Joe Douglas

The Cheviot The Stag…

The Cheviot The Stag…

★★★★★ Fabulous revival
Dundee Rep
Big, bold, brilliantly political and a cracking night out to boot, Dundee Rep’s revival of The Cheviot The Stag and the Black, Black Oil makes the theatre a must-visit venue this month.

Sep 12 2015 | By | 1 Reply More
Titus in Iraq

Titus in Iraq

Grads’ Andronicus steps into modern era:
The buzz has predictably focussed on the blood and the guts in the Grads’ new production of Titus Andronicus, which is at the Assembly Roxy to Saturday this week.

May 7 2015 | By | Reply More
Fat Alice

Fat Alice

✭✭✭✭✩ Skin tight:
There’s a twitching unease about Peter and Moira as they sit down to celebrate their 10th anniversary in Fat Alice, Alison Carr’s juicily-observed two-hander which is this week’s lunchtime theatre session at the Traverse.

Apr 9 2015 | By | Reply More
Letters Home

Letters Home

★★★★☆ Power of communication

Letters Home combines inventiveness, variety, sophisticated writing and sheer visual magnetism.

Aug 22 2014 | By | Reply More
Bloody Trams

Bloody Trams

✭✭✭✩✩ Only goes halfway
Up-to-date, emotive and with musical accompaniment, Bloody Trams in Traverse 2 has returned now that those trams are finally here.

Aug 6 2014 | By | Reply More
First Look: Dear Scotland

First Look: Dear Scotland

It is half time at the press performances of Dear Scotland, the National Theatre of Scotland’s collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery. While we wait for Tour B to start, here are some photos of the show taken by Peter Dibdin.

Apr 28 2014 | By | Reply More
Edinburgh trams play announced

Edinburgh trams play announced

Edinburgh’s Trams are to step up from being the butt of pantomime mockery to the subject of a piece of verbatim theatre at the Traverse this month.

Mar 1 2014 | By | 1 Reply More