What I’m Here For
The Guardian 2 April 2026 The standard colour scheme for hospital dramas is clinical white. You expect gleaming walls and antiseptic surfaces, institutionally bright. Mai Katsume takes the opposite tack.…
Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey
The Guardian 23 February 2025 Mizuki Ando has a distressing condition. Played by Rin Nasu, she is not a demonstrative woman, but insists on finding a cure. Referred to a…
Imogen Stirling on turning the seven deadly sins into ‘poetry you can dance to’
The Scotsman 3 May 2023 Imogen Stirling did not set out to publish another poetry collection. She sees herself as a performance poet; one for whom the spoken word takes…
Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir interview
The Scotsman 26 April 2022 Picture: Mihaela Bodlovic Audiences are being treated to a double helping of director Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir at Glasgow’s Tron Theatre this spring. No sooner has…