‘Today’s Don Juans are in office’ – Grant O’Rourke on modernising Molière
The Scotsman 7 October 2021 Audiences often ask writers where they get their ideas from. Maybe a better question would be when. For Grant O’Rourke, it was three o’clock in…
Kieran Hurley on updating Ibsen for the National Theatre of Scotland
The Scotsman 30 September 2021 The last time I interviewed Kieran Hurley for The Scotsman he was preparing for the end of the world. The performer and playwright was just…
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…
Leith takes centre stage in new audio plays series
The Scotsman 31 March 2021 When the Covid-19 pandemic struck in March 2020, many theatre companies could only shut up shop. Not so Citadel Arts Group. The Leith company, which…
Panto king Andy Gray was one of Edinburgh’s most revered revellers
The Guardian 19 January 2021 It was 2010 and the world of Scottish theatre was reeling from the sudden death of Gerard Kelly, one of the great panto stars. I…
How to Write About Theatre Online Workshops
Critical Stages 30 December 2020 It is October 2016, and I am sharing a stage at Trinity College Dublin with Peter Crawley of the Irish Times. We are talking about…