A View from the Bridge
The Guardian 26 February 2025 Is it an innocent domestic moment or a portent of something more ominous? It happens early enough in Jemima Levick’s thrilling production – her debut…
Hedda Gabler
The Scotsman 1 June 2024 You have to admire Nicole Cooper’s stamina. She has only just finished her globe-conquering turn in Macbeth (An Undoing), Zinnie Harris’s radical rewrite in which…
Macbeth (An Undoing)
The Guardian 9 February 2023 To summon up witches is to play with fire. Could the same be true about summoning up a dead playwright? That is what writer/director Zinnie…
Nicole Cooper on Macbeth (An Undoing)
The Scotsman 31 January 2023 It is a conundrum for any actor playing Lady Macbeth. Things start off the way you would expect in Shakespeare’s tragedy as she greets her…
Medea remixed for Bard in the Botanics
The Scotsman 11 June 2022 This summer’s Bard in the Botanics season has been hit by two intriguing coincidences. Both are the result of the pandemic and both made the…
The Tempest
The Guardian 1 November 2021 The short-term forecast is for a storm – or maybe a squally shower – of Cop26-inspired Tempests. On 7 November, BBC Radio 3 is fielding…
Nicole Cooper on The Tron’s all-female Tempest
The Scotsman 14 October 2021 If you’re an actor, a theatre can look like a closed shop. There are too few parts going to too few performers. Getting a break…
Twelfth Night
The Guardian 12 July 2021 You can see why director Gordon Barr chose to set Twelfth Night in the wings of a theatre. Heather Grace Currie’s design – all ropes,…