Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil
The Guardian 21 July 2021 Who doesn’t love an underdog? When Brora Rangers played eight-times Scottish cup winners Hearts in…
Twelfth Night
The Guardian 12 July 2021 You can see why director Gordon Barr chose to set Twelfth Night in the wings…
The Wind in the Willows
The Guardian 10 July 2021 The National Trust should see about hiring Colin McCredie’s Mr Toad. When he gets his…
White Nights
The Guardian 9 July 2021 “I am alone,” says the narrator of Dostoevsky’s 1848 short story, a man who has…
Adventures with the Painted People
The Guardian 14 June 2021 Pitlochry Festival theatre already has a claim to be the most beautifully situated in the…
Edinburgh international children’s festival
The Guardian 31 May 2021 There’s a video for delegates to the Edinburgh international children’s festival showing a primary-school class…
Hindu Times
The Guardian 26 May 2021 Body-swap comedies are big in the cinema. From the mother-daughter switch of Freaky Friday to…
Take Me Somewhere
The Guardian 24 May 2021 The animating force behind The Adventures of Pinocchio is the desire of the wooden puppet…
John Byrne: ‘If I don’t laugh when I’m writing, it gets tossed out’
The Guardian 21 April 2021 If you were in Edinburgh during the 1977 festival there were two shows you couldn’t miss.…