Ones to watch in 2024: Catriona Faint
The Scotsman 8 January 2024 Call it chance, call it versatility, but so far in her short career Catriona Faint has played more men than women. As a student at…
Oliver Emanuel obituary
The Guardian 2 January 2024 Oliver Emanuel, who has died aged 43 from brain cancer, was a playwright, teacher and radio dramatist who put his name to some of the…
Same Team preview
The Scotsman 12 December 2023 When Bryony Shanahan was launching herself as a theatre director, she went for an interview at the Manchester Royal Exchange. They asked her who her…
John Byrne
The Guardian 1 December 2023 If John Byrne had been known only for The Slab Boys, he would be considered one of Scotland’s great cultural figures. But Byrne, who died…
Starcatchers Baby Studio
The Scotsman 28 November 2023 “This is a yes space,” says performer Kerry Cleland. We are surveying the scene in the Baby Studio in Wester Hailes, a place where there…
Morna Young and Finn Anderson on The Snow Queen
The Scotsman 13 November 2023 A first-time collaboration is a risky thing. What if the participants don’t hit it off? How do they negotiate if one is not happy with…
A guide to modern panto
Published in The List 3 November 2023 If the culture wars were an actual thing rather than the delusions of some Tory sociopaths, where would pantomime be in the battle?…
The Ghosts of North Leith
The Scotsman 3 November 2023 You can tell a lot about the life of a place from its graveyard. That, at any rate, is the premise of The Ghosts Of…
Stage and Screen exhibition
The Scotsman 27 October 2023 Scene one. The lights go up on a narrow Victorian townhouse near London’s King’s Road. We are greeted at the front door by James Gordon,…
Andy Arnold on Nae Expectations
The Guardian 18 October 2023 Andy Arnold is a director with staying power. Nae Expectations, which has just opened at Glasgow’s Tron theatre, is his swansong production after nearly 16…