984 stories by "Mark Fisher"
Traverse, EdinburghStevie finds out about her husband's affair in Edward Albee's thrilling drama from a letter sent by their old friend Ross. What he wrote, she says, was "awful and absurd, …
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghDominic Hill's production of this sharply observed comedy is at its best when mocking the social embarrassments of polite societyNoël Coward's silly, subversive 192…
Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh Scottish writer James Robertson has translated selected scenes in this ravishingly lit and superbly designed production of Shakespeare's playJohn Michie's Leontes has…
Gary McNair has created a show using verbatim testimonies from hundreds of interviewees to reveal the prevalence of a hidden, misogynistic male languageGary McNair has accosted a stranger. H…
SSE Hydro, GlasgowFord Kiernan and Greg Hemphill return to the stage with an even more ambitious live show " and just as many laughsWhen does a sitcom get too big for its boots? It's a worry…
Traverse, EdinburghFisk, a meditative evocation of mental breakdown onboard a paper boat, is a highlight at the festival of animation, puppetry and movementThere's a turntable in the Travers…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghLutton's production of the classic 1967 novel is a metaphor for the underlying contradictions of colonialismIt feels like an unresolved chord. Everything is on edge. S…
Traverse, EdinburghThe beguiling playfulness of this rollicking adaptation cleverly amplifies the high drama of Anna Sewell's equestrian adventureThey should have called it Horse Play. This …
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghNeilson's playful take on the much-loved novel is an eccentric fantasia full of clever theatrical tricksIt was in this theatre 12 years ago that Anthony Neilson presen…
Tron, GlasgowAnything goes, especially Hans Christian Andersen's original story, in Johnny McKnight's hyperactive festive rompIf you're looking to buy some red glitter in central Glasgow, do…
Festival Square theatre, Edinburgh Bandleader Louis Jordan's songwriting skill shines through in this breezy jukebox show, which makes up for sparse plotting with abundant feelgood spiritHow…
Macrobert Arts Centre, StirlingHigh-density gags featuring a host of fairytale favourites cover up the narrative cracks in Johnny McKnight's subversive panto"Weans in the Wood is about some …
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghCora Bissett's spirited revival is performed by a fine ensemble beneath a towering set but doesn't go deeper than a lightweight observational comedyShe's a woman who f…
In 1968, MP Enoch Powell prophesied doom over mass immigration. Now, nearly 50 years later, Ian McDiarmid is playing him in new drama What Shadows. How does it feel to voice his notorious sp…
Tron, GlasgowA small academic industry is building around the work of David Greig. Books are appearing with titles such as The Sense of Place and Identity in David Greig's Plays and the…
Ã’ran Mór, GlasgowAlan Bissett evokes the whimsy of The Wind in the Willows in his insightful eulogy to Pink Floyd's wayward geniusChapter seven of The Wind in the Willows is called Th…
Profit, pollution, civil unrest and contact lenses: oil seeps its way into the lives of millions. It's a big issue " so big that Grid Iron theatre's new theatre work is set in a dockside war…
Adam Smith theatre, KirkcaldyThe long-running Scots cartoon strip transfers to the stage with gentle humour and couthie familiarity intact, but also some pirandellian uneaseHas there ever be…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghAeschylus's tale of escape from forced marriage and the perils of exile is made brilliantly tense in David Greig's thoroughly democratic productionWhen David Greig ann…
Citizens theatre, GlasgowHarry Gibson's adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel about urban alienation speaks as loudly, scabrously and irreverently as everThey used to call it "the Aids capital …
Macrobert Arts Centre, StirlingRapture's flat production of Michael Frayn's 2003 play has more the stagy air of Yes, Prime Minister than the the sharpness of House of CardsThey say Adolf Hit…
Using folk singing, found footage and a revolutionary interactive staging, Marichka Kudriavtseva and Mark Marczyk's 'guerrilla folk opera' throws Edinburgh audiences into the heart of the Uk…
Tron, GlasgowThe last instalment in the Leenane triology is given a touching and funny revival with some superb performancesAt first sight, the plays in Martin McDonagh's Leenane trilogy loo…
Edinburgh Festival theatreRona Munro's day-long reimagining of 15th-century royal Scotland shows a nation determined to do things on its own terms Related: The lost kings of Scotland There's…
Dundee RepBenedick and Beatrice offer a romance worth believing in Irene Macdougall's intelligent, well paced productionKeep an eye on Robert Jack's left hand. When the actor strides on with…
