Waiting for Godot
The Guardian 26 February 2026 Productions of Samuel Beckett’s modernist classic often evoke the world of music hall. The duelling routines of Vladimir and Estragon recall the banter of old-time…
Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door
The Guardian 25 February 2026 Milly Sweeney is a young writer gaining traction. Staged in Pitlochry last year, her play Water Colour, about the changing states of mind of two…
Saint Joan
The Guardian 23 February 2026 When George Bernard Shaw’s play was about to open at what is now the Noël Coward theatre, the critic of the Times worried that the…
Beauty and the Beast
The Guardian 8 December 2025 It is rare for a family show to be both funny and spine-tinglingly creepy, but an achievement playwright Lewis Hetherington pulls off in his imaginative…
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Guardian 5 December 2025 Do not be misled by the title. This is a takeover. Not only has this Jack and the Beanstalk gone from fairy story to panto…
Gallus in Weegieland
The Guardian 23 November 2025 More than the odd playwright has discovered to their cost that Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is harder to adapt than they might suppose. Yes, Lewis…
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.…
A Piano Full of Feathers
The Guardian 26 October 2025 The piano is full of feathers to keep the noise down. Irving Berlin liked to write at night and the feathers were his way to…
The Seagull
The Guardian 16 October 2025 It is quite something when Caroline Quentin dominates the stage. Quite something, because of the competition. One of the great strengths of this rewarding production…