The Outrun Ben Reiss 15/08/2024The Outrun is something of a phenomenon. The original book is award-winning and critically acclaimed, and has been translated into...
Oedipus Rex Ben Reiss 13/08/2024The setting for Scottish Opera’s interpretation of Igor Stravinsky’s and Jean Cocteau’s Oedipus Rex is the Grand Gallery of the...
Grupo Corpo Ben Reiss 07/08/2024Founded in 1975, contemporary Brazilian dance company Grupo Corpo have been blending musical genres and dance styles for nearly 50...
Reviewer's rating Penthesilea Ben Reiss 05/08/2024Goethe apparently thought that Heinrich von Kleist’s Penthesilea was ‘unplayable’. Had he seen this production by International Theatre Amsterdam –...
Reviewer's Rating Shirley Valentine Ben Reiss 14/06/2024Sally Reid dazzles in this superb adaptation of Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine. The play’s tale of a lonely and under-estimated...
Reviewer's Rating Sunset Song Ben Reiss 30/05/2024This ambitious but ultimately bloodless adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s 1932 classic novel should be lauded for its brave efforts,...
Reviewer's Rating The Girls of Slender Means Ben Reiss 18/04/2024Fire destroys. But it can also be a renewing force. For the five young women at the heart of The...
Reviewer's Rating Blue Beard Ben Reiss 14/03/2024Blue Beard is an old tale of male violence and the punishment of women. The version best-known today has its...
Reviewer's Rating Two Sisters Ben Reiss 01/03/2024Two Sisters, a new play written by the Lyceum’s Artistic Director David Greig and directed by Lyceum Associate Wils Wilson,...
Reviewer’s Rating Jekyll and Hyde Ben Reiss 17/01/2024Michael Fentiman and Gary McNair’s retelling of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr...