Category Theatre

REVIEW: Why I am and why I am not

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the civic imagination, a balcony suggests authority: a ruler greeting the crowd, a politician delivering promises, a monarch acknowledging applause. In Why I Am and Why I Am Not, the balcony of the old town hall becomes something else entirely. It becomes a place for ordinary declaration.

REVIEW: Sailmaker

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn a tale from a bygone Scottish era, there is still be a story relevant to the present Set in 1960s Glasgow, Sailmaker focuses on a Scotland that no longer exists. While elements still linger, the country…

REVIEW: The Bacchae

Reading Time: 2 minutesEuripides’ Bacchae premiered in 405 B.C, winning first place in the City Dionysia drama competition. In the two millennia that have followed, the play has been reimagined countless times, in countless different iterations. This particular adaptation brought to life by Company of Wolves interprets the show as a one man monologue, adapted and performed by Ewan Downie.

REVIEW: The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret

Reading Time: 2 minutesFreshers’ week is a great setting for comedy: new identities, awkward friendships, and the chaos of young adulthood colliding for the first time. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret, written by George Ryder and Brodie Husband and presented by Linnet Theatre at the Jack Studio Theatre, taps into this world with a playful and recognisable energy that initially feels both warm and authentic.

REVIEW: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe year-round Edinburgh theatre scene has had a resurgence in absurdism. Theatre practitioners are experimenting and audiences are invested, while critics continue to flail at its mere presence. This is an exciting backdrop, one filled with potential, for Gutter Theatre’s debut production of Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.