Through the Shortbread Tin review
The Guardian 7 April 2025 Martin O’Connor calls it “the first Outlander effect”. He is thinking about how an image of a country catches on and, factual or otherwise, comes…
Through the Shortbread Tin
The Scotsman 18 March 2025 When Martin O’Connor first talked to director Lu Kemp about his latest play, he thought she was using some unfamiliar theatrical terminology. What she liked…
Oliver Emanuel obituary
The Guardian 2 January 2024 Oliver Emanuel, who has died aged 43 from brain cancer, was a playwright, teacher and radio dramatist who put his name to some of the…
Don Quixote: Man Of Clackmannanshire
The Scotsman 7 Sep 2022 The latest collaboration between Perth Theatre and Dundee Rep has had a slow gestation. The arrestingly titled Don Quixote: Man Of Clackmannanshire started life in…
Oh When The Saints: Bringing St Johnstone’s Scottish Cup triumph to the stage
The Scotsman 21 May 2022 Sometimes you get so used to defeat that the possibility of victory is scary. That is the case for Bobby, a supporter of St Johnstone…