Theatre
The popular award winning animated TV show for very small people about very small people, Ben and Holly’s…
The very word "Traverse", meaning to travel or move across, has been for 50 years, an extremely apt name for…
Umbrellas may be ubiquitous (inside and out!) but bright things are ahead at Summerhall this Festival Fringe.
To put on ‘the poor mouth’ is a Gaelic expression, meaning to complain unduly about your misfortunes.
A model of youth theatre that really works is the best way to sum up Edinburgh-based Strange Town.
There is no gale that can beat Lìte’s enthusiasm. Leith Festival presents a spectacular nine-day period in…
Not made from girders, just from terrific talent, this year’s exciting Made In Scotland programme has been…
Based on the book by William Feaver, Lee Hall’s acclaimed play, The Pitmen Painters, takes us on a journey of…
A Play, a Jiaozi (Chinese dumpling) and a Pint may lack the alliteration of a Play, a Pie and a Pint but…
American playwright David Mamet had for a very long time been accused of only being able to write parts for…
Edinburgh’s first Tradfest heralded the early dawn of summer this weekend, embracing all the folk arts in a…
“A man may be accused of cowardice for fleeing away from all manner of physical dangers, but when things…
Millennium Forum’s plot summary of ‘Translations’ reminds us it is over thirty years since this play was…
Bakelite phones and some great ‘30s blues and swing music, along with Yip Harburg’s heart rending anthem to…
I cannot help but feel a prick of cynicism when I hear of a sitcom revival, be it on stage or screen,…
There is an appropriate air of military precision and quiet crowd control at the SECC as the audience queues…
‘The Winter’s Tale’ contains possibly the most well known stage direction in theatre – ‘exit, pursued by a…
It was an intriguing old photo from a Glasgow newspaper that had belonged to my Dad that led me to find out…
It can be a terribly difficult thing not to fall into clichés when writing a piece such as this.
It must be a difficult job satirising politicians. Not to tarnish them all with the same brush or anything,…