Reviews
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Betrothal at a Monastery @ The Theatre Royal
It’s not the most original story for a comic opera: Louisa is a young lady who trades identity with her chaperone so she can marry the poor man whom sh... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
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The Shoogle Project
Step in time, out of time - just dance! Read more »| 16 Jan 2012 -
Festivals
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I @ The Festival Theatre
Upon entering the auditorium, the stage appears empty, except for a gong. With a resounding - almost ceremonial - ring of said gong, the overture begins. A b... Read more »| 01 Jan 2012 -
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Spain @ Citizens
A sharp contrast to James Ley’s last Glasgay! entry – an urgent yet funny look at one teacher’s nervous breakdown – Spain takes... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
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The Little Match Girl Passion @ Tron
There has always been an uncompromising seriousness within Cryptic’s art. While they are now on the cusp of redefining their mission – having bee... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
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CH-CH CHANGES @ Citizens Theatre
In Bette Cavette, the brilliant sell-out show of 2010, Grant Smeaton, theatre’s own Swiss Army Knife, did not rely on easy caricature or impe... Read more »| 09 Nov 2011
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Miranda @ Cottiers
After the physical theatre nightmare of The Red Shoes, a fringe entry which translated the classic film into the daily experience of a ballet dancer’s ... Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
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All the Fun of the Fair @ The Playhouse
Levi Lee owns a travelling fun fair. He’s middle-aged, a recent widower and, to add to his distress, he’s in a perpetual fight with his teenager ... Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
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Louna @ The Berkeley Suite
Taking grim to a new level Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
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Arches Live
The Power of Suggestion Read more »| 03 Oct 2011 -
Festivals
Pirates of Penzance @ Surgeon's Hall
Yarrr me Hearties! Hearken to the cheerful overture, unmistakeably Arthur Sullivan in disposition! Ye may ‘ave ‘eard it before in a Warner Brothe... Read more »| 30 Sep 2011 -
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Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off @ The Lyceum Theatre
Two queens, one kingdom sounds like a recipe for chaos Read more »| 27 Sep 2011 -
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The Salon Project @ The Traverse
In a time of political uncertainty, the past can seem attractive. Yet despite harking back to the genteel drawing rooms of the ninteenth century, Stewart Lai... Read more »| 25 Sep 2011 -
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September Songs @ Tron
Almost a year after talk of a cabaret revival became passé, and the scene itself had appeared to have stabilised and hit a rut, interesting things hav... Read more »| 16 Sep 2011 -
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The Big Picnic @ Govan Pearce Institute
The Big Picnic was originally written by Bill Bryden in 1994. He directed and debuted it in Govan, to which Shoogalie Road Productions now bring it home seve... Read more »| 07 Sep 2011