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Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland announce 2011 shortlist

Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland announce 2011 shortlist

Kate Dickie, David Birrell and David Greig feature on CATS 2011 shortlist

12 May 2011

Following an all-day meeting at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, the CATS judges have revealed the hotly-anticipated shortlist for the ten categories of Scotland's leading theatre awards for 2010-11. A highlight of the Scottish theatre…

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

Chris Hannan's bawdy reinvention chaotic at times, but with a warm festive atmosphere

(4 stars)15 Dec 2010

Alexandre Dumas’ legendary trio undergo a bawdy reinvention in Chris Hannan’s new Christmas play for the Traverse. It retains the story’s core characters – the eponymous musketeers, plus d’Artagnan and archetypal pantomime villain Cardinal Richelieu…

Stage invasion 1985

How a bumper programme at the Traverse Theatre in 1985 changed Scottish culture

25 years of The List

23 Sep 2010

1985 was a landmark year for The Traverse theatre. Peter Arnott, Chris Hannan and Jo Clifford recall working there to Mark Fisher

The World is Too Much: Posthuman Satire Slash Romance

The World is Too Much: Posthuman Satire Slash Romance

Fresh writing taking on stale language

(4 stars)10 Sep 2009

In an island of lamplight bounded by the dull beat of a nightclub’s ‘throbbing ego’, a drug-dealer, his blind wife and a mate shout, shag and think their way into a tangle of words. This is Chris Hannan’s contribution to the Traverse Theatre’s early…

Chris Hannan - Missy

Chris Hannan - Missy

(2 stars)10 Apr 2008

HISTORICAL DRAMA (Chatto & Windus) Missy is the first novel by award-winning Scottish playwright Chris Hannan but on this evidence, he should most definitely return to the theatre. Set in 1860s California, we follow the trials and tribulations of Dol…

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