Rupture

Simon Lelic - Rupture

(Picador) Simon Lelic’s debut novel is certainly timely. His story about a massacre in a north London school would appear to symbolise our so-called ‘Broken Britain’. But the fact that the shooting of three students and a teacher during a morning…

Rupture

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, until Sat 6 Oct NEW WORK I suppose that in a society obsessed with surveillance and security there’s bound to be a certain level of paranoia among our citizenry, and this itself can turn into neurosis. This certainly…

Hitlist - the best theatre

Recommended Peer Gynt Dominic Hill’s spectacular swan song at Dundee Rep retells Ibsen’s classic through Colin Teevan’s joyous, sad, and, at times, foul-mouthed adaptation. Splendidly acted and physically very impressive, this is a spellbinding…

Hitlist - the best theatre

Peer Gynt Dominic Hill’s last production at Dundee Rep takes on Ibsen’s classic picaresque adventure centring on a single, wasteful, very modern man. Keith Fleming leads in this epic existential caper. Dundee Rep, Mon 24 Sep–Sat 13 Oct. Rupture A…

Davey Anderson - one to watch

I went back to Glasgow Uni to do a talk recently. They asked me to give the students career advice, and I just thought: ‘Are you kidding? Become a doctor!’ Against my better judgement, I studied music, film and TV. It was a great time; you meet…

The hot young things of Scottish theatre

Who: Hannah Donaldson, 23, who graduated this year from RSAMD What: Will be playing the lead role in the Tron’s production of Antigone, directed by David Levine, and can also be seen in the upcoming series of Rebus. Sunny, pretty and immediately…