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…
Morna Young and Finn Anderson on The Snow Queen
The Scotsman 13 November 2023 A first-time collaboration is a risky thing. What if the participants don’t hit it off? How do they negotiate if one is not happy with…
Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape
The Guardian 31 August 2023 Peter Arnott’s elegiac new play is suspended between past and future. The past is represented by Will (Robbie Scott), a dead child whose ghost haunts…
Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape
The Scotsman 11 August 2023 How long does it take to write a play? If you ask Peter Arnott you might be surprised by the answer. He has been working…
Under Another Sky
The Guardian 12 August 2022 There can’t be many plays in which the emotional turning point is an argument over Henry Purcell’s Dido’s Lament. But then there can’t be many…
Under Another Sky
The Scotsman 26 July 2022 David Greig wonders if what he has done in his latest play should even be allowed. Technically, he has only adapted a book. His romantic…
Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil
The Guardian 21 July 2021 Who doesn’t love an underdog? When Brora Rangers played eight-times Scottish cup winners Hearts in March, they enjoyed a perfect David-and-Goliath victory. The part-time team…
Adventures with the Painted People
The Guardian 14 June 2021 Pitlochry Festival theatre already has a claim to be the most beautifully situated in the country. Now, with the advent of an outdoor amphitheatre deep…
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…