Hedda Gabler
The Scotsman 1 June 2024 You have to admire Nicole Cooper’s stamina. She has only just finished her globe-conquering turn in Macbeth (An Undoing), Zinnie Harris’s radical rewrite in which…
Oliver Emanuel obituary
The Guardian 2 January 2024 Oliver Emanuel, who has died aged 43 from brain cancer, was a playwright, teacher and radio dramatist who put his name to some of the…
Macbeth (An Undoing)
The Guardian 9 February 2023 To summon up witches is to play with fire. Could the same be true about summoning up a dead playwright? That is what writer/director Zinnie…
Nicole Cooper on Macbeth (An Undoing)
The Scotsman 31 January 2023 It is a conundrum for any actor playing Lady Macbeth. Things start off the way you would expect in Shakespeare’s tragedy as she greets her…
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…
The Scent of Roses
The Guardian 9 March 2022 Where do we draw the line between a white lie, an infidelity and a Trumpian fantasy? When does being economical with the truth become a…
Lyceum Christmas Tales
The Guardian, 9 Dec 2020 How many ways are there to tell a story? The Lyceum comes close to an answer in this Advent masterclass in narrative technique. In the…