Ghost Light review – a feast of dreams from the National Theatre of Scotland
National Theatre of Scotland online THE test of a good production of Peter Pan is the scene where the audience bring Tinkerbell…
Scenes for Survival, 2nd round-up, NTS, online
The Guardian 4 Aug 2020 DURING the Covid crisis, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London has been collecting what…
Miraculous, Ayr Gaiety/Borderline, online
The Guardian 31 July 2020 The 1980s brought us one-hit wonders such as Nena, Falco and Men Without Hats. To…
The Coolidge Effect, Wonderfools, online
The Guardian 28 July 2020 Stories to Connect Us is the name given by the Glasgow company Wonder Fools to…
Edinburgh Festival: “the biggest challenge will be to make the audience feel like an audience again”
Scotland on Sunday 26 July 2020 It was a family holiday somewhere in the Republic of Ireland. I don’t remember…
Adventures with the Painted People preview
The Guardian 2 June 2020 We never ask the right question of the future,” says David Greig, artistic director of…
Scenes for Survival, National Theatre of Scotland, online
The Guardian, 27 May 2020 THERE’S a special joy in seeing a familiar character in an unfamiliar place. Take John…
Elizabeth Newman, artistic director, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
TheatreVoice 2 April 2020 Elizabeth arrived at Pitlochry Festival Theatre in 2018 after eight years at Bolton’s Octagon, five as…
Five from Inside, Traverse, Edinburgh, online
The Guardian 19 April 2020 Many theatre-makers have responded to the coronavirus lockdown by seeking to re-create a sense of…
Edinburgh festival’s cancellation will be felt not just around the city but the world
The Guardian 1 April 2020 The story used to be about how enormous the Edinburgh fringe had become. As long…