Jun 16, 2017
Review: Room (Dundee Rep)
It is not that often that a story goes from being a film to a stage adaptation. More often it is the other way around, but with the huge...
Jun 15, 2017
The Glaring Problem of "Annie Get Your Gun"
Over the last week, I have been helping backstage with costume in my local school’s production of “Annie Get Your Gun”. A lot of hard...
Jun 2, 2017
Review: Every Brilliant Thing (Dundee Rep)
How do we talk about depression? It’s a topic that has come up more and more in the media in recent years: in film, in television, and in...
May 25, 2017
Review: Antony and Cleopatra (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)
Please let it be good. Please let it be good. Please let it be good. Despite my usual determination not to prejudge any production, nor...
May 19, 2017
Review: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Harold Pinter Theatre)
Now, this is the big one. This is the one that has got people talking, even in Aberdeen, particularly after the Harold Pinter Theatre...
May 12, 2017
Review: Obsession (The Barbican)
Obsession. It’s about a couple of people who are obsessed with each other, trouble is one is married. And that’s it. One could be...
Apr 27, 2017
Review: Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)
So here it is ladies and gentleman, the RSC’s killer summer season that you’ve all been looking forward to…Rome season? Granted, after...
Apr 14, 2017
Review: The Train (The Abbey Theatre)
For better or for worse, there is no better time for feminist theatre than now. Controversy can only work to the benefit of a piece of...
Apr 13, 2017
Review: Silent (Peacock Theatre)
It’s fair to say that “Silent”, as an elevator pitch, would be unlikely to attract the average man walking, or lying, on the street. The...
Apr 13, 2017
Review: The Beauty Queen of Leenane (The Gaiety)
“Stunning”. “Outstanding”. “Brilliant”. These are words that have thus far been used to describe “The Beauty Queen of Leenane”, and will...
