Positive Stories for Negative Times
The List 2 October 2026 To sit and hear Robbie Gordon reel off figures is a mind-boggling thing. He is talking about Positive Stories For Negative Times, a project you…
Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2026
The Guardian 11 August 2026 Dusk has settled on Edinburgh Castle and now a laser beam is scribbling a route across its ramparts and high into the sky. The voice…
Reopening of the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
The List 21 July 2026 Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre is all things to all people. Want evidence? Just look at the first two shows after the Tollcross venue officially reopens following…
Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In preview
Scotland on Sunday 15 April 2026 As coming-of-age stories go, it takes some beating. Maggie Wallace was just 20 and working as a machinist in the Lee Jeans factory in…
Trolleydarity: the NTS show offering hospital patients ‘scratch n sniff staycations’
Scotland on Sunday 29 October 2025 The latest production by the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) sounds a hoot. But if you want to see it, there is a catch.…
Reopening of the Citizens Theatre
The List 5 July 2025 Where were we? Oh, yes. It was April 2018 and the Citizens Theatre was rounding off its in-house spring season with Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s…
Lau’s Martin Green on Keli
Scotland on Sunday 24 April 2025 Whappens when a composer becomes a playwright? Take the case of Martin Green. He is the accordionist best known for his work with Lau,…
Through the Shortbread Tin
The Scotsman 18 March 2025 When Martin O’Connor first talked to director Lu Kemp about his latest play, he thought she was using some unfamiliar theatrical terminology. What she liked…