Don’t. Make. Tea.
The Guardian 24 March 2024 It is 2037 and the government has instituted a new system for assessing claims for disability benefits. Having listened to complaints about the old questionnaire,…
Roald Dahl’s the Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The Guardian 28 March 2022 If you’re looking for narcissism, Rob Drummond offers it fourfold. His adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1977 short story is a hall of mirrors in which…
Rewiring The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar for the internet age
The Scotsman 11 March 2022 Ben Harrison wonders if he were a little too young when he first came across Roald Dahl’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. He must…
Jemima Levick on life in Scottish theatre’s fast lane
The Scotsman 3 February 2022 Jemima Levick is enjoying life in the fast lane. In her last job as artistic director of Stellar Quines, she was responsible for perhaps a…
The Journey
The Guardian 17 Nov 2020 The joy of a magic trick is in the moment. The magician defies the rules of physics and we are astonished. Usually that’s it. Unless…
Scenes for Survival, 2nd round-up, NTS, online
The Guardian 4 Aug 2020 DURING the Covid crisis, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London has been collecting what it calls Pandemic Objects: artefacts that have taken on new…