One Day: The Musical Ben Reiss 13/03/2026The sense of being on the cusp of adulthood, in that liminal space of not-quite child, not-quite adult, excited and...
Tristan und Isolde Ziyu Zhang 09/03/2026Wagner’s epic Tristan und Isolde does more than introduce two lovers in its title; it emphasises the und—the “and”—that binds...
Waiting for Godot Ziyu Zhang 26/02/2026The meanings of Samuel Beckett’s timeless masterpiece Waiting for Godot are never settled. This remains true in Dominic Hill’s revival,...
Cinderella: A Fairytale Ben Reiss 29/11/2025Winter in Scotland can feel like a time when nature shuts up shop, colour leaching from the sky, trees shedding...
La Bohème Ziyu Zhang 25/10/2025Transposed to Paris’s Jazz Age of the 1920s, André Barbe and Renaud Doucet’s production of La Bohème revives Puccini’s theatrical...
The Seagull Ben Reiss 15/10/2025Anton Chekov’s The Seagull is a piece of theatre about theatre; its cast of actresses and playwrights reference Shakespeare and...
Faustus in Africa! Ben Reiss 23/08/2025The legend of Faust – an ambitious man dissatisfied with life who strikes a deal with the Devil, who serves...
Mary, Queen of Scots Ben Reiss 18/08/2025The life of Mary, Queen of Scots lends itself to endless retelling, being an inherently dramatic tale of ambition, conflict...
Book of Mountains and Seas Ben Reiss 15/08/2025Out of a deep black stage, the faces of six female singers appear, each lit from above with a single...
Mistero Buffo Yuan Liu 17/07/2025Dario Fo’s Mistero Buffo, a seminal work of political theatre, finds new life in a vibrant Scots adaptation by Joseph...
