Smalltown " review
Tron, GlasgowIt will be remembered as the show with the masturbating fox sitting at the head of a bed with a masturbating stag. Yet this scene isn't some troubling piece of psychodrama from …
Tron, GlasgowIt will be remembered as the show with the masturbating fox sitting at the head of a bed with a masturbating stag. Yet this scene isn't some troubling piece of psychodrama from …
Perth TheatreArthur Miller's great mid-20th century dramas rarely let you down " but there are times when they seem more pertinent. When Miller directed Death of a Salesman in China, for exa…
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…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghWhen John Dove staged Death of a Salesman for the Royal Lyceum in 2004, it was the start of a five-play Arthur Miller odyssey that reaches its triumphant, soul-shaking…
King's, GlasgowIt's rare to get a standing ovation at the end of a show these days " and it's almost unheard of for one to be given for an actor who's not even present. But such was the leve…
Citizens, GlasgowActor Alan McHugh has been developing a sideline as the writer of a strand of psychologically disturbing Christmas shows at Glasgow's Citz. Where last year's Cinderella was …
King's, EdinburghTo see what's good about this show, consider the scene where the baddie recruits four soldiers, gives each a stick and puts them through their military paces. The more incom…
Traverse, EdinburghIf there's a rule to be broken about family-centred theatre, playwright Chris Hannan breaks it. His brilliant version of the Alexandre Dumas stories is rude, anarchic, wit…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghTheatregoers in Scotland used to have a simple choice at this time of year. Either they went to a traditional pantomime or to one of Stuart Paterson's Christmas shows:…
Like it or not, reviewers are a living part of what's happening on stage. And when the lines blur, the results can be surprisingMany theatre professionals like to keep their distance from cr…
Traverse, EdinburghIt must have been tempting to go down The Inbetweeners route. However outrageous the E4 teen comedy gets, there is little in its portrayal of adolescent angst that Frank W…