The Seagull
The Guardian 16 October 2025 It is quite something when Caroline Quentin dominates the stage. Quite something, because of the competition. One of the great strengths of this rewarding production…
The Glass Menagerie
The Guardian 9 October 2025 Christopher Jordan-Marshall breathes the evening into life. Gliding into the auditorium with the house lights up, he appears as Tom Wingfield, the narrator of Tennessee…
Keli review
The Guardian, 16 May 2025 Towards the end of Martin Green’s brass-infused play for the National Theatre of Scotland, there is a resonant metaphor. It makes the connection between directing…
The Merchant of Venice
The Guardian 23 January 2025 He likes a bit of a laugh, this Shylock. Played with cool authority by John Douglas Thompson in a suit that blends with the grey…
Treasure Island
The Guardian 2 December 2024 Who is the protagonist of Robert Louis Stevenson’s adventure story? The obvious answer is Jim Hawkins, the innkeeper’s son who is drawn into a high-seas…
The Outrun
The Guardian 4 August 2024 Amy Liptrot’s memoir is having a moment. Nora Fingscheidt’s screen version starring Saoirse Ronan is about to open in the Edinburgh international film festival and,…
The Girls of Slender Means
The Guardian 18 April 2024 We are in that open-ended time between a long collective trauma and the arrival of a Labour government. You will know the feeling, but this…