Review: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, Perth Theatre
by Mary Baillie - May 07, 2024
Cross-dressing, guns, psychiatry, politics, incest, adultery and accidental overdoses interlace in Joe Orton's final and most subversive play. Unfortunately to a modern audience it feels dated....
Review: ANTIGONE, Perth Theatre
by Mary Baillie - February 19, 2024
An ancient play with a contemporary message, Perth Youth Theatre’s Antigone tells us to never underestimate a powerful woman, or talented young people....
Review: ALADDIN, Perth Theatre
by Mary Baillie - December 04, 2023
In their humble abode of Killicrankie, the McTwankie family are in a spin trying to keep their laundry business afloat while the evil Countess searches impatiently for the cave of pleasures, treasures and immeasurable measures. The piece is enjoyable for children, but slightly misses the mark for ad...
Adaptation of MAGGIE & ME Comes to Scotland in 2024
by Stephi Wild - November 17, 2023
Maggie & Me, Damian Barr’s award-winning and darkly witty memoir about growing up gay in Thatcher’s Britain is coming to Scottish stages, in a bold and explosive new production. ...
Alan Bissett Will Perform MOIRA MARATHON Across Scotland in 2024
by Stephi Wild - November 17, 2023
Since 2009, Alan Bissett's series of one-woman shows The Moira Monologues, about Moira Bell - single mother, cleaner and Falkirk's Hardest Woman - have been leaving audiences all over Scotland weak with laughter and garnering rave reviews. Now, for the first time, Alan will be touring all three show...
THE TIME MACHINE Will Embark on UK Tour in 2024
by Stephi Wild - November 16, 2023
Original Theatre presents a Winter/Spring 2024 tour of Steven Canny and John Nicholson's The Time Machine – A Comedy, following the play's previously announced forthcoming London première at Park Theatre from 30 November – 30 December. ...