Review: MEDEA ON THE MIC, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 11, 2024
Join everyone’s favourite princess-sorceress for one hell of a good time as she shares stories of when she was Scottish and swaggered into the wonderlands of Berlin, Tehran and New York. Other guests on the mic include her bitter ex Jason (of the Argonauts) and old pal the Chariot Queen....
Review: THE FUNERAL CLUB, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 04, 2024
The hilarious and heartfelt journey of a group of friends from a teenage cancer ward who attempt to pull off a diamond heist....
Review: The Way, The Truth and The Life, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 02, 2024
Mary has a job to do and no time for regrets. But Jim wants them both to not look back in anger. As they share sandwiches, old rifts reveal themselves, but can they both really move on and leave the past behind?...
Review: THE 39 STEPS, Theatre Royal
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 30, 2024
Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps, brilliantly and hilariously recreated for the stage as the smash-hit Olivier and Tony Award-Winning Comedy, is back out on a UK tour after nearly 10 years in London’s West End, taking Broadway by storm, playing in 39 different countries across t...
Review: SUNSET SONG, Edinburgh Lyceum
by Mary Baillie - 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. Now this haunting coming-of-age narrative returns, reimagined beautifully for live theatre....
Review: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 22, 2024
Based on the classic Tim Burton movie and featuring the hauntingly beautiful music of Danny Elfman and Terry Davies, Bourne and his New Adventures Company return to this witty, bittersweet story of an incomplete boy left alone in a strange new world....
Review: ROOST, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 18, 2024
When social worker Hana has to deliberate upon Bingo’s case for the custody of his daughter, his unusual hobby as a ‘doo-man’ catches her off guard. Through him, she is flung back into the world of pigeon keeping....
Review: MACBETH (AN UNDOING), Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 15, 2024
When her husband returns victorious from the battlefield with a prophecy that he is to become King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth will stop at nothing to make their darkest ambition a reality....
Review: EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 14, 2024
Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn’t quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. Jamie is going to be a sensation. Supported by his brilliant loving mum and surrounded by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the d...