When they were only young’uns, three lads discovered their love of folk singing and continued to sing together for ten years following. Even as they grew, the band continued to […]
Read more
Tag: Scotland
Peter Pan Goes Wrong – Festival Theatre
From the second you enter the theatre, the action has begun. Stagehands fumble with electrical cables, persistently ask the audience members for a hammer, gossip about the cast members and […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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.
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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.
Read more