Review: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
In the grand scheme of things, a show’s design is rarely the most important part. Sure, it can be memorable, tie everything together and...
Mar 9, 2022
Review: Metamorphosis (Tron Theatre)
When Vanishing Point decided to adapt Franz Kafka’s classic surrealist short story, they had no way of knowing that a show about a man...
Mar 14, 2020
Review: Educating Rita (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
Is it possible to educate someone who isn’t posh? Though the bluntness of the central question of Educating Rita is a little out-dated,...
Mar 3, 2020
Review: The Secret Garden (Tron Theatre Glasgow)
The Secret Garden, the classic British children’s novel, is a little less British than people might think. It was first published as...
Feb 14, 2020
Billionaire Boy (King's Theatre Glasgow)
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word “billionaire”? Celebrity? Technology? Taxes? But as a child, the idea of being...
Jan 18, 2020
Review: Frankenstein (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
It’s been a busy year for old Frankenstein and his monster. This is the third production I’ve seen this year, and there have been a...
Nov 26, 2019
Review: The Exorcist (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
Horrifying your audience is easier when they are trapped in a small space. We’re practically begging to be snuck up on. In a big venue...
Sep 19, 2019
Review: The Girl on the Train (Theatre Royal)
When you move a story from medium to medium, the challenge you face is to hold onto what made it special in the first place. After the...
Apr 16, 2019
Review: Heart of Darkness (Tron Theatre)
Just when I thought we were beginning to move away from black stories being told through white eyes, the surprise win for “Green Book”...
Mar 9, 2019
Review: Touching the Void (The Lyceum)
Joe Simpson’s incredible survival from a mountaineering accident on Peruvian mountain Siula Grande has been turned into a best-selling...
Feb 1, 2019
