Theatre
Seeking sanctuary in the middle of the night at the home of a potential adversary is a cavalier act to say…
This is a "Wind" worth catching at the Playhouse for the rest of the week. It’s a Bill Kenwright presentation…
Emerging into the light at the end of a performance, and examining the drunken spider’s track marks that…
Writing at a time when Britain was the most powerful economic and political force in the world, Dickens is…
It’s what we all yearn for – to be given some love. But it’s often when we need it most that we shut the…
Shakespeare is often described as our most contemporary playwright. His plays explore what it means to be…
It is a brave thing to transpose a classic play out of its time and update it to a contemporary setting.…
Billy stomps up the steps from the auditorium and onto the stage, as Thatcher’s sultry tones pour from his…
"If only" and "I wish" are phrases that are uttered regularly, but it's only when they…
Children and theatre - never the twain should meet, except at Christmas.
This is a concept that is laughed at…
The nostalgic, black and white classic film, Brief Encounter, (1945) starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard…
Edinburgh’s first Tradfest heralded the early dawn of summer this weekend, embracing all the folk arts in a…
Iron: a word that evokes hardness and coldness. Among its dictionary definitions are ‘symbol of firmness’ and…
A dramatisation of poet Robert Burns' visit to Edinburgh shows the poet in a new light: but he comes off…
It is over 20 years since I first saw Frank McConnell and Michael Marra perform A Wee Home from Home as part…
Immigration is a topic that’s high on political agendas across the world.
The muse stripped bare.
The story I remember from my childhood was that of Mary: sullen, surly and rude, who meets bed-ridden, ‘…
Théâtre de Complicité was co-founded by actor and director Simon McBurney in 1983, a Lecoq-inspired company…
Forget an elfin boy in green tights, forget a babysitting dog, forget Tinkerbell as a darting light and add…