Under Another Sky
The Guardian 12 August 2022 There can’t be many plays in which the emotional turning point is an argument over Henry Purcell’s Dido’s Lament. But then there can’t be many…
Sister Radio
The Guardian 28 August 2022 Fatemeh has just introduced her sister Shirin to her boyfriend and is excited to know what she thinks of him. Shirin is being guarded and…
Little Women and Little Women
The Guardian 29 July 2022 It has turned into a summer of Little Women. Three years after film-maker Greta Gerwig raised the profile of Louisa May Alcott’s novel, Mark Adamo’s…
Under Another Sky
The Scotsman 26 July 2022 David Greig wonders if what he has done in his latest play should even be allowed. Technically, he has only adapted a book. His romantic…
Around the World in 80 Days
The Guardian 14 July 2022 A big plus point in going outdoors to stage Jules Verne’s escapade is you have room aplenty to tether a hot-air balloon. The one that…
Little Women
The Scotsman 30 June 2022 It was when she organised an online reading during lockdown that Brigid Larmour realised what a gift of a play she had on her hands.…
Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood
The Guardian 13 June 2022 At first, you assume Lesley Hart’s play is a straight adaptation of A Study in Scarlet, the first of Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels about Sherlock…
Noises Off
The Guardian 5 June 2022 The actors in Noises Off have to play two parts. And they have to play them three times. First, in Michael Frayn’s 40-year-old farce-within-a-farce, they…
Sunshine on Leith
The Guardian 2 June 2022 We’ve romped most of the way through Life With You, the title track from the Proclaimers’ seventh album, when the lead actors fade out of…
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…