A Giant on the Bridge
The Scotsman 23 February 2024 You are driving down the street, joining in with a song on the radio at the top of your voice. We have all done it.…
Blythe Duff on Escaped Alone
The Scotsman 15 February 2024 Had we tried to run an article before Christmas about Blythe Duff’s latest role, the former Taggart actor would have had little to say. Even…
Two Sisters
The Guardian 19 February 2024 Two Sisters smells like teen spirit. Before the three leads come on in David Greig’s entertaining new play, the stage is filled with youth-theatre actors.…
David Greig on Two Sisters
The Scotsman 6 February 2024 Can there be anything more British than a seaside caravan holiday? Surely this is the only nation whose idea of escape is staying on a…
Manipulate festival 2024
The Guardian 5 February 2024 You can rely on Edinburgh’s Manipulate festival to give you something you have never seen before. This year, it comes in the form of Simple…
The Moira Trilogy
The Guardian 5 February 2024 The playwright and novelist Alan Bissett has been moonlighting as Moira Bell for the past 15 years. His alter ego is a working-class Falkirk everywoman,…
Clare Duffy on Many Good Men
The Scotsman 30 January 2024 Playwright Clare Duffy set up her company Civic Digits to consider what it means to live in a world dominated by the internet. With a…
Spark – the Highland New Play Festival
The Scotsman 9 January 2024 The actor and director Matthew Zajac is extemporising a history of theatre in the Highlands and islands. He begins in the 1970s when he was…
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…