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Writer: David Greig Director: Guy Hollands Reviewer: Lauren Humphreys The Public Reviews Rating: A few weeks on from the Edinburgh Fringe and it’s time for another unlikely premise for a musical play. The Monster in the Hall tells the story of young teen Duck Macatarsney (Gemma McElhinney) and her pizza-eating, spliff-smoking, bike-riding, heavy metal loving widower dad (Keith [...]

Writer: Marie Jones Director: Andy Arnold Reviewer: Edie R The Public Reviews Rating: Marie Jones’ “Stones In His Pockets”, a two-act two-hander about the impact of the movies on the life of an Irish rural community, features a whole film crew, cast and a village’s worth of extras. But at the Tron Theatre, Keith Fleming and Robbie Jack [...]

The last few days have proven that there is a little bit of sunshine just waiting to pour out its loving rays of summer warmth on us, even if it is in miniscule proportions. However, despite our typical British weather there are theatre companies up and down the country who are bracing the ever-changing climate [...]

Writer: William Shakespeare Directors: John Tiffany and Andrew Goldberg Reviewer: Amy Taylor The Public Reviews Rating: Madness, obsession and drive lie at the heart of Alan Cumming’s much-anticipated return to the Scottish stage, Macbeth. Directed by the Tony Award-winning director John Tiffany and Andrew Goldberg, who directed Cumming in their 2007 production of The Bacchae, this production [...]

Writer: Ella Hickson Director: Mark Stevenson Reviewer: Lauren Humphreys The Public Reviews Rating: What defines a generation characterised by its apathy? That’s the question Ella Hickson attempts to answer in Eight, her multi award-winning 2008 play, presented by NewUpNorth-Scotland with students from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. It is in turn, a cynical, depressing, hysterical and touching portrayal [...]

2012 is turning into an epic year, the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic Games seeming to inspire theatre companies to come up with their own epic productions. Here Glen Pearce takes a look at five larger-than-life productions filling theatres this week. Macbeth – Tramway, Glasgow The National Theatre of Scotland and Alan Cumming team up [...]

With an extended weekend to enjoy at the beginning of the week, why not take the opportunity to try something new in a theatre near you this week. There’s plenty on offer with venues across the country attempting to tempt audiences away from the pomp and pageantry. And just in case the normal British bank holiday weather prevails, [...]

Theatre is at its most powerful when it reflects our everyday lives. Love, affairs, death, class, education – all provide writers with plenty of material for powerful drama. Catherine Love looks at some productions across the country this week that hold a mirror to our  lives.   1) BETRAYAL – CRUCIBLE THEATRE, SHEFFIELD Harold Pinter’s [...]