The Stamping Ground
The Guardian 20 July 2022 Turns out the qualities that made Runrig one of Scotland’s biggest bands are also a perfect match for the musical. The heart-on-sleeve passions, the windswept…
Around the World in 80 Days
The Guardian 14 July 2022 A big plus point in going outdoors to stage Jules Verne’s escapade is you have room aplenty to tether a hot-air balloon. The one that…
Underwood Lane
The Guardian 8 July 2022 John Byrne is not a playwright you associate with jukebox musicals. The Slab Boys author – who, as a painter, is being celebrated in a…
Goldilocks Goes to Greece
The Guardian 6 July 2022 If you must insist on a summer panto, then Greece is as good a destination as any. It also works for alliteration. And that is…
Edinburgh festival 2022: 50 shows to see
The Guardian 6 July 2022 MedeaThe Hub Liz Lochhead’s adaptation of the Euripides tragedy was the sensation of the 2000 fringe – and again the following year. Now it is…
Little Women
The Scotsman 30 June 2022 It was when she organised an online reading during lockdown that Brigid Larmour realised what a gift of a play she had on her hands.…
Underwood Lane
The Scotsman 27 June 2022 Hilary Brooks is bubbling with excitement. It is not only that she is back in the rehearsal room as musical director after so long in…
Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood
The Guardian 13 June 2022 At first, you assume Lesley Hart’s play is a straight adaptation of A Study in Scarlet, the first of Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels about Sherlock…
Medea remixed for Bard in the Botanics
The Scotsman 11 June 2022 This summer’s Bard in the Botanics season has been hit by two intriguing coincidences. Both are the result of the pandemic and both made the…
Laurel and Hardy
The Guardian 8 June 2022 Movie director Leo McCarey has a proposal for producer Hal Roach. He has seen Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel acting in the same silent short,…