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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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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Barber Shop Chronicles- Royal Lyceum Theatre
‘Barber Shop Chronicles’ examines the role of the barber shop in the lives of African men. It portrays barber shops as ‘like a pub’ to them. One character explains that […]
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The Monstrous Heart – Traverse Theatre
Somewhere in Canada, a blizzard is raging outside and Mag receives an unexpected visit from her estranged daughter, Beth. Animalistic and unpredictable, Beth storms her way back into her mother’s […]
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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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