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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Tag: Scotland
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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Local Hero – Lyceum Theatre
Whatever you do, you do not want to miss the very first run of ‘Local Hero’, which debuts this month at the Lyceum. Adapted from the 1983 film written and directed by Bill Forsyth, Mark Knopfler has gifted the story with a fresh musical accompaniment that will bewitch audiences with the wild beauty of the Scottish highlands even as David Greig’s writing will leave them with a yearning for a simple place to call home.
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Kátya Kabanová – Festival Theatre
The story of a young woman in a miserable marriage who pursues a doomed romance with another man, this new adaptation of Leoš Janáček’s Kátya Kabanová is a gorgeously-designed piece of theatre.
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