Shows
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ReviewsThe Notebook @ Contact, Manchester
Two bespectacled men in matching grey suits and maroon sweaters step out onto a bare stage. What follows is Forced Entertainment's version of Hungarian writer Ágota Kristóf's novel, The Notebook, directed by Tim Etchells. Read more »| 23 Oct 2015 -
ReviewsThe Glass Menagerie @ Liverpool Playhouse
The Glass Menagerie is, arguably, Tennessee Williams’ most autobiographical play, and this Headlong/Liverpool Everyman/West Yorkshire Playhouse co-prod... Read more »| 15 Oct 2015 -
TheatreTipping the Velvet: Sally Messham Interview
Sally Messham talks circus skills and celebrated novels ahead of Tipping the Velvet's run at The Lyceum. Read more »| 15 Oct 2015 -
Reviews
The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead @ Everyman
A year on from his take on The Iliad, Simon Armitage presents a contemporary take on The Odyssey by Homer. Read more »| 13 Oct 2015 -
PreviewsScottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival preview
Focussing on mental health issues in theatre, this year SMHAFF features plays by Arthur Miller and more. Read more »| 09 Oct 2015 -
Reviews
What Goes Around @ The Tron, Edinburgh, 19 Sep
Liz Lochhead plays tribute to Arthur Schnitzler with the more contemporary style of What Goes Around. Read more »| 06 Oct 2015
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ReviewsWaiting for Godot @ The Lyceum, Edinburgh, 22 Sep
Even 60 years on, Samuel Beckett's subversive Waiting for Godot still manages to provoke and unsettle. Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
Theatre
Simon Armitage on The Odyssey, Liverpool Everyman
Following last year's Lily Cole-starring dramatisation of The Iliad, Simon Armitage now turns his hand to Homer's other great work. We caught up with the poet to discuss The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead, which premieres at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre Read more »| 25 Sep 2015 -
Reviews
Dead Dog in a Suitcase @ HOME, Manchester
HOME is starting to establish a recognisable style in the theatre it is producing and staging; cinematic in scope, it mixes drama, music and dance together, ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2015 -
Reviews
Narvik @ Liverpool Playhouse
A new play with songs by the award-winning Liverpool playwright and singer-songwriter Lizzie Nunnery, Narvik tells a compelling story of love and loss set ag... Read more »| 18 Sep 2015 -
Reviews
The Family Way @ Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Originally titled All in Good Time, this 1963 play from Bolton writer Bill Naughton is best known for its 1966 big screen adaptation as The Family Way starri... Read more »| 16 Sep 2015 -
Theatre
Arthur Miller: Rapture Theatre on his centenary
Michael Emans talks about Arthur Miller's centenary and how Rapture Theatre chose to honour it this autumn Read more »| 11 Sep 2015 -
Theatre
The Lyceum at 50: A Theatre Celebration
Mark Thomson on Waiting for Godot, funding cuts and The Royal Lyceum Theatre's 50th anniversary. Read more »| 11 Sep 2015 -
Students
Act Up: Student Theatre Societies
So you're looking to get involved in theatre at university? Cast your eyes over this handy guide. Read more »| 09 Sep 2015 -
Festivals
The Magic Flute @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 28 Aug
Mozart's opera The Magic Flute gets the Barrie Kosky treatment at Edinburgh International Festival. Read more »| 08 Sep 2015