Greg Holstead

Supposing – Traverse Theatre

Supposing you fell down a hole. Supposing, shortly afterwards, you began hearing voices, seventeen of them in fact, a kind…

3 weeks ago

Spamalot – Portobello Town Hall, Edinburgh

There are some shows where you spend your time analysing every directorial choice, every dramatic beat and every performance. Then…

2 months ago

The Burns Project – Royal Lyceum Theatre

There can be few figures in Scottish history as difficult to bring to the stage as Robert Burns. Poet, radical,…

2 months ago

Catriona Macdonald & Annbjorg Lien – Traverse Theatre

It was, as one might expect, a famously fiddly evening at the Traverse Theatre, as Shetland’s Catriona Macdonald and Norway’s…

2 months ago

Love and Friendship – St Augustine United Church

There is no shortage of ambition in Edinburgh Rep’s latest production, an affectionate parody of Jane Austen’s youthful novella Love and…

2 months ago

The Table – Traverse Theatre

Community theatre often faces a challenge that professional theatre rarely has to confront. The desire to include everyone can sometimes…

2 months ago

Strength In a Whisper – Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh

Some productions tell a story. Others invite you into a landscape, a culture and a state of mind. Strength in…

2 months ago

Portable Infinity – Traverse Theatre

A packed Traverse 1 on a Monday night is no small achievement for a contemporary jazz ensemble. Yet Portable Infinity's…

3 months ago

Hidden Door Festival – The Old Paper Factory

This year I make two visits to Hidden Door's remarkable takeover of the former Paper Factory in Edinburgh, attending both…

3 months ago

The Marriage of Figaro – Festival Theatre

There is a reason why Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro remains one of the most frequently performed operas in the…

3 months ago