Underwood Lane
The Guardian 8 July 2022 John Byrne is not a playwright you associate with jukebox musicals. The Slab Boys author – who, as a painter, is being celebrated in a…
Underwood Lane
The Scotsman 27 June 2022 Hilary Brooks is bubbling with excitement. It is not only that she is back in the rehearsal room as musical director after so long in…
Who Killed My Father
The Scotsman 4 May 2022 Édouard Louis is known primarily as a novelist – and an astonishing one at that – but that hasn’t stopped him also becoming the darling…
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…
Me and My Sister Tell Each Other Everything
The Guardian 25 March 2022 It’s the middle of the night and Murph has called her sister Jos for a chat. On her mind are the relative qualities of Julie…
Andy Arnold on his post-pandemic plans for the Tron
The Scotsman, 1 February 2022 Andy Arnold’s daughter recently brought him up short. Working in Formula One racing, she commented that you don’t want to finish a race stuck behind…
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…