Clare Duffy on Many Good Men
The Scotsman 30 January 2024 Playwright Clare Duffy set up her company Civic Digits to consider what it means to live in a world dominated by the internet. With a…
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The Scotsman 30 January 2024 Playwright Clare Duffy set up her company Civic Digits to consider what it means to live in a world dominated by the internet. With a…
The Scotsman 9 January 2024 The actor and director Matthew Zajac is extemporising a history of theatre in the Highlands and islands. He begins in the 1970s when he was…
The Scotsman 8 January 2024 Call it chance, call it versatility, but so far in her short career Catriona Faint has played more men than women. As a student at…
The Guardian 2 January 2024 Oliver Emanuel, who has died aged 43 from brain cancer, was a playwright, teacher and radio dramatist who put his name to some of the…
The Guardian 14 December 2023 There is plenty of talent on the field, but the early game is marred by obvious set pieces. In this wish-fulfilment fantasy by Robbie Gordon…
The Scotsman 12 December 2023 When Bryony Shanahan was launching herself as a theatre director, she went for an interview at the Manchester Royal Exchange. They asked her who her…
The Guardian 1 December 2023 If John Byrne had been known only for The Slab Boys, he would be considered one of Scotland’s great cultural figures. But Byrne, who died…
The Scotsman 28 November 2023 “This is a yes space,” says performer Kerry Cleland. We are surveying the scene in the Baby Studio in Wester Hailes, a place where there…
The Guardian 27 November 2023 When the curtain goes up on this Caledonian Snow Queen, the view is both familiar and strange. Familiar, because we recognise the austere silhouette of…
The Scotsman 13 November 2023 A first-time collaboration is a risky thing. What if the participants don’t hit it off? How do they negotiate if one is not happy with…