Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape
The Guardian 31 August 2023 Peter Arnott’s elegiac new play is suspended between past and future. The past is represented by Will (Robbie Scott), a dead child whose ghost haunts…
Morna Pearson on Dracula: Mina’s Story
The Scotsman 22 August 2023 Morna Pearson is partial to a bit of True Blood and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. That could be why she did not hesitate when the…
Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape
The Scotsman 11 August 2023 How long does it take to write a play? If you ask Peter Arnott you might be surprised by the answer. He has been working…
What You See When Your Eyes Are Closed
The Guardian 12 August 2023 Seeing is believing, right? That is a phrase used repeatedly by Mamoru Iriguchi and co-star Gavin Pringle in What You See When Your Eyes Are…
Lightning Ridge/Grow
The Guardian 11 August 2023 If the idea of imaginary friends strikes you as juvenile, consider the act of theatregoing. What does an audience do if not pretend to be…
Adults
The Guardian 9 August With this uneven three-hander, Kieran Hurley has fielded two plays in one. The first is a sex farce about a middle-aged man paying his first call…
Helen Enright on taking over Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre
The Scotsman 8 August 2023 Helen Enright is sitting in the circle of Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre and admiring the view. It is a splendid sight. Built by William “Bertie” Crewe…
Sean and Daro Flake It ’Til They Make It
The Guardian 7 August 2023 Playwright Laurie Motherwell is sensitive about stereotypes. In a comedy about two working-class Glasgow lads with entrepreneurial ambitions, he repeatedly resists the temptation to lead…
The Grand Old Opera House Hotel
The Guardian 7 August 2023 Early in Isobel McArthur’s head-spinning new comedy, there is a gag about the uniformity of hotel decor. The joke is plain to see. Ana Inés…
Guffy
The Guardian 5 August 2023 Many people hate spoilers. If you’re one of them please look away now. Because it is hard not to talk about Glenna Morrison’s play without…