly fill it with purpose

SOURCE: The Independent at 02:19PM
Sunday, August 7, 2016

The Glass Menagerie, King's Theatre, Edinburgh, review: Emotional dances at the International Festival by David Pollock, David Pollock

Director John Tiffany was behind the National Theatre of Scotland's Black Watch in 2006, as well as the all-conquering Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:28PM
Friday, October 30, 2015

The Choir, Citizens Theatre, review: Dominic Hill weaves a play with real Glasgow humour by David Pollock, David Pollock

Composer and co-lyricist Ricky Ross brings an affecting, soulful quality to the music

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:32AM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards