Cinderella
The Guardian, 28 November 2021 The modern adapter of Cinderella is faced with two questions. How to give agency to a central character who is subject not only to the…
Revolution Days: new play tells the real-life stories of the Arab Spring
The Scotsman 16 November 2021 There is a scene in Mariem Omari’s new play in which an aid worker finds herself in Tunisia and is overwhelmed by the vastness of…
Inspiring (very) young minds: 15 years of Starcatchers
The Scotsman 4 November 2021 A 15th anniversary is a significant milestone for any theatre company. But for Edinburgh’s Starcatchers, it is doubly so. This is the company that caters…
Life Is a Dream
The Guardian 3 November 2021 Segismundo has just woken up in a palace, having spent his life holed up in a tower. In Pedro Calderón’s extraordinary Spanish golden age drama,…
The Tempest
The Guardian 1 November 2021 The short-term forecast is for a storm – or maybe a squally shower – of Cop26-inspired Tempests. On 7 November, BBC Radio 3 is fielding…
Bedknobs and Broomsticks: Scottish duo to bring Disney classic to the stage
The Scotsman 26 October 2021 You will know them as the masterminds behind some of Scotland’s most adventurous theatre productions. For the National Theatre of Scotland, they staged the wordless…
Nicole Cooper on The Tron’s all-female Tempest
The Scotsman 14 October 2021 If you’re an actor, a theatre can look like a closed shop. There are too few parts going to too few performers. Getting a break…
‘Today’s Don Juans are in office’ – Grant O’Rourke on modernising Molière
The Scotsman 7 October 2021 Audiences often ask writers where they get their ideas from. Maybe a better question would be when. For Grant O’Rourke, it was three o’clock in…
Kieran Hurley on updating Ibsen for the National Theatre of Scotland
The Scotsman 30 September 2021 The last time I interviewed Kieran Hurley for The Scotsman he was preparing for the end of the world. The performer and playwright was just…