Tam Dean Burn
Celebrating Tom McGrath
New Maverick awards and celebrations of Tom’s 80th.
The Tom McGrath Trust is celebrating what would have been the late, great playwright and jazz musician’s 80th birthday with the announcement of the final three Maverick Awards.
Miraculous
★★★★☆ Barmy army
Borderline Theatre Company and the Gaiety Ayr have created a bouncy online version of David F Ross’s comedy caper novel about an Ayrshire band that once had an unexpected number one hit.
Scenes for Survival
NTS creates online theatre project, supports artists:
The National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) is to deliver a digital season of new theatre, fulfilling its “without walls” remit and providing support to theatre practitioners.
At the Book Festival
Theatrical life in Charlotte Square:
The Edinburgh international Book Festival continues to provide a commitment to theatrical elements as well as the customary squelchy grass and ice-cream cones.
Lost At Sea
★★★★☆ Poignant:
Perth Theatre’s production of Lost At Sea, at the King’s until Wednesday, is emotional, humane and beautifully staged.
Actor Stabbed
Actor Tam Dean Burn Stabbed in Edinburgh:
Leith-born actor Tam Dean Burn has been stabbed, after leaving an event at the Scottish Poetry Library in Crichton’s Close on the Canongate.
The Hard Man
Rehearsed reading:
Opening up the scope of the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s retrospective on noted Scottish polymath Tom McGrath, the staged script reading of his 1977 play The Hard Man sits perfectly with McGrath’s “explorer” image.
Electric Contact – A Jazz Tribute to Tom McGrath
★★★★★ Explored:
Three Thomases – Tom, Tommie and Tam – got the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s retrospective tribute to the late, great Tom McGrath off to a belter of a start on Friday night.
EIFF Features McGrath
Theatre element to Film Festival:
The Edinburgh International Film Festival will contain a strong theatre element as one of its Future is History strands looks at the work of poet, playwright and all-round maverick, Tom McGrath.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
★★★★☆ Wonderful:
While not specifically Christmassy, Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland at the Lyceum proves an ideal fit for the festive season. Hugely colourful, funny, and fascinating, it is thoroughly involving and a little disorienting.
