Although, like most children of my generation, I wanted to be a ballet dancer, lack of money and an even greater lack of talent meant that I never did have dancing lessons and my interest over the years has wanted. But a friend in the…
The Lyceum's artistic director David Greig is always pushing the boundaries in (mostly) exciting new productions. And so it is with the theatre's latest offering which Greig himself has written. Two Sisters really starts in the bar beforehand, where questionnaires are strewn across tables, waiting…
This is an experience not to be missed! From the war zone you have to walk through, with bombs exploding and the sound of low-flying jets overhead, to an ending which will have you jumping out of your seat, this is a modern-day Macbeth as…
The award-winning Gary McNair has already proved himself to be an exciting and innovative playwright with The National Theatre of Scotland's Dear Billy. Forbes Masson, meanwhile, is a heavyweight in the world of theatre. An associate of the RSC, his West End performances are numerous,…
This is Peter Pan as you've never seen it before! The boy who never grew up (played by local lad Kieran Lynch) makes little more than a flying (literally, of course) visit to Neverland where the stars are Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan Young.…
The National Theatre of Scotland turns the age-old story of Dracula on its head in Morna Pearson's thrilling interpretation of Bram Stoker's classic tale. Apparently, it was a Scottish writer, Emily Gerard, who inspired Stoker to write Dracula, and Pearson, who created this story with…
We are, each and every one of us, unique. We are all different, and not one of us is perfect. But, in this sometimes cruel world, some people find their differences more challenging, and not always of their own making. So Disciples is brave, as…
Prolific, and multi-award winning playwright Peter Arnott likens his latest production to a 'Scottish Chekov'. There are certainly some similarities to the Russian writer's works; entitled people gathering at a country house; messy relationships; even a dead child, and people unable to talk about what…
I feel guilty every time I see Sister Act! Apart from disco diva Deloris hiding out in a convent to avoid her murdering married lover, it's all about a band of, hitherto tuneless, nuns who Deloris knocks into shape to raise funds to save their…
Matthew Bourne is a genius…I've probably said it before. His re-imaginings of classical ballets never fail to amaze, and delight, me. I'm in total awe. Thirty-one years after his first ballet, Romeo + Juliet premiered in 2019 and in this, its latest airing, the opening…