⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s rare for a piece of theatre to come along that feels genuinely game-changing. Where a story, a theatre and a production team together under the right circumstances to create something truly exceptional. That’s …
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Review: The Dresser, King’s Theatre Edinburgh
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A bitterly timely play, The Dresser may well be over 40 years old but as this pitch-perfect touring producing makes clear, it’s every bit as pertinent in 2022 as in 1980. The year is …
Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Perth Theatre
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Original Theatre inject a hearty dose of silliness to this deconstructed version of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Sherlock Holmes adventure. A three-strong cast undertake a mammoth list of roles in this tale, with David …
Interview: Eilidh Loan on Moorcroft
Playwright and actress Eilidh Loan opens her play, Moorcroft, at Glasgow’s Tron Theatre this week. Between rehearsals, she spoke to Braw Theatre about bringing working class voices to the stage, getting closer to her dad …
Review: Looking Good Dead, Theatre Royal Glasgow
⭐️⭐️ After a further period of darkness, Scotland’s theatres finally reopened to audiences this week. Christening the Theatre Royal’s stage is a twisted thriller that can’t be taken seriously enough to land the necessary sucker-punch. …
Review: The Signalman, Perth Theatre
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Born from the tragedy of the Tay Rail Bridge disaster, The Signalman is a delicately crafted drama that poignantly marks the long-awaited return of live events to Perth Theatre after 18 months in darkness. …
Interview: Ken Alexander – Director of The Signalman
Just before the curtain lifted at Perth Theatre after 18 months in the dark, we spoke to Director Ken Alexander about the creative process and returning to Perth Theatre with The Signalman. BT: Can you …
Perth pair team up for Dundee disaster play The Signalman
Former Perth Theatre artistic director Ken Alexander is getting together with award-winning Perth actor Tom McGovern for Perth Theatre’s production of The Signalman this September. Running in Perth Theatre from Thursday 23 September until Saturday …
Review: Meet Jan Black, Ayr Gaiety
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We are all sick to death of zoom meetings and are desperately longing to be back in the comfort of a theatre for a night of entertainment. In many ways, then, we are all …
Pitlochry Festival Theatre and BBC announce digital première of new David Greig play ‘Adventures with the Painted People’
A new play by David Greig, Adventures with the Painted People, originally commissioned by Pitlochry Festival Theatre as part of the theatre’s 2020 season, and now a BBC ARTS – Culture in Quarantine, BBC Radio 3, Naked Productions, …