Guy Hollands

Beauty and the Beast

Distinctly Scottish stage adaptation eschews typical squeaky clean panto traits

15 Dec 2010

Beauty and the Beast is, as they say, a tale as old as time (and therein lies the last Angela Lansbury joke. Promise.) Refreshingly, Alan McHugh and Guy Hollands’ distinctly Scottish stage adaptation of the classic story retains the most important plot…

Othello

Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, until Sat 21 Nov

10 Nov 2009

Guy Hollands’ production of the Bard’s tragedy of racial hatred, jealousy and betrayal is a stripped-back version, starkly lit, with minimal staging, that returns the focus squarely to Shakespeare’s language. Thus, the most successful moments come about…

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4 Nov 2009

Natura Morte World renowned dance company Derevo unites with St Peterburg theatre mavericks Akhe to create a spectacular premiere, which takes over every inch of the Arches. Arches, Glasgow, Tue 10–Sat 14 Nov. Othello Guy Hollands directs…

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After his EIF success, Andy Clark tackles the Bard

1 Oct 2009

Andy Clark is perhaps Scotland’s most in demand actor at present. From his earliest days at Dundee Rep a decade back, his performances have long garnered praise, but in such productions as The Ching Room and The Last Witch over the last year, he has…

Hamlet

4 Oct 2007

The widespread belief that society is in deep moral decline is hardly unique to our age – indeed, there have been few times in history when this wasn’t a preoccupation of the public at large. What makes our society a little more unique, and renders Guy…

Hamlet - preview

20 Sep 2007

If I had a Kroner for every time someone reinvented Hamlet, I could afford a cruise to Denmark. If it’s not being set in Nazi Germany or a mental institution, the lead is being performed by – Gosh o’blood – a woman, the whole thing’s being done in the…