REVIEW: The Peaceful Hour
Reading Time: 2 minutesA laugh-out-loud, nostalgia-filled comedy with plenty of heart
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REVIEW: Trestle
Reading Time: 2 minutesPropelled by Jilly Bond and Timothy Harker’s charm and chemistry, Trestle is a highly watchable, warm and intimate bottling of just how powerful friendship can be.
REVIEW: Trash!
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the dark chaos of half-term that only young parents will understand, TRASH! delivers a family friendly show that not only keeps the kids engaged but gives the parents a surprisingly efficient outlet as well.
REVIEW: Gang Bang
Reading Time: 2 minutesTransferring from the Edinburgh Fringe, this three-hander plays fast and loose with its pastiche and homage to mobster films and northern references.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Noah McGarrity and Kathleen Tierney
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis February, the New Works festival returns for its 13th year, celebrating the very best of student writing in Glasgow. We sat down with Noah and Kathleen, authors of Another One Bites the Dust, which performs on 26th February, Queen Margaret Union.
REVIEW: Kenrex
Reading Time: 3 minutesPress Night for Kenrex, written and performed by Jack Holden, was received with rapturous cheers and applause, not to mention a standing ovation – although these are handed out so frequently nowadays, they signify little.
REVIEW: A Man for All Seasons
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTheatre Royal Bath productions and Jonathan Church Theatre productions of A Man for All Seasons is a thought-provoking, impeccably staged triumph.
REVIEW: Funeral Sandwiches
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘Funeral Sandwiches’ is simultaneously rich enough that you are surprised it is only an hour long, yet so economical and well paced that the running time felt just right. This punchy inaugural work by Wrong’Un Theatre filled Drayton Arms Theatre with nostalgia, joy and a nuanced understanding of family dynamics.
REVIEW: (the) Woman
Reading Time: 2 minutes(the) Woman is a play by Jane Upton, produced by New Perspectives and Royal & Derngate, Northampton. It depicts the challenges new mothers face in regaining their sense of self.
REVIEW: Before I Die
Reading Time: 2 minutesEveryone in theatre has a list of parts they want to play before they die. Kira Gaudynski and Kelsey Marlowe Jessup took their lists and rolled them into one evening of song.