Category ★★★★½

REVIEW: Rachel Parris: Poise

Reading Time: 2 minutesI didn’t know what to expect from Rachel Parris; I looked her up before the show and, embarrassingly, the only thing I recognised was her husband, the guy from ‘Sorry I’ve Got No Head’. So when Parris asked us, five minutes into the show, who had heard of ‘The Mash Report’, I was almost alone in my feeble ‘whoop’ from the third row. I would say the audience was almost exclusively in the 40-65 age range, and decidedly liberal. Due to my own ignorance to Parris’ impressive back catalogue of political comedy, it took a few minutes for me to gauge the tone of the show. Parris, however, gauged us immediately; an Oxford graduate herself, she knew how to work the room, and how to subtly humble it. Safe to say, I was quickly charmed.

REVIEW: La bohème

Reading Time: 2 minutesRalph and Mark are two struggling artists in modern-day London. They complain about Suella Braverman, the freezing temperatures due to their broken boiler (which the landlord will only fix once they have paid their rent), and faulty Amazon purchases. Ralph writes plays, Mark designs them

REVIEW: Oedipus Rex

Reading Time: 2 minutesScottish Opera’s Oedipus Rex is an adaptation of Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy, based on Igor Stravinsky’s opera, is staged in the National Museum of Scotland. Conducted by Stuart Stratford and directed by Roxana Haines, the production features a mix of professional and community chorus members.

REVIEW: A Lady Does Not Scratch Her Crotch 

Image credit to Max Kennedy.

Reading Time: 3 minutesAt the Hen & Chickens Theatre last night, Celeste Cahn gave what was nothing more than a stunning performance. In this whirlwind one-woman show, Cahn takes the audience through the vagaries of growing up as a girl in a world full of patriarchal expectations. With quick wit and a shower of impressive dialects, she brought forth a myriad of characters, all while wearing the same costume. The result was a 55-minute single-act master class on how to construct a comedic tale with a biting social commentary.