Scotland

Jersey Boys – Edinburgh Playhouse

There is something reassuringly familiar about Jersey Boys. This is my third encounter with the musical in approximately six years, suggesting…

1 month ago

A Play, a Pie and a Pint: Whaur’s Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo? – Traverse Theatre

Whaur’s Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo is a comedic reenactment debating not just the Scots Enlightenment in the mid-1700s, but also…

1 month ago

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Lyceum Theatre

The National Theatre of Scotland’s new expressionistic production of ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ is a magnificent theatrical gem.…

1 month ago

The Void – Traverse Theatre

There are moments in The Void when I genuinely believe I have boarded the Nostromo, and for someone whose youthful infatuation with…

1 month ago

Barnum – Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Of spectacle and razzamatazz there was no shortage. For pure froth, noise and escapism this production scores high. But absent…

1 month ago

Eurydice – Assembly Roxy Upstairs

There is something particularly satisfying about watching a young theatre company begin to find its feet. Earlier this year, I…

1 month ago

Dirty Harry – La Belle Angele

There are tribute bands, and then there are those which, for a couple of hours at least, manage to transport…

2 months ago

Tandem at Ten: A Festival of Words – Traverse Theatre

Tandem is a writing collective established and run by playwrights Jennifer Adam, Amy Hawes and Mhairi Quinn. This new writing…

2 months ago

Balisong – Traverse Theatre

Short but perfectly formed, Balisong occasionally comes perilously close to feeling like a public-information film about the dangers of knives. But perhaps…

2 months ago

Suzi Ruffell: The Juggle – Assembly Roxy

The colonnaded Lower Hall of Assembly Roxy is an impressive architectural space, marching ionic columns and barrel vaulted roofs, but…

2 months ago