Jamie Marie Leary
Anna Karenina
★★★★☆ Powerful
The glowing passion of this Anna Karenina comes as much from the staging as from the characters. Written by Lesley Hart after Leo Tolstoy, and directed by Polina Kalinina, the Lyceum’s co-production with Bristol Old Vic is an urgent and thoroughly contemporary affair.
The Coolidge Effect
★★★★☆ Intriguing:
Wonder Fools have revived their intriguing two hander about the insidious effect of pornography, for an audio, lockdown production that actively enhances the intimacy of the original.
The Twenty Five
Full cast of Knives in Hens announced:
The full cast of 25 actresses taking on the role of Young Woman in the concert reading of David Harrower’s Knives in Hens at the Lyceum on Tuesday 11 June 2019 has been revealed.
Locker Room Talk
★★★★☆ Troubling:
Deeply worrying and fascinatingly constructed, Locker Room Talk’s return to the Traverse is intriguing in theatrical terms and thoroughly unwelcome in what it reminds us about the world we inhabit.
Stand By
★★★★★ Gripping:
Adam McNamara’s outstanding Stand By profoundly examines the relationship between four officers amidst the unpredictable rhythms of life on the job.
Locker Room Talk Returns
#EdFringe tix on sale now:
Gary McNair’s verbatim show, Locker Room Talk, inspired by Donal Trump’s leaked sexually aggressive comments, will play two performances in one day at the Traverse in the 2017 fringe.
McNair Joins Traverse
Cast announced for Locker Room Talk:
Gary McNair has joined the Traverse Theatre as an associate artist, ahead of the performance of his Trump response piece Locker Room Talk, next week, 17 and 18 February 2017.
Financial Market Rebel
Insider reveals all at Trav:
The world premiere of a new play by David Crook, a one-time market hedge fund manager, is opening at the Traverse this week for a strictly limited three night run.
Expensive Shit
✭✭✭✭✩ Multi-layered:
Ambitious, lively and unsettling, Expensive Shit by Adura Onashile at the Traverse has important things to say.
Knives in Hens
A Concert Reading from Pearlfisher
At the beginning of this one-off concert reading of Knives in Hens in memory of Pauline Knowles, playwright David Harrower related a telling anecdote about Pauline and the play in which she originated the central character.