Miraculous, Ayr Gaiety/Borderline, online
The Guardian 31 July 2020 The 1980s brought us one-hit wonders such as Nena, Falco and Men Without Hats. To that list, playwright David F Ross would like us to…
The Coolidge Effect, Wonderfools, online
The Guardian 28 July 2020 Stories to Connect Us is the name given by the Glasgow company Wonder Fools to its online season – and with good reason. In our…
Edinburgh Festival: “the biggest challenge will be to make the audience feel like an audience again”
Scotland on Sunday 26 July 2020 It was a family holiday somewhere in the Republic of Ireland. I don’t remember the name of the town, but it must have been…
Adventures with the Painted People preview
The Guardian 2 June 2020 We never ask the right question of the future,” says David Greig, artistic director of Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum theatre. “If you’d asked me six months…
Scenes for Survival, National Theatre of Scotland, online
The Guardian, 27 May 2020 THERE’S a special joy in seeing a familiar character in an unfamiliar place. Take John Rebus. Solitary curmudgeon he may be, but Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh…
Elizabeth Newman, artistic director, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
TheatreVoice 2 April 2020 Elizabeth arrived at Pitlochry Festival Theatre in 2018 after eight years at Bolton’s Octagon, five as associate director and three as artistic director. Now in her…
Five from Inside, Traverse, Edinburgh, online
The Guardian 19 April 2020 Many theatre-makers have responded to the coronavirus lockdown by seeking to re-create a sense of community. Whether it’s the Zoom-based talking heads of the Show…
Edinburgh festival’s cancellation will be felt not just around the city but the world
The Guardian 1 April 2020 The story used to be about how enormous the Edinburgh fringe had become. As long ago as 1961, theatre director Gerard Slevin argued it would…
Barefoot in the Park, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
The Guardian 16 March 2020 It’s the second half of Neil Simon’s comedy when things kick off. After the sweet-tempered wisecracks before the interval, the mood has turned sour. Corie…
The Metamorphosis, Vanishing Point, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
The Guardian 16 March 2020 Of all the shows to have been affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, it is ironic that Vanishing Point’s Kafka adaptation should have been one of…