Shows

It took me a while to appreciate opera. Completely lacking the necessary aesthetic sophistication, or historical knowledge that it seems to demand, I expected it to be too abstract, too formal, to really engage my tastes. Even the modern interpretations, which insist on updating the action or underplaying the glamour had aftertaste of desperation: was an Italian opera set in a television studio anything more than a cheap gimmick? Read more »

Oldham Coliseum has produced another high quality production Read more »

Iain Softley knew that Backbeat would make for great live theatre long before his original film was complete. Read more »

Flatrate theatre group have been entertaining Glasgow audiences with one aim: “to work harder, faster and more intelligently than any other company out there.” Read more »

The Chinese State Circus have moved from their habitual big top and into the theatre. Read more »

A pleasure from the past explains by omission how Glasgow has grown. Read more »