Monday, October 27, 2014
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghLu Kemp captures the swirling impressionism and understated feminist rage of Sue Glovers play about life on a 19th-century Borders farm Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:28AMFriday, October 24, 2014
Despite a strong ensemble spirit and fluid production, an all-female cast offer no insights into male behaviour Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AMThursday, October 9, 2014
Tron, GlasgowJohn Byrnes adaptation, transforming the sisters into an English military family in small-town Scotland, is loaded with fine performances Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:22AMWednesday, October 1, 2014
Tower Mill, Heart of HawickThe spirit of The Tempest haunts David Greigs absorbing tale of a Hebridean island at the outbreak of the second world war Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:52AMMonday, September 29, 2014
Citizens theatre, GlasgowThis cold war-era production vividly captures an ordinary mans struggle against a corrupt society Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:28AMThursday, September 25, 2014
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghDC Jacksons drama about an investigative reporter embroiled in a gangland feud is long on laughs but lacks satirical incisiveness Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:28AMMonday, September 22, 2014
SSE Hydro, GlasgowEven in the posh seats, it feels more like being at a rally, but Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill transform the energy in this vast room into something special Continue readi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:05AMTuesday, September 9, 2014
Dundee RepJemima Levick and a strong cast deliver a self-conscious but touching revival of Williams's southern domestic drama Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:20AMFriday, August 29, 2014
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghThe South African puppeteers famed for their work on War Horse deliver a fascinating reframing of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:46AMMonday, August 25, 2014
King's, EdinburghThis B-movie yarn of corrupt cops and backstreet gamblers is neither one thing nor another Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:44AMWednesday, August 6, 2014
Like the Pet Shop Boys and Marc Almond before him, the Erasure singer is taking to the stage but he insists Torsten the Bareback Saint is not the sign of a midlife crisis Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:34AMThursday, July 31, 2014
Tron, GlasgowA Greek chorus of narrators exploits Seamus Heaney's robust text for every bit of its narrative drive in this dramatic reading Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMTuesday, July 29, 2014
South Rotunda, GlasgowThis gorgeously detailed promenade performance evokes a spooky, lonely world to tell a tale of post-industrial regeneration Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39AMWednesday, July 23, 2014
The Arches, GlasgowRandom Accomplice's marathon effort takes a swipe at the city's festivities, creating a new play about the day's sporting efforts every eveningIf you're on the streets of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:16AMTuesday, July 1, 2014
Tron, GlasgowThis well-acted story of a man caring for his ageing father shows men on 'two sides of the same rain'There is only a short distance between Dr Louis Bennett and his elderly fath…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMTuesday, June 10, 2014
Pitlochry Festival theatreThis account of Scotland's 90s aspirational generation emerges today as a sober family dramaThe hair salon co-owned by Barbs Marshall in Liz Lochhead's midlife-cris…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:49AMThursday, June 5, 2014
Tramway, GlasgowCora Bissett's tribute to Martyn Bennett captures the open-ended excitement of his music, saving the narrative from banality It begins in darkness. Through brief bursts of li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMSunday, May 25, 2014
Dundee RepA funny and unsettling vision of mental ill health, with a superb central performance from Meg FraserI recently spent a week in a hotel in Eastbourne. At the end of my stay, I felt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PMFriday, May 16, 2014
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghMeteorology has never been so compelling as in David Haig's real-life drama about the weatherman making predictions about the second world war Normandy invasionWe're w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:43AMThursday, May 8, 2014
Citizens theatre, GlasgowMartin Hutson plays 17th-century satirist John Wilmot in Dominic Hill's refreshing, stripped-back productionWhen Jacob Huysmans painted John Wilmot, second Earl of R…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMTuesday, May 6, 2014
Howden Park centre, LivingstonChekhov's characters encounter the Beatles, pop art and mini-skirts in rural ScotlandAnton Chekhov's plays are populated with characters burdened by a sense of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:44AMTuesday, April 29, 2014
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, EdinburghAn invigorating collaboration with the NTS sees writers giving passionate voice to artworks of Scottish establishment figuresRobert Burns says yo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:35AMThursday, April 24, 2014
Arches, GlasgowTheatre company Enormous Yes present a serious study of transgression and redemption centred on a Scottish islandInchkeith is an island in the Firth of Forth, a short distance…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:51AMTuesday, April 22, 2014
Dundee Rep theatreStuart Paterson's free-form poem of a play about an ailing woman reflecting on her life is more evocation than drama, and it deftly avoids the maudlinImagine a bedbound Pee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMMonday, April 21, 2014
Citizens theatre, GlasgowSandy Grierson's performance is the tribute of a true devotee in this marvellous musical, as embraceable as the man himself Ivor Cutler: 'He didn't live by the same …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMWednesday, March 12, 2014
Tron theatre, GlasgowA vulnerable James Young and a defiantly sexy Amy Conachan star in this outrageously funny comedy of mannersJake thinks he's in with a chance. After a volley of sexting …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:17AMTuesday, March 11, 2014
Adam Smith theatre, KirkcaldyThis theatrical behind-bars poem has a brutal vision and does, finally, dare you to careI bet Christine Lindsay's early-morning dreams are like Dare to Care. If,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PMThursday, February 27, 2014
Tron, Glasgow Chloe Moss's study of two women finding their feet after prison takes time to find its emotional forceThe last time we saw Elaine C Smith, she was sending up Rod Stewart, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PMWednesday, February 19, 2014
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghPerformances of a very high order bring Noël Coward's comedy about mismatched lovers to gutsy, excruciating lifeIt's the climactic scene, in which Noël Coward's mism…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMMonday, February 17, 2014
Willy Russell's boisterous show has an authentic working-class voice, socialist principles and sweetly melodic songsIf you ask a class of drama students why they chose their subject, a major…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AMSunday, February 9, 2014
Citizens, GlasgowStrindberg's play is reduced somewhat to the story of a wealthy woman's psychological breakdown• Louise Brealey: from Sherlock to StrindbergIt's the morning after the nigh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AM 
