Glasgow Botanic GardensJennifer Dick’s streamlined production makes a persuasive case for Shakespeare’s tale of the flighty monarchYou wait 420 years for what might be the first professi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AMTron, GlasgowA May-to-December romance sets off ripples of disapproval in this raucously funny Belfast-set comedyActor-turned-playwright David Ireland has been carving out a niche as a kind …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:16AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghThis National Theatre of Scotland adaptation of Spark’s favourite among her novels treats it as a police procedural and ramps up the sense of alienation Related: Loo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:37AMDundee RepBlack-and-white movie aesthetics and well-judged performances make for an excellent adaptationOne reason Great Expectations adapts so readily to the stage is the fact that so many …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55PMKing’s, GlasgowDouglas Maxwell relocates Robert Cossa’s comedy about a voracious granny to 1970s Scotland with very funny results Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21AMTron, GlasgowNicola McCartney’s play about Jane Avril is staged with a restless combination of back projections, dance routines and multiple languages Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57AMWith a show by Elevator Repair Service, auds are in for the long haul.
SOURCE: Variety at 05:58PMWe have tended to treat the Norwegian master's plays as solemn dramas, but have we been taking him too seriously?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMThe mayor of Turku, 2011 capital of culture, has handed his medics 5,500 free tickets to dole out. Time for a dose of drama?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMLike it or not, reviewers are a living part of what's happening on stage. And when the lines blur, the results can be surprising
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMCitizens, GlasgowAdapted from the testimony of a Nazi commandant convicted of the murder of 900,000 people, this superbly acted drama is a meticulous, compelling triumphIn 1970, after being …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:56AMTron, GlasgowThe Chewin’ the Fat comedian plays Winnie with skill and poise in Andy Arnold’s production of Samuel Beckett’s claustrophobic play Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:17AMTron, GlasgowCora Bissett and Yusra Warsama’s sensitive script tries to map out a way forward through verbatim testimonies of those affected by female genital mutilation Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:59AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghGrant O’Rourke excels as a pair of lovelorn but utterly different identical twins in Tony Cownie’s uproarious version of the Carlo Goldoni farce Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AMCitizens, GlasgowDouglas Maxwell’s trippy snapshot of lives under strain during a community crisis scores comic hits, though at times the play juggles too many offbeat stories Continue rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:58AMOran Mor, GlasgowNational Theatre of Scotland’s comic production puts the islanders centre-stage, and asks who ever owns stories anyway? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22AMDundee Rep, DundeeThis modern reimagining of Shakespeare’s gore-fest, set in a warehouse-style restaurant, is dynamically realised – in spite of some shaky verse-speaking Continue readin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57AMTron, GlasgowKai Fischer’s spellbinding headphone show links Yuri Gagarin’s 1961 space voyage to a refugee’s journey, but it’s a moment of silence that grips the most Continue readin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:14AMAn Lanntair, StornowaySue Glover’s drama evokes 18th-century Outer Hebridean life – but would be nothing without the remarkable kidnapped and exiled Lady Grange Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:53AMTron, GlasgowJulie Brown and Johnny McKnight look a treat as a suburban couple obsessed by the pop duo in this uneven comedy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMRoyal Lyceum, Edinburgh Amanda Gaughan’s period production does fair justice to this after-party drama for a Macbeth-like couple Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AMDundee RepDavid Ireland’s lively but lightweight adaptation moves Lorca’s classic into a 21st-century world of knife crime and Elvis-themed wedding discos Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMHeart of HawickAre we just the sum of our chemicals? Lovestruck drugs-trial volunteers provide the springboard to discussion in this riveting piece Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghThis tremendous bare-walls production blends large-scale ensemble playing, all-hands-on-deck music and fluid staging Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:35AMCitizens, GlasgowJohn Byrne’s teddy boys put the accent on badinage, but this timely revival lacks a cutting edge Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:53AMOne was a painter who created banana boots for Billy Connolly; the other was an actor intent on directing. Together, they staged a riotous black comedy set in a carpet factory and starring R…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:05AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghSean O’Callaghan has the air of a restrained rock’n’roll animal in these finely observed monologuesIt’s a bold move to put a play as intimate as Brian Friel’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:15AMAn online monologue lasting minutes, an epic historical trilogy and an Ivor Cutler musical are this year’s highlights on and off Scotland’s stages• Lyn Gardner’s top 10 shows of 2014…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMArches, GlasgowGary McNair’s broadside against Christmas consumerism ends up being defeated by the sheer power of seasonal goodwill Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:56AMTramway, GlasgowReal-life sisters find something uplifting, tear-jerking and true in a Christmassy two-hander that’s like a lopsided cabaret Continue reading...
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