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The Dark Road Rushes – Six

The Dark Road Rushes – Six

Tech week – The sixth rehearsal-room blog from Jo Rush, AD on Dark Road, the collaboration between crime writer Ian Rankin and Lyceum artistic director Mark Thomson.

Sep 28 2013 | By | Reply More
Women in Theatre – Scotland: Report from the Trav

Women in Theatre – Scotland: Report from the Trav

Consultant Christine Hamilton has called for a new generation of women to come forward and carry on the fight for representation in Scottish Theatre. Here, Jen McGregor reports from the open debate held at the Traverse Theatre on Thursday 26 September 2013 as part of that process.

Sep 27 2013 | By | 1 Reply More
The Dark Road Rushes – Five

The Dark Road Rushes – Five

The fourth week of rehearsals for Dark Road has seen us make the biggest transition of our rehearsal process so far – out of the rehearsal room and into the theatre. Hopefully the experience won’t prove as traumatic as the proverb that phrase is riffing on!

Sep 24 2013 | By | Reply More
The Dark Road Rushes – four

The Dark Road Rushes – four

Dark comedy: The fourth rehearsal-room blog from Jo Rush, AD on Dark Road, the collaboration between crime writer Ian Rankin and Lyceum artistic director Mark Thomson.

Sep 16 2013 | By | Reply More
The Dark Road Rushes – Three

The Dark Road Rushes – Three

In Jo Rush’s rehearsal room blog from Dark Road by Ian Rankin and Mark Thomson, she discusses the importance of moving round the stage and reveals her pedantic side as omnipotent ruler of the play’s timeline…

Sep 9 2013 | By | Reply More
The Dark Road Rushes – Two

The Dark Road Rushes – Two

Getting to know you: Week one on the Royal Lyceum’s Dark Road.
By Jo Rush
After the months of waiting, somehow the first week of rehearsals for Dark Road has already sped by and it’s suddenly September already.

Sep 3 2013 | By | Reply More
The Dark Road Rushes – One

The Dark Road Rushes – One

The first weekly blog by assistant director Jo Rush from the rehearsal room of Dark Road, the collaboraton between crime writer Ian Rankin and Lyceum artistic director Mark Thomson.

Aug 26 2013 | By | Reply More
Æ’s Dark Road Project Revealed

Æ’s Dark Road Project Revealed

All Edinburgh Theatre is very pleased to be teaming up with the Royal Lyceum to present a weekly blog from the brilliant young director and theatre maker Jo Rush.

Aug 26 2013 | By | Reply More
Opinion – Love in a bookshop

Opinion – Love in a bookshop

If you went down to Blackwell’s Bookshop on South Bridge on Tuesday afternoon, you will have got more than a browse amongst the bookshelves, as the Edinburgh International Festival sprang their latest version of Love In A …. on the unsuspecting book-buying public.

Jun 5 2013 | By | Reply More
Sex and death – selling theatres

Sex and death – selling theatres

There’s nothing like a good story to set the pulse racing. Especially one that promises sex, absolute peril or triumph over adversity. Last night on Radio 3, Joyce McMillan’s fantastic little homage to the Traverse Theatre – which you can’t really escape noticing is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year – had all three.

Mar 18 2013 | By | Reply More