The Outrun
The Guardian 4 August 2024 Amy Liptrot’s memoir is having a moment. Nora Fingscheidt’s screen version starring Saoirse Ronan is about to open in the Edinburgh international film festival and,…
Lament for Sheku Bayoh
The Guardian 20 November 2020 ‘It’s not Black Lives Matter,” says one of the characters in Hannah Lavery’s damning new play. “This is Scotland. It’s not the same.” The police…
Ghost Light review – a feast of dreams from the National Theatre of Scotland
National Theatre of Scotland online THE test of a good production of Peter Pan is the scene where the audience bring Tinkerbell back to life. For her to survive, we…
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…