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…
It’s a pity the UK premiere of this production isn’t on for longer. It needs to be seen! However, I would understand why it doesn’t have a long run. The subject matter must leave the four performers and the extraordinary percussionist absolutely exhausted. As just…
Productions highlighting the horrors of Climate Change are thin on the ground this year, which is a shame, because the problem, as we all know, is becoming more acute, and anything that will remind us to do our bit for the planet can only do…
Thrown wins the championship for hard-hitting drama, A National Theatre of Scotland production, it’s about five women wrestlers. It’s not so much about the sport of backhold wrestling (a feature of Highland games) however, it’s more about how the women, all from different backgrounds, wrestle…
It takes all sorts to make an Edinburgh Fringe, and one of the most unexpected shows this year must be this one, written and performed by a former teacher who found himself at the heart of the American presidential campaign in 2016. Dennis Trainor Jnr…