Shows
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ReviewsPrivate Lives @ Theatre Royal, 23 Feb
Elyot and Sybil, played by Tom Chambers and Charlotte Ritchie, are a couple of newlyweds honeymooning in the south of France alongside Amanda and Victor, pla... Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
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Endgame @ Citizens Theatre, 6 Feb
The challenge with any production of Samuel Beckett’s drama is to capture both the humour and the horror of it – especially given that each depen... Read more »| 05 Mar 2016 -
ReviewsThe Broke 'n' Beat Collective @ Unity Theatre
Four microphones line an empty stage. It looks more like a gig than the set of a play and when the artists emerge, they’re playing themselves: a beat-b... Read more »| 05 Mar 2016 -
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I Am Not Myself These Days @ Liverpool Playhouse
A pacy adaptation of Josh Kilmer-Purcell's best-selling autobiography, I Am Not Myself These Days is not exactly a quiet night at the theatre, and it's defin... Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
Theatre
SICK! Lab 2016 at Contact Theatre: What's in Store
As we wait for the biennial SICK! Festival in 2017, a collaborative symposium from the same team – exploring ideas of identity and trauma – is planned for this month. Ahead of the first SICK! Lab, creative director Tim Harrison talks to The Skinny Read more »| 03 Mar 2016 -
ReviewsAnd Then You Kissed Me @ Lowry Studio
Few subjects are more sensitive than domestic abuse. With a recent change in the law to protect victims and and increased media coverage of the issue, domest... Read more »| 15 Feb 2016
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ReviewsManipulate 2016: Threads @ Traverse, 4 Feb
Threads is a story of lineage and lifelines of mythical proportions. Through the tale of a mountain woman and her daughter, it sears with the quiet roar of f... Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
ReviewsManipulate 2016: Bird @ Traverse, 4 Feb
In the middle of the space a lone creature sleeps. Crowned with a bird's nest of hair and robed in tatters, she is queen of this derelict land. She splits he... Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
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Manipulate 2016: Birdheart @ Traverse, 3 Feb
A single egg lies upon a layer of sand on a raised table. Highlighted by a spotlight in the centre of the stage, the egg gradually cracks open and within the... Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
Theatre
Cock comes to the Tron
Andy Arnold chats about Valentine's Day plans and finally getting the rights to Cock. February is a romantic month, and the Tron Theatre are bringing r... Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
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The Weir @ Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 19 Jan
The Weir has become a modern classic. The apparent contradiction in that label – the somewhat uneasy pairing of classic and contemporary – i... Read more »| 22 Jan 2016 -
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PUSH Festival: Kim Kardashian Confession
As PUSH festival prepares to kick off the New Year with some fantastic fringe at HOME Manchester, Mighty Heart Theatre talks Kim Kardashian, body image and confession Read more »| 15 Jan 2016 -
Shows
Curtains Up: 2016 in Scottish Theatre
We pick out some of the expected highlights in Scotland's theatres in the first half of the new year Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
Theatre
Manipulate 2016: The first timers
First time Manipulate performers Blind Summit, Sita Pieraccini and Julian Crouch and Saskia Lane talk homecoming and what we can expect to see from their shows at Manipulate 2016. Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
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Tracks of the Winter Bear @ Traverse, Edinburgh
The Traverse’s double bill Tracks of the Winter Bear is far removed from the typical pantomime hi-jinx of the Christmas season. Instead, it i... Read more »| 08 Jan 2016