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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Tag: Scotland
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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Aida – Usher Hall
Aida is famously a grandiose four-act opera, dramatically recounting a tragic story of forbidden love amidst the conflict-ridden backdrop of Ancient Egypt. Opera North have turned the tables, drawing out […]
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Lost At Sea – King’s Theatre
Lost at Sea ambitiously intertwines verbatim and fiction to create a tragically ‘real’ depiction of the hardships experienced by coastal communities. Young’s passion for this subject is undeniably reflected in her work.
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The Origins of Ivor Punch – Traverse Theatre
A Play, a Pie and a Pint is well-established lunchtime theatre, spanning fifteen years. As a Glaswegian myself, I have been to many a show and am very happy to see it toured to our nation’s capital.
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The Girl on the Train – King’s Theatre
Mindlessly leading us down the twists and turns of a missing person case, the frankly unlikeable characters care more about their own selfish indulgences than the fact that a woman has vanished, which turns what could have been a spellbinding thriller into a mundane melodramatic sitcom.
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