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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

‘It’s the first major work about the referendum’: how Scotland’s big moment finally made good drama by Libby Brooks

A drunken and divided dinner party in 2014 is the setting for Peter Arnott’s Chekhovian new comedy. But almost a decade on from the independence vote, why did it take so long? On a gloriou…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:07AM

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Unboxed festival launches with vow to get Britain reconnected by Libby Brooks

The controversial festival, hailed as a ‘once in a lifetime’ cultural event, opens with an immersive history of the universe, About Us, at Paisley Abbey Unboxed – the controversial an…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PM

Friday, July 16, 2021

‘Gender is a performance’: Scotland’s first ‘drag school’ sells out by Libby Brooks

Dumfries course teaches 11- to 18-year-olds how to create a persona, apply makeup and the history of drag “You can use drag to explore anything you want to,” says Natalie Doidge, the org…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AM

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

'I should have died in 1992': Craig Ferguson's comedy comeback by Libby Brooks

He quit booze and Scotland – and became a chat show sensation in the US. As he returns to standup on his home turf, we rescue him from selfie-takers on the streets of Glasgow On the morni…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AM

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Boxing clever: how mind-warping sci-fi came to a Glasgow office block by Libby Brooks

Ahead of a stage trilogy about technology’s advance, Cora Bissett talks GM babies, robot nurses and the timeless power of theatre A couple’s intimate discussions about having a baby take…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM

Monday, March 11, 2019

Mac's back: Scotland's treasured Local Hero is reborn as a musical by Libby Brooks

As Bill Forsyth’s much-loved film about an imperilled seaside village is transformed – beach and all – for the stage, its creators say it had to be seen north of the border first How d…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:23PM

Saturday, July 28, 2018

The families in plays together ... why the theatre at Edinburgh is all relative by Libby Brooks

A number of shows at the fringe this year benefit from the readymade intimacy, shared language – and tension – you only get when real-life family members share the stage“I hate feeling…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

'This play is primal': David Greig on an ancient drama more relevant than ever by Libby Brooks

The new artistic director of Edinburgh’s Lyceum theatre explains how The Suppliant Women, Aeschylus’s 2,500-year-old play about a refugee crisis, offers a ‘profound statement on the pu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:14AM

Monday, August 15, 2016

Fela Kuti, a Glasgow nightclub and the drama of the ladies’ loos by Libby Brooks

Adura Onashile’s new play, Expensive Shit, takes place in two toilets – one in Glasgow and the other at Fela’s legendary Lagos club. She talks about her bathroom sink dramaIn a nightcl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:13PM

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Dialect action: the Edinburgh show giving Scotland a voice by Libby Brooks

Inspired by the ballads and folklore of her native north-east, Elspeth Turner’s SpectreTown tells its story entirely in 19th-century Doric dialect – striking a blow for cultural identity…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37AM

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Limmy: ‘In my mind, I can joke about anything’ by Libby Brooks

He’s the sweary Glaswegian comic with a selfie obsession. But Brian Limond is also taking on taboos around identity, outrage and mental health… Related: Confessions of an internet troll …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM

Friday, February 11, 2011

The taming of Jade Goody | Libby Brooks by Libby Brooks

As a tragic heroine of our time, the late Big Brother star is the perfect subject for a play at Shakespeare's Globe theatreYou could never accuse Shakespeare of under-writing his female role…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PM

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