Reading Time: 5 minutesTheiyā Arts Dance Collective in collaboration with The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at The University of Edinburgh present a new interdisciplinary mixed media performance - Maiden | Mother | Whore - exploring the complex relationships between women, social structures, health and social policies, and institutions. We sit down with them to hear more.
Reading Time: 4 minutesNow a global smash hit, this hilarious and heartwarming drama about a family-run Korean store that inspired the Netflix phenomenon, is written by and starring Ins Choi, who calls the play his ‘love letter to his parents and to all first-generation immigrants who now call Canada their home.’
Reading Time: 3 minutesGigi & Dar are two young soldiers (aged 19 & 20) covering a roadblock and dreaming of their time in the army to finish so they can go travelling. The combination of a personal secret intersecting with the arrival of two civilians sets in motion a chain of tragic events. All the characters speak to the audience, and the play at times veers between a clown show and a Greek Tragedy. At its core, the play is about funny, humane characters, participating in a crisis.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Little Death follows me, a spirited young Turkish woman on an epic quest to find something profoundly missing in my life—an orgasm. Complicating matters, I have a fictional disease called Cantcumalitis, which gives me just six months to live. Through a series of hilarious and often chaotic misadventures, the show explores my internal struggles with intimacy and self-acceptance. The narrative intertwines personal revelations with absurd, theatrical elements, creating a poignant yet twisted exploration love and the urgency of living fully.
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’d had the original idea many years ago and thought, how do you top that? Then in around 2018 I started to bump into a lot of people I hadn’t seen since the 70s. A few lads and a woman I’d met. And I was thinking about them and the people I’d met and started thinking about doing something about the 70s again. I started to write a few ideas down and then thought why not revisit those characters from Lost Soul. Last time it was Terry who had hit this middle aged wall. This time it’s Smigger. He can’t get his head out of the 70s.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom Cockpit Theatre work-in-progress to Popcorn Writing Award: Tiggy Bayley's "Squidge" takes Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Reading Time: 4 minutesDr Samuel Murray talks to playwright Stephen Leach ahead of rehearsals for the upcoming tour of his debut, Can’t Wait To Leave.
Reading Time: 4 minutesRed Hare’s Wish is an original stage musical by Um Actualee Theatre, a newly founded East Asian theatre company based in London. The piece is based on the Chinese Classic “Romance of The Three Kingdoms''. It boasts new compositions that blend traditional East Asian motifs with a retro-modern twist. Jialun Qi is the composer/writer of Red Hare's Wish.
Reading Time: 6 minutesWell… it’s about a LOT. It’s a very specific show, but I think that is what makes it universal and accessible to so many people. Who hasn’t been impacted by a bad break up? A bad haircut? Who hasn’t lost a loved one and not only grieved that loss, but grieved the opportunity to say goodbye? While not everyone has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and there is so much misinformation out there about OCD, I think a lot of people can still relate to feeling stuck in their head, or stuck in an identity, or stuck in some part of their life that is keeping them from “more”.
Reading Time: 4 minutesShe’s F***ing Tired is a wild ride through the absurdity of beauty standards, fuelled by relentless social media trends. Brace yourself for an amusing yet eye-opening journey as we venture into the impossible ideals imposed on women. Get ready to laugh, cringe, and maybe even shed a tear as we expose the insanity of it all. Directed by Emily Adams, She’s F***ing Tired is showing at The Courtyard Theatre, on 6th August, 6pm.