Tickbox
The Guardian 18 August 2021 The first time it happened was when Lubna Kerr joined the Brownies. The future actor and comedian found the girls in her pack to be…
Doppler
The Guardian 12 August 2021 If there is one company well suited to adapting to the Covid pandemic it is Grid Iron. The Edinburgh specialist in site-responsive theatre is never…
Still
The Guardian 11 August 2021 I don’t think Frances Poet intends her play to be depressing. She has a dry wit, a vigorous way with words and moments of theatrical…
Sweet FA
The Guardian 10 August 2021 It was a day of celebration. The players from the North British Rubber Company (NBRC) in Edinburgh’s Fountainbridge had been pitched against their rivals from…
Still game: Edinburgh’s 2021 fringe is a return to the festival’s roots
The Guardian 9 August 2021 On the wall in my kitchen is a calendar made by Edinburgh theatre critic Thom Dibdin. This time last year, he and his photographer brother…
Sex Education Xplorers (SEX)
The Guardian 9 August 2021 I imagine the curriculum has changed since my day but, even so, I’m pretty sure not many biology lessons look like this one by Mamoru…
Traverse festival, Edinburgh
The Guardian 25 Aug 2020 This the time of year commentators like to weigh in about the big themes on the Edinburgh fringe. The festival is a cultural barometer and,…
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 back to life. For her to survive, we…
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 the name of the town, but it must have been…