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…
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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…
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…
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…
The Guardian 21 February 2022 Here is a play that seems custom-built for a mainstage tour. It has popular hit written all over it. A vigorous debut by writer and…
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 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…
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…
The Guardian 3 Feb 2021 Haruki Murakami would have called it What I Talk About When I Talk About Weightlifting. The title chosen by playwright Stef Smith is The Deadlift.…
The Guardian, 8 December 2020 It’s been a long time since we saw the black doors of Glasgow’s Tron theatre swing open. A long time, too, since we caught sight…
The Guardian 16 March 2020 Of all the shows to have been affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, it is ironic that Vanishing Point’s Kafka adaptation should have been one of…