Theatre
Clever ‘Cats’ continues to captivate audiences in this new production beginning a tour at Edinburgh Playhouse…
There was an Englishman, a Scotsman, an Irishman and a Welshman. Well, almost. There was a reconstructed…
Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes marks the 30th anniversary of his ballet company New Adventures and is a…
Tightlaced steps loosely round a pivotal piece of history. Susanna Mulvihill has again undertaken an…
Meet the extraordinary Cyrano de Bergerac, bravest soul alive, best friend, poet, writer, musician, swordsman…
Ruth Spencer sits dressed in 1950s’ librarian chic, angle-poising across her office desk and chatting to the…
For this year’s Edinburgh International Science Festival (EISF), writer Francis Gallop has unearthed…
Guid honest fun fae the Honest Toun!
Within a frame of focussed spotlights, the miniature stage-within-a-stage in Traverse 2 created a…
Purposeless Movements resonates with Robert Softley Gale’s no-bullshit approach to disability.
The Manipulate Festival aims to highlight the many different styles and techniques practitioners are blending…
The word ‘dysfunctional’ is bandied around a lot in terms of family relationships. The word ‘normal’ seems…
Laura Wade’s adaptation of the 1998 novel from Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet, is a grand celebration of…
As this reviewer’s Jewish director friend has said, ‘There’s nothing wrong with entertainment.’ Indeed,…
The offside rule remains a mystery to many. It can be explained time and again but if your brain isn’t wired…
If you like a show which has the music coming thick and fast then Dreamboats and Petticoats by Laurence Marks…
Kat Woods, acclaimed Irish writer of Belfast Boy and Wasted, returns to this year’s Fringe with her new play…
Cirque Berserk’s tagline, ‘real circus made for theatre’ hints at the show’s attempt to weave some…
Curious Seed was set up in 2005 by Scottish choreographer and artistic director Christine Devaney, who was…
Flann O’ Brien’s novel, At Swim Two Birds, was first published in 1939 and was reviewed in that year by the…