Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Girl on the Train isn’t an easy story to bring to the stage, but this production did a solid job of making it work. The tension built well, the staging was cleverly done, and despite the heavy subject…
Reading Time: 3 minutesOutlying Islands is a stunning example of environmental theatre made accessible. Seeing Outlying Islands is an experience that cannot easily be divorced from the venue in which it is staged. Descending into the Jermyn Street Theatre is…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn energetic production full of heart. Edinburgh University Footlights’ recent production of 9 to 5 The Musical at the Pleasance Theatre brought the beloved story of women empowering themselves in the workplace to life with an engaging and spirited…
Reading Time: 2 minutes“A dark satire of the Hollywood studio system, Screen Test is an absurdly witty burlesque in which the revelation is not skin but an ever increasing roster of physical comedy and hilarious character acting.” An unhinged portrayal…
Reading Time: 2 minutes“A stunning fresh take on a classic play.” Adapted by Hannah Khalil and originally played at the Globe in 2022, Shakespeare’s work comes to the Guildhall school, with professionals and students bring this piece to life. In…
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Club Groove, where audience is both spectator and participant, the energy is high and community is cultivated through dance Serving as the opening show at Sadler’s Wells East, Our Mighty Groove displays an updated structure over…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn anarchic smorgasbord of delights Leaving Edinburgh’s Monkey Barrel on Friday night, I messaged a friend “I don’t know what I’ve just seen, but I think I really liked it”. I’m not quite sure who Mr Chonkers…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe smash hit Pig Heart Boy is perhaps Blackman's most well known work and it finds itself here in the hands of its accomplished director Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWalking into the Network Theatre, tucked away beneath Waterloo station, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this new take on Othello. But as the first tense moments unfolded, it became clear that Gavin McAlinden and the Acting Gymnasium company were out to do more than just retell Shakespeare’s classic tragedy—they wanted to dig into it and see what else might be lurking beneath the surface.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Divine Comedy, performed by Sam Buttery alongside two other fantastic actors, is exactly that—a funny, chaotic, and deeply personal tribute to Harris Glenn Milstead, better known as Divine.