Supposing you fell down a hole. Supposing, shortly afterwards, you began hearing voices, seventeen of them in fact, a kind…
There are some shows where you spend your time analysing every directorial choice, every dramatic beat and every performance. Then…
There can be few figures in Scottish history as difficult to bring to the stage as Robert Burns. Poet, radical,…
It was, as one might expect, a famously fiddly evening at the Traverse Theatre, as Shetland’s Catriona Macdonald and Norway’s…
There is no shortage of ambition in Edinburgh Rep’s latest production, an affectionate parody of Jane Austen’s youthful novella Love and…
Community theatre often faces a challenge that professional theatre rarely has to confront. The desire to include everyone can sometimes…
Some productions tell a story. Others invite you into a landscape, a culture and a state of mind. Strength in…
A packed Traverse 1 on a Monday night is no small achievement for a contemporary jazz ensemble. Yet Portable Infinity's…
This year I make two visits to Hidden Door's remarkable takeover of the former Paper Factory in Edinburgh, attending both…
There is a reason why Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro remains one of the most frequently performed operas in the…