984 stories by "Mark Fisher"
Pitlochry festival theatreAccording to Sotheby's, paintings with strong tones of red " the colour of sex and desire " sell better than those without. Designer Adrian Rees seems to have got t…
Tramway, Glasgow In the year 2038, a researcher may hungrily pounce on this review as the last fragment of evidence about a show that took place in Glasgow in June 2013.But am I to be t…
Traverse, EdinburghAJ Taudevin's small-scale touring show takes the form of a 10-a-penny issue play. Produced in association with the Scottish Refugee Council, it's a single-set 75-minu…
Dundee RepButterfly or moth? Swan or duck? Angel or vampire? The teenagers at the chilling heart of John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel and its two film adaptations could go either way. They are a…
Dundee RepTom McGrath, the first editor of International Times, the founder of Glasgow's Third Eye Centre (now CCA) and a key supporter of several generations of Scottish playwrights, made a…
Citizens, GlasgowIf you didn't know better, you could think this evening was a single dose of the dazzlingly original Caryl Churchill rather than a double bill. When Seagulls begins, you're …
King's theatre, EdinburghYou'd like to think The Sash had passed its sell-by date. It would be nice if, as it approaches its 40th anniversary, Hector MacMillan's taut domestic drama about se…
Beacon, Greenock For those of us who grew up watching Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, the idea of trading your old toys for someone else's carries a certain allure. After selected performances of …
Arches, GlasgowThe Arches' Platform 18 award is a barometer of what the next generation of theatre-makers is thinking. Where last year's recipients reflected on the legacy of Margaret Thatch…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghThe macaroons devoured by Nora Helmer in Ibsen's proto-feminist classic normally symbolise her infantilism. They are a childish indulgence, cute and frivolous, for a w…
Traverse, EdinburghFirst, we were outraged by the apparent crimes of Jimmy Savile. Then we felt betrayed: had the innocence of 1970s light entertainment been a sham? Behind the showbiz sheen…
Brae, ShetlandThere's plenty to be said against the motor car, but none of that is the concern of Ignition. Wils Wilson's extraordinary show for the National Theatre of Scotland and Shetland…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghThanks to a flurry of co-productions between theatres in Scotland, Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum is currently associated with two top-quality ensembles. While Mark Thomson'…
Citizens, GlasgowWe're in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest territory " but instead of Jack Nicholson finding method in the madness, here we have Eddie, a hospital radio DJ, discovering the in…
Tron, GlasgowYou couldn't fault this adaptation of Julia Donaldson's novel for being short of themes. In 90 minutes, it ticks off bereavement, child abuse, missing people, drug addiction, me…
Beacon, GreenockHalf an hour along the Clyde from Glasgow, the Beacon is a handsome new arts centre with a 500-seat main auditorium and a 100-seat studio. The artistic director of the �…
Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh There is much that is extraordinary about Shelagh Delaney's debut play: that it was written by an 18-year-old after watching something by Terence Rattigan and thinkin…
Citizens, GlasgowThe class war isn't over yet. Just ask the House of Commons catering staff whom MP Christopher Chope referred to as "servants" last week. Let's hope they don't react li…
Citizens, GlasgowAs pantos across the land ramp up the contrast, volume and colour, the Christmas show at the Citz is refreshingly austere. Against a backdrop of naked winter trees, this Sle…
Dundee RepAt this time of year, even the more sober-minded shows play to the gallery with fart gags and slapstick. The distinguishing characteristic of Jemima Levick's production of The Snow…
Tron, GlasgowWhen Charles Dickens conceived the character of Ebenezer Scrooge, it is unlikely that he had in mind a large woman in a spangly leotard, bejewelled shoulder pads and curly black…
Arches, GlasgowIt's not so much the spirit of Christmas birth as of Easter resurrection that possesses this Hans Christian Andersen adaptation by Catherine Wheels. It begins, delightfully, i…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghIt's impressive enough that Johnny McKnight is writing, directing and starring in Aganeza Scrooge at Glasgow's Tron this season, but somehow he has also managed to fie…
Oran Mor, GlasgowThey discovered Elvis, they discovered sex, they discovered material wealth. Now the baby boomers are discovering death. The results can be maudlin and introspective " but n…
Traverse, EdinburghThe wag who described Morna Pearson as the Dr Dre of Scottish theatre was probably exaggerating. The Elgin-born playwright is no gangsta rapper, though you can't deny the …
