1,523 stories by "Thom Dibdin"
Theatre creativity threatened by ‘managerialism’ says McMillan:
It is ‘the long march of managerialism’, not government cuts, that threatens the vitality of Scottish…
A science-fiction play by American writer Gordon Dahlquist has won this year’s James Tait Black prize for drama, beating competition from Rona
Use of Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms as a fringe venue has been put out to tender by its owners, the City of Edinburgh
✭✭✭✭✩ The unstageable, staged:
A world of hugely entertaining possibilities is on display in Lanark. The co-production between the Citizens Theatre an…
✭✭✩✩✩ A touch lacking:
Touch, a co-production between Ciaran Myers and Edinburgh-based Asylon Theatre at the New Town Theatre, treats difficult themes s…
✭✭✭✩✩ More deadly than magic:
Dani Iannarelli’s love letter to film noir and jazz combines film clips, music and a noirish plot. The outcome is to…
✭✭✭✭✩ Timeless comedy:
At first glance, The Missing Hancocks is a strange idea for a Fringe show – a recreation of the recording of 1950s radio …
✭✭✭✩✩ Epic comedy:
Rough-hewn but sparkling with energy and invention, there's neigh-doot that Napier University Drama Society's world premier of Horsep…
✭✭✭✭✩ Joyful
Young critics scheme review:
Captivate Theatre reprise their take on Sunshine on Leith, Stephen Greenhorn's feel-good jukebox musical, b…
✭✭✭✭✩ Family fun
Young critics scheme review:
Educational, side-splitting and with just the right amount of ridiculous, Shakespeare in the Garden - C…
✭✭✭✭✩ Insightful dystopia:
Truth permeates The Garden, Zinnie and John Harris' semi-opera, commissioned by Aberdeen's sound Festival and playing off-si…
✭✭✭✩✩ Emotional rollercoaster
Young critic scheme review:
Creative, absorbing, and very wacky, the Finnish Ryhmateatteri Ensemble’s version of Ar…
✭✭✭✭✭ True Excellence
Young critics scheme review:
Fast-paced, funny and moving, the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group brings to life Howard Ashman…
✭✭✭✩✩ Mourning becomes electronica:
A Requiem For Edward Snowden, the ‘digital opera’ at Stockbridge Church, has an eerie contemporaneity,…
✭✭✭✭✩ Resounding success:
Involving, clever, and with an intriguing melancholy and subtle political edge, The Voice Thief at Summerhall is thoroughly r…
✭✭✩✩✩ Closed in:
M and E Theatre’s No Exit? is a strangely diffuse production, with plenty of energy but not much cohesion.
✭✭✭✩✩ Promising start:
New company Third Degree Theatre’s musical presentation of the life of Robert Burns has a lot going for it. It may not be t…
✭✭✭✩✩ Lacks sparkle
Some fine young performers feature in New Celts and Nook N’ Cranny’s production of Gregory Burke’s black comedy Ho…
Hundred of companies join new scheme:
Hundreds of companies with shows on at the fringe have joined a new scheme to help give complementary tickets to looked-after children in Edinburgh.
It's Pinafore Captain, but not as we know it
Guest post from Vinca Russell:
This fringe, in amongst a host of new musicals and interpretations of hot Broadway shows, there are just two wri…
Rebecca Herd launches Heartlands EP:
An EP of the original music written by Ayrshire-based singer-songwriter Rebecca Herd for Heartlands is being released on Thursday, with a launch event a…
Quines get third Fringe First & Trav gets three:
Stellar Quines has won its third Fringe First for the Jennifer Tremblay trilogy of plays, with one going to The Deliverance.
✭✭✩✩✩ Mealy-mouthed:
Help Yourself, Foolproof Theatre’s play about injustice and self-reliance at home and abroad, has its heart in the right place …
✭✭✩✩✩ Bakersfield missed:
Despite a great deal of care and two capable actors, Bakersfield Mist at the Royal Scots Club from Arkle Theatre Company never…
The Mull community has elected a shadow board to the existing board of arts organisation Comar, following the sacking of Mull Theatre
