Tuesday, March 17

Tag: Milly Sweeney

Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door – Traverse Theatre
4Mar By Jessie MartinNo Comments
Scotland

Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door – Traverse Theatre

Kicking off this season of A Play, a Pie and a Pint, is Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door.  Written by Milly Sweeney, this play features grandparents Kathy (Maureen Carr) and Jack (Jonathan Watson) recounting to their granddaughter how they met music legend Paul McCartney in the rural landscape of the Mull of Kintyre. Moving between sit-down interviews with the couple separately talking to their granddaughter, to flashbacks of the couple’s camping trip in 1976, Someone’s Knockin’ At The Door evokes heavy nostalgia and sentimentality.  Exploring not only the personal journey of the couple, but how the political landscape in Glasgow actively shaped their relationship.  Sweeney has a knack for tackling a myriad of different themes without complicating the narrative or gleaning ...
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Baltic – Cumbernauld Theatre
2Dec By Susan CohenNo Comments
Scotland

Baltic – Cumbernauld Theatre

Well, this is a panto full of creative Christmas joy!  The word BALTIC is the jokey Scottish colloquialism for the word FROZEN, so the audience arrived in anticipation of being treated to a narrative which involved at least some of the much-loved characters of the Disney movie.  It turns out that they weren’t to be disappointed. According to the promo blurb, brave young Elspeth, with magical powers still to be unleashed, lives in the snowy village of Glenfrost. When her brother Kai is kidnapped by the wicked Snow Queen Chilblain and her slippery sidekick Jack Frost, she sets off on a daring rescue mission.  She’s joined by her hilariously cheeky pal Sammy the Slush, her snow-stopping mammy Dame Agnes Avalunch, and a whole host of frosty new friends, including a talkin...
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