In true Dr. Seuss style, this musical flows from one moment to the next, whisking away every child’s attention along with it. Integrating rhymes from the book, Max, played by […]
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Category: Music
Carmen – WNO at the New Theatre
When a dignified gentleman in black tie emerges from the stage curtain at the end of the interval, you always fear the worst. Illness? Accident? What had befallen the Welsh […]
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Alex & Eliza – Traverse Theatre
Featuring live music and a cast of four actors that take on a lot of different roles, Alex & Eliza is a delight from start to finish. The piece tells […]
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Cabaret – Festival Theatre
Cabaret is set in Berlin in 1931 in the underworld of clubs, particularly, The Kit Kat Klub. It’s New Year’s Eve and midnight is about to strike when American author, […]
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The Drift – Traverse Theatre
The Drift is a spoken word piece written and performed by Hannah Lavery. It gorgeously asserts the active nature of history in Scotland today. In 2014, Lavery’s father died just when they were starting to talk after a period of estrangement. In The Drift, Lavery explores how her uncertain relationship with her father informed and defined her relationship with Scotland as a person of ‘mixed’ ethnicity, and how that link is just as important today as it ever was.
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Fly Me to the Moon – Traverse Theatre
‘Fly Me to the Moon’ follows Francis and Loretta, two community care workers who find their elderly charge dead in his bathroom. When they realise they can gain from his death, they delve into morally grey areas.
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