Allan Wilson

Who We Are Now

Who We Are Now

Work in Progress: 70s/80s vibe

Edinburgh University Theatre Company’s Who We Are Now, written and directed by Thaddeus Buttrey and produced by Ching Zhan, is a rock opera presented as a work in progress, that is already giving off a very enjoyable 70s/80s vibe.

Mar 7 2024 | By | Reply More
Listen to the Forest

Listen to the Forest

Work in Progress: Enjoyably thought-provoking.

Valeria Levi’s Listen to the Forest is an experimental dance performance combining movement, spoken word, music and innovative use of sign language. It is currently in the second stage of its development process, with hopes for a final stage later in the year, but is already an enjoyably thought-provoking production.

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Things I Know to be True

Things I Know to be True

★★★★☆ Captivating

Things I Know to be True by the Australian writer, Andrew Bovell, staged by Edinburgh University Theatre Company at the Bedlam to Saturday, is a less well-known piece, although Higher Drama students may know it intimately.

Feb 16 2024 | By | Reply More
Plinth

Plinth

★★★☆☆ Horrors of war

Writer and performer, Al Seed’s latest creation, Plinth, produced by his own company and Vanishing Point and touring to Manipulate, opens with Seed standing on a plinth giving a live rendition of a series of poses found in military statues.

Feb 5 2024 | By | Reply More
Last Rites

Last Rites

★★★★☆  Stunning performance

Following the award-winning success of Love Beyond (Act of Remembrance) in last year’s Manipulate Festival, Ramesh Meyyappan has produced another stunning performance in Last Rites, which he co-created with George Mann, who also directs this Ad Infinitum production.

Feb 5 2024 | By | Reply More
The House

The House

★★★★☆ Darkly comical

Danish director and puppeteer Sofie Krog introduces The House by reminding the audience that “walls have ears” and that the darkly comical tale will be told by the walls of the Warehouse Family Funeral Home.

Feb 5 2024 | By | Reply More
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

★★★★☆ Splendidly seasonal

Guy Masterson’s A Christmas Carol is a splendidly seasonal production of Charles Dickens’ classic tale of greed and redemption in a world of extremes of wealth and poverty, playing at the Roxy until Friday.

Nov 28 2023 | By | Reply More
Elegies

Elegies

★★★★☆ Evocative and relevant

The Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland’s dance adaptation of Hamish Henderson’s Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica is an evocative piece of theatre that is particularly relevant to our troubled world, despite being published in 1948.

Nov 12 2023 | By | Reply More
Pickled Republic

Pickled Republic

★★★★★ Unique

In Pickled Republic, Ruxy Cantir has drawn on her Moldovan upbringing, where almost every vegetable can be pickled, and combined it with her exposure to American education and culture to create a totally unique, absurdist play that can be enjoyed on many different levels.

Oct 16 2023 | By | Reply More
My Doric Diary

My Doric Diary

★★★★☆ Beautifully emotional

My Doric Diary by Aye Tunes! Is a beautifully emotional tale of the importance of family connection, roots and memories brought together through music, a love of the Doric tongue and time travel.

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