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Mary is a world citizen with a degree in Theatre and Anthropology, and another in English Language and Literature. She loves theatre, tea, trees, travel, and the quirky world of Oscar Wilde. Now based abroad, she returns sporadically to write theatre reviews.

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First Show: Mamma Mia!
Favorite Show: Cabaret, Things I Know to Be True, Miss Saigon

Favorite Stories

Review: An Inspector Calls - A masterclass on how to do set.
Review: Tally's Blood - I loved this play - so important to bring different voices to the stage.
Review: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA, New Athenaeum Theatre - A playfully profane Alice in Wonderland-esque trip that transforms into an insightful perspective into the 'treatment' of mentally ill patients.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: JM COETZEE'S LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K, Assembly Hall - Dance, film, music, adaptation, ensemble and puppetry combine to create magic.
Review: URINETOWN, Alexander Gibson Opera Studio - Drawing on Theatre of the Absurd, clowning and Bertolt Brecht, this Tim Burton-esque musical uses quirky song and dance to explore humanity's deepest, darkest truths.

Latest Articles

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: SINGIN' I'M NO A BILLY, HE'S A TIM at EICC

August 29, 2024

Des Dillon's award-winning Glaswegian play centres around a Rangers fan and a Celtics fan locked in a prison cell together.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: YOU & IT, Assembly Checkpoint

August 27, 2024

Presented by the EG Musical Company of South Korea, You & It feels like a haunting Black Mirror episode disguised as a Disney fairytale.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: ALOK: HAIRY SITUATION, Bristo Square

August 21, 2024

After a sold-out 2022 show at the Traverse, celebrated comedian ALOK returns to Edinburgh with an introspective solo show challenging traditional ideas of beauty, gender and identity.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: FOUNTAIN OF YOU, Assembly Rooms

August 21, 2024

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland brings Tasha Gordon-Solomon and Faye Chiao's new play Fountain of You to the Fringe, diving deep into the perils of female ageism.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!, 32 Below

August 12, 2024

In a world where theatre often conforms to traditional actors and spectators, Off with your Head is a breath of fresh air - a delightful fusion of art, comedy, choose-your-own-adventure and interactive gaming that redefines the boundaries of live performance.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: THE BLACK BLUES BROTHERS, Assembly Rooms Music Hall

August 9, 2024

Fringe royalty 'The Black Blues Brothers' have a lengthy list of achievements.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Assembly Rooms

August 12, 2024

Stephen Sondheim's 'A Little Night Music' is one of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's two performances at the Fringe this year.

Review: GREASE, Kings Theatre Glasgow

June 19, 2024

Adopting Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's original stage version, the production deviates from the famous movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.

Review: SUNSET SONG, Edinburgh Lyceum

May 31, 2024

Labeled the most important piece of contemporary Scottish literature, Lewis Grassic Gibbon's 1932 novel Sunset Song is an ongoing frontrunner of nationwide school curricula.

Review: IRVINE WELSH'S PORNO, Kings Theatre Glasgow

May 13, 2024

Porno lives up to its opening line: sequels are never as good as the original.

Review: MAGGIE & ME, Tron Theatre

May 13, 2024

Ten years after his award-winning memoir, Damian Barr revisits his past onstage with the National Theatre of Scotland in Maggie & Me.

Review: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, Perth Theatre

May 7, 2024

Cross-dressing, guns, psychiatry, politics, incest, adultery and accidental overdoses interlace in Joe Orton's final and most subversive play.

Review: UNFORTUNATE: UNTOLD STORY OF URSULA THE SEA WITCH, Pavilion Theatre Glasgow

May 3, 2024

After spellbinding success in the Edinburgh Fringe, the not-safe-for-work musical parody Unfortunate dives into Glasgow to stage a revolutionary queerification of Disney's 1989 movie The Little Mermaid.

Review: SISTER ACT, Kings Theatre Glasgow

May 1, 2024

This divine revival of the iconic movie follows nightclub singer Deloris van Cartier (Landi Oshinowo), whose life takes an unlikely turn after she witnesses a mobster murder.

Review: ADAM KAY: UNDOCTORED, Pavilion Theatre Glasgow

April 6, 2024

Adam Kay is the doctor-turned-comic who secured paramount success with his show and book 'This is Going to Hurt'.

Review: THE WOMAN IN BLACK, Theatre Royal Glasgow

March 28, 2024

Sometimes tactical stagecraft, talented actors and a minimalist set are all you need to evoke spine-chilling terror.

Review: BLUEBEARD, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh

March 15, 2024

Emma Rice places an old age folktale in a new age context through an eccentric movement-led, magical and musical theatrical extravaganza.

Review: PETER PAN GOES WRONG, Theatre Royal Glasgow

March 6, 2024

Mischief Theatre made headlines in the West End with their acclaimed “Goes Wrong” series, where the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society showcases performances and everything goes absolutely haywire.

Review: URINETOWN, Alexander Gibson Opera Studio

March 4, 2024

Drawing on Theatre of the Absurd, clowning and Bertolt Brecht, this Tim Burton-esque musical uses quirky song and dance to explore humanity's deepest, darkest truths.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: JM COETZEE'S LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K, Assembly Hall

August 11, 2023

There are rare occasions in the theatre when dance, film, music, adaptation, ensemble and puppetry combine to create magic.

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