Peter Panto and the Incredible Stinkerbell
The Guardian 27 November 2024 I seen regular productions of Peter Pan that treat the death of Tinker Bell more casually than it is handled here by writer, director and…
Radiant Vermin review
The Guardian 30 June 2024 What moral compromises has the Christian right had to make in order to lend its support to Donald Trump, a convicted felon? It is a…
Radiant Vermin
The Scotsman 14 June 2024 A few years ago, Julie Wilson Nimmo upped sticks and moved to Los Angles. She and her family – husband Greg Hemphill and their two…
A guide to modern panto
Published in The List 3 November 2023 If the culture wars were an actual thing rather than the delusions of some Tory sociopaths, where would pantomime be in the battle?…
No Love Songs
The Guardian 6 August 2023 There is a tremendous amount of heart in this musical two-hander about the stresses of early parenthood. It is inspired by the experience of co-writer…
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Guardian 27 November 2022 Holywood repeats itself, first as musical, second as panto. If you have never imagined Dorothy in drag, well, you have never reckoned on Johnny McKnight,…
Tickbox
The Guardian 18 August 2021 The first time it happened was when Lubna Kerr joined the Brownies. The future actor and comedian found the girls in her pack to be…
Meet Jan Black
The Guardian, 2 April 2021 What will audiences want after the pandemic? Will it be daft comedies by Noël Coward? Or will they have an appetite for Pulitzer-winning cancer dramas…
Rapunzel: A Hairy Tale Adventure
The Guardian 22 December 2020 Did Brian Friel ever write a Christmas show? If he did, it might have looked like this one from the National Theatre of Scotland. Responding…