Ones to watch in 2023: Eilidh Loan
The Scotsman 7 January 2023 Theatre is a precarious business. So much can happen between commission and production, it’s best nobody gets their hopes up. That is why Eilidh Loan…
Jordan Young on Snow White
The Scotsman 8 December 2022 Edinburgh panto lovers have needed patience this year. While the King’s is being refurbished, the annual mirth-fest led by Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan…
Ross MacKay on Treasure Island
The Scotsman 30 November 2022 When Ross MacKay was a boy, he loved nothing more than to write. He was not sporty, but give him a blank piece of paper…
Colin McCredie on playing Captain Hook
The Scotsman 8 November 2022 It is not a question most of us ever have to worry about it, but for an actor it could make all the difference: on…
Enough of Him
7 October 2022 The Scotsman It is a landmark case in Scottish legal history. In 1778, Joseph Knight persuaded the courts he should be free to leave the employment of…
Sally Reid on playing Shirley Valentine
The Scotsman 4 October 2022 The first thing actor Sally Reid and director Elizabeth Newman had to decide on was the accent. Would Reid play Shirley Valentine with her native…
Jordan & Skinner on their feminist retelling of The Time Machine
The Scotsman 28 September 2022 HG Wells was a visionary. It is not only that his 1895 novella introduced the phrase “time machine” to the language, it is also that…
James IV: Queen of the Fight
The Guardian 13 September 2022 When an early draft of Rona Munro’s new play did the rounds, one of the first people to read it had a quibble. They said…
Don Quixote: Man Of Clackmannanshire
The Scotsman 7 Sep 2022 The latest collaboration between Perth Theatre and Dundee Rep has had a slow gestation. The arrestingly titled Don Quixote: Man Of Clackmannanshire started life in…