Traverse, EdinburghThe activist-comedian takes the temperature of universal healthcare and delivers a grave diagnosisMark Thomas is standing centre stage, feet splayed, shoulders feeling the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMUnusual musicals abound at the fringe, from an F1 spin on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash hit to a satire on ‘inspiration porn’For a mainstream art form, the musical comes in many odd shape…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMUnderbelly Cowgate, EdinburghThis gripping production revives 17th-century court transcripts – and thumbscrews – to show just how little society has changedBy rights, a verbatim report o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghSerena Manteghi gives a high-voltage performance but the story feels far too familiar in Christopher York’s play for the Stephen Joseph theatreIt’s not only…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMTraverse, EdinburghIn David Ireland’s brilliantly brutal satire, things get horribly out of hand when two men and a woman meet to discuss putting on a West End playTwo men are debating whe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMTraverse, EdinburghJulie Hesmondhalgh’s superb turn as narrator lights up these comic tales about the universal significance of loveIn festivals past, the Traverse has showcased a beguilin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMTraverse, EdinburghA parent-teacher meeting becomes a microcosm for privilege and exclusion in a subtle, well-acted three-handerThe entrance of Sarah Morris’s Donna is delayed. “I though…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTraverse, EdinburghPolly Frame’s bereaved mother is consumed by thoughts of revenge as Martín Zimmerman’s mesmerising tale of a school massacre hits homeIn the Alice in Wonderland logic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMPart philosophical meditation, part fantasy, Marguerite Duras’s 1982 novella La Maladie de la Mort comes to the stage in a hi-tech Edinburgh festival show There’s something about Marguer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32AMWilliamson Park, LancasterLucy Jane Parkinson’s D’Artagnan is equal parts swagger and vulnerability in a jolly, summery promenade productionBeing a horse, Christopher Bianchi’s Planche…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMTron, Glasgow Love-struck pop hits punctuate the regency matchmaking in this raucous, yet surprisingly faithful, all-female adaptationIt’s not Jane Austen’s fault. When the author publis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMPitlochry Festival theatreLiz Carruthers directs a sprightly, good-looking revival of Barrie’s romantic 1902 hitValentine Brown is trying to persuade Phoebe Throssel that age is no barrier…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMOctagon, BoltonThe audience enjoy a Cliff singalong on the top deck as they soak up the feelgood hit of the summerSometimes the stars align and fate smiles on a production. When Elizabeth Ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMState cinema, Leith In an atmospheric derelict venue, the Golden Trailer Collective explore anti-terror detentions in a play that could commit more to its eccentricitiesA cuckoo festival wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMTheatres in Scotland played host to the dazzling stagecraft of Robert Lepage, a striking Titus Andronicus and raucous but close-harmonising schoolgirls This summer, I was lucky to get two bi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AMTraverse, Edinburgh, and North Edinburgh Arts CentreBaba Yaga, a delirious take on Slavic folklore, and the masterful one-man show Stick By Me offer joyful explorations of rules and how to b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMHe has blazed his way through theatre and opera. Now, the great director Calixto Bieito is reflecting on his fears in a highly personal concertThe scene is northern Spain, some time in the e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMCorn Exchange, HaddingtonCharlie’s Angels meet the Andrews Sisters in this entertaining and melodic meditation on griefYes, it is aimed at the over-eights, but Eddie and the Slumber Sister…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghStewart Laing directs August Strindberg’s drama about a man wheedling his way into his ex-wife’s marriageIf the men’s rights movement is looking for a spokesman,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PMTraverse, EdinburghA mother’s fear that her toddler has been abused sends her into a nightmarish state of anxiety in Frances Poet’s playWhen Iago causes Othello to doubt himself, it only…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMCitizens, GlasgowGeorge Costigan is magnificent as the patriarch of the fraught Tyrone family, imprisoned in a jail of their own making The Connecticut summer house of the Tyrone family in E…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36PMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghTony Cownie roughs up and relocates Hannah Cowley’s 18th-century play, adding vulgar jokes and rebellious energyImagine an inverted version of Cinderella, in which t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:57AMTraverse theatre, EdinburghThe West Bank’s nightly curfews, checkpoints and pipe bombs make for gallows humour in this defiant comedy that gives a voice to the voicelessYour average Mark T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:52AMNorthern Stage, NewcastleLaura Lindow’s adaptation of the sci-fi classic is a thrilling parable of complacency that allows a brilliant cast to shineHG Wells wrote The War of the Worlds at …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:39AMCitizens, GlasgowThe tale of four Belfast women during the Troubles becomes an unflinching study of the effects of male violenceOn the face of it, Bold Girls is not a violent play. In form, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghThis adaptation of Marguerite Duras’ tale turns the audience into voyeurs looking in on the recollection of an intense affairThere’s a theme in Marguerite Duras’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:17AMOctagon, BoltonJessica Baglow captures the plain-speaking pragmatism of Charlotte Brontë’s heroine in a light and lucid adaptation directed by Elizabeth NewmanThe first thing that anyone …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PMIn a festive sofa advertising campaign, the actor claims the bard once exclaimed: ‘People usually are the happiest at home.’ One problem – the oft-cited line is pure bunkumWhat was Sha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AMTraverse, EdinburghMorna Pearson’s hopeful social satire about a struggling family in troubled times takes an unexpected turn into a parallel universeImagine the dysfunctional world of Bur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMKing’s, Edinburgh; King’s, Glasgow; Perth theatre; Macrobert, StirlingScottish audiences are flocking, as ever, to this year’s pantomimes because the stars are great, dedicated dames, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghThe heroine’s life isn’t at stake in this family-friendly production, but it’s a dizzying compendium that gets to the emotional heart of why we tell talesThese d…
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