Review: Groan Ups (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
Seeing Mischief Theatre’s Groan Ups is rather like when a much-loved band puts out a new album that is a little…different from what we...
Oct 28, 2021
Review: The Importance of Being...Earnest? (Pleasance at the EICC)
Be warned, this is a dangerous show. It involves no pyrotechnics. It has no elaborate stunts. It doesn’t even feature wild animals. No,...
Aug 14, 2021
Review: The Comedy of Errors (The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre)
The new, temporary Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre is reminiscent of a water park. It feels as though we are about to witness some...
Aug 5, 2021
Review: Curtains (King's Theatre Glasgow)
“Refrain from making anything brilliant, just avoid making anything god awful”. A truly accurate description of what it can feels like to...
Mar 13, 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: God of Carnage (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
Often when we go to the theatre, we come to see dramatic battles, epic rivalries, and stories of grandeur that far exceed the petty drama...
Jan 28, 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: The Mousetrap (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
Ironically, there’s something very reliable about a big-theatre mystery. For all the suspense and suspicion, you can be sure there will...
Oct 29, 2019
Review: Standard:Elite (Bedlam Theatre)
Whoever said politics and class couldn’t be fun? In Standard:Elite by Hidden Track, privilege is turned into a game; there are standard...
Aug 22, 2019
Review: Noises Off (Lyric Hammersmith)
After the sensation of The Play that Goes Wrong, one (i.e. me) would be forgiven for thinking that this farcical, meta 1982 play was an...
Jul 19, 2019
