Black Beauty at Macrobert Arts Centre
2017-02-20
Equine Illusionists Andy and Andy (“It’s a family thing”) aka The Famous McCuddy Brothers are inundated with offers. The King’sContinue Reading
Swan Lake (2017) at Macrobert Arts Centre
2017-02-05
Ballet West’s Swan Lake, captivated the Macrobert Arts Centre and took it back in time, to a distant realm ofContinue Reading
Mary Stuart at London’s Almeida Theatre
2017-01-12
Suspicion runs riot and trust is in short supply. That much is evident before a word is spoken in RobertContinue Reading
Peter Pan at Oliver Theatre
2017-01-08
Faced with a gigantic black stage cloth and two wooden ladders flanking an unmade bed, for a moment I thoughtContinue Reading
An Inspector Calls at London Playhouse Theatre
2017-01-07
With his Scottish brogue, brown raincoat and forensic line of questioning, Liam Brennan’s performance as the eponymous Inspector Goole isContinue Reading
Once In A Lifetime, Young Vic
2017-01-06
You gotta have a name, you gotta have a name, hollers Harry Enfield as the cigar-chomping Hollywood producer Herman GlogauerContinue Reading
Scrooge! The Musical at Pitlochry Festival Theatre
2016-12-22
Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s excellent production of Leslie Bricusse’s musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol is the third time in aContinue Reading
Mamma Mia at Edinburgh Playhouse
2016-12-21
As a huge Abba fan but not a fan of the film Mamma Mia I was somewhat hesitant to takeContinue Reading
Snow White at Cumbernauld Theatre
2016-12-08
A wicked stepmother with a penchant for Prada? Tick. The fairest in the land with a literal heart of gold?Continue Reading
Weans in the Wood – Stirling PANTO
2016-11-29
The Macrobert Arts Centre’s annual panto is back in town, and what a glittering all singing, all dancing extravaganza itContinue Reading
The Dresser
2016-11-11
“For God’s sake, you’re a third-rate actor-manager on a tatty tour of the provinces, not some Colossus bestriding the narrowContinue Reading
The Man Who Followed His Legs
2016-11-09
“Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die.” So wrote English poet Alfred Tennyson in theContinue Reading
Pondlife
2016-10-19
Two outsiders picked on at school For being new, weird and uncool Two men walk towards one another across aContinue Reading
The Diary of Anne Frank
2016-08-27
Two rows of six over-sized photographs fill the void. Children. Smiling and laughing. But something about the quality of theContinue Reading