Yes! Yes! UCS! New play recalls Upper Clyde Shipbuilders’ dispute of 1970s
The Scotsman 4 March 2022 Outside the theatre where Yes! Yes! UCS! is being staged, you’ll see a blackboard. Audiences are free to chalk up messages on the way out.…
Jemima Levick on life in Scottish theatre’s fast lane
The Scotsman 3 February 2022 Jemima Levick is enjoying life in the fast lane. In her last job as artistic director of Stellar Quines, she was responsible for perhaps a…
Andy Arnold on his post-pandemic plans for the Tron
The Scotsman, 1 February 2022 Andy Arnold’s daughter recently brought him up short. Working in Formula One racing, she commented that you don’t want to finish a race stuck behind…
Prism: The Online Theatre Show Where the Audience Chooses the Ending
The Scotsman 25 January 2022 When Claire Wood turned her hand to online theatre last year, something unexpected happened. The playwright had always intended to make her play Roulette interactive,…
Dawn Taylor on Manipulate 2022
The Scotsman 11 January 2022 This time last year, the lockdown forced Edinburgh‘ s Manipulate festival to go online. For Dawn Taylor, who was making her debut as artistic director,…
Stagehand takes centre stage in Lyceum Christmas show
The Scotsman 30 November 2021 You can see why someone might feel down about Christmas. Last year, celebrations were all-but cancelled. This year, the fog of Covid uncertainty has yet…
Revolution Days: new play tells the real-life stories of the Arab Spring
The Scotsman 16 November 2021 There is a scene in Mariem Omari’s new play in which an aid worker finds herself in Tunisia and is overwhelmed by the vastness of…
Inspiring (very) young minds: 15 years of Starcatchers
The Scotsman 4 November 2021 A 15th anniversary is a significant milestone for any theatre company. But for Edinburgh’s Starcatchers, it is doubly so. This is the company that caters…
Bedknobs and Broomsticks: Scottish duo to bring Disney classic to the stage
The Scotsman 26 October 2021 You will know them as the masterminds behind some of Scotland’s most adventurous theatre productions. For the National Theatre of Scotland, they staged the wordless…
Nicole Cooper on The Tron’s all-female Tempest
The Scotsman 14 October 2021 If you’re an actor, a theatre can look like a closed shop. There are too few parts going to too few performers. Getting a break…