1,020 stories by "Mark Fisher"
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghThis National Theatre of Scotland adaptation of Spark's favourite among her novels treats it as a police procedural and ramps up the sense of alienation Related: Looki…
Dundee RepBlack-and-white movie aesthetics and well-judged performances make for an excellent adaptationOne reason Great Expectations adapts so readily to the stage is the fact that so many …
King's, GlasgowDouglas Maxwell relocates Robert Cossa's comedy about a voracious granny to 1970s Scotland with very funny results Continue reading...
Tron, GlasgowNicola McCartney's play about Jane Avril is staged with a restless combination of back projections, dance routines and multiple languages Continue reading...
Like it or not, reviewers are a living part of what's happening on stage. And when the lines blur, the results can be surprising
With a show by Elevator Repair Service, auds are in for the long haul.
The mayor of Turku, 2011 capital of culture, has handed his medics 5,500 free tickets to dole out. Time for a dose of drama?
We have tended to treat the Norwegian master's plays as solemn dramas, but have we been taking him too seriously?
Citizens, GlasgowAdapted from the testimony of a Nazi commandant convicted of the murder of 900,000 people, this superbly acted drama is a meticulous, compelling triumphIn 1970, after being …
Tron, GlasgowThe Chewin' the Fat comedian plays Winnie with skill and poise in Andy Arnold's production of Samuel Beckett's claustrophobic play Continue reading...
Tron, GlasgowCora Bissett and Yusra Warsama's sensitive script tries to map out a way forward through verbatim testimonies of those affected by female genital mutilation Continue reading...
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghGrant O'Rourke excels as a pair of lovelorn but utterly different identical twins in Tony Cownie's uproarious version of the Carlo Goldoni farce Continue reading...
Citizens, GlasgowDouglas Maxwell's trippy snapshot of lives under strain during a community crisis scores comic hits, though at times the play juggles too many offbeat stories Continue readi…
Oran Mor, GlasgowNational Theatre of Scotland's comic production puts the islanders centre-stage, and asks who ever owns stories anyway? Continue reading...
Dundee Rep, DundeeThis modern reimagining of Shakespeare's gore-fest, set in a warehouse-style restaurant, is dynamically realised " in spite of some shaky verse-speaking Continue reading...
Tron, GlasgowKai Fischer's spellbinding headphone show links Yuri Gagarin's 1961 space voyage to a refugee's journey, but it's a moment of silence that grips the most Continue reading...
An Lanntair, StornowaySue Glover's drama evokes 18th-century Outer Hebridean life " but would be nothing without the remarkable kidnapped and exiled Lady Grange Continue reading...
Tron, GlasgowJulie Brown and Johnny McKnight look a treat as a suburban couple obsessed by the pop duo in this uneven comedy Continue reading...
Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh Amanda Gaughan's period production does fair justice to this after-party drama for a Macbeth-like couple Continue reading...
Dundee RepDavid Ireland's lively but lightweight adaptation moves Lorca's classic into a 21st-century world of knife crime and Elvis-themed wedding discos Continue reading...
Heart of HawickAre we just the sum of our chemicals? Lovestruck drugs-trial volunteers provide the springboard to discussion in this riveting piece Continue reading...
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghThis tremendous bare-walls production blends large-scale ensemble playing, all-hands-on-deck music and fluid staging Continue reading...
Citizens, GlasgowJohn Byrne's teddy boys put the accent on badinage, but this timely revival lacks a cutting edge Continue reading...
One was a painter who created banana boots for Billy Connolly; the other was an actor intent on directing. Together, they staged a riotous black comedy set in a carpet factory and starring R…
