1984 Ben Reiss 28/10/2026 28The world can feel like an increasingly dystopian place. Press outlets and politicians insist that what you thought you heard...
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Ben Reiss 14/10/2026 178The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, written by Edinburgh-born author Muriel Spark, tells the story of a teacher in a...
Strauss’s Elektra Ben Reiss 24/08/2026 492Richard Strauss’s Elektra tells the story of the eponymous daughter of Agamemnon, determined to revenge herself on her murderous mother...
Hang Time Ben Reiss 21/08/2026 327The curtain lifts on three Black men hanging from a tree. It is a shocking sight. Director Zora Howard has...
Woody Sez Ben Reiss 21/08/2026 300Woody Sez was conceived in the early 2000s, and last performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009. It is the...
Badgers Ben Reiss 20/08/2026 286Badgers is an ambitious but ultimately flawed effort to explore the art of letting go and the ethics of true...
Cathy Ben Reiss 19/08/2026 273A death impacts everyone differently. The grief felt by a spouse is not the same as that felt by a...
The Plot Ben Reiss 18/08/2026 273Two brothers play a game, betting on who can avoid getting burned by a lit match. Tom wants to play....
Hamlet Redux Ben Reiss 17/08/2026 322A full production of Hamlet, with all the bells and whistles and no cuts, might take anything up to four...
Through the Shortbread Tin Ben Reiss 16/08/2026 426In 1760, Scottish writer James Macpherson published a book of fragments of Gaelic poetry translated into English. As the 1760s...
