Theatre, Issue 655

How Tron Theatre's Mayfesto is more politics than nostalgia

Andy Arnold was on the bus when it came to him. That clever use of the letter ‘o’ could buy him two things at once: remind people of a late lamented Glasgow theatre festival, and inject a political edge to the new event he had planned. And so, Mayfesto…

No Limit People theatre take Blue Hen to Citizens

‘The name of the company is No Limit People and the idea is don’t take no for an answer. Make things happen as opposed to waiting.’ Nobody could accuse Scott Kyle of waiting around for things to happen: using his own savings he bought a few props and…

The Cherry Orchard

What’s immediately striking about John Byrne’s bold new adaptation of Chekhov’s swansong is how sympathetically it translates to its new setting – the north-east of Scotland on the eve of Mrs Thatcher’s first election victory in 1979 – with very little…

Les Misérables

To become the longest running West End musical of all time, you have to be doing something right. But given the vast amount of performers who have sung their hearts out in Les Misérables over the years, it seems fair to attribute the show’s global…

The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?

Award-winning architect Martin (John Ramm) has been married to Stevie (Sian Thomas) for over 20 years. Unlike the majority of their well-heeled friends the couple have remained passionately in love, sexually exclusive, and even appear to be adjusting…

Strathclyde Theatre Group bring The Libertine to Ramshorn Theatre

Strathclyde Theatre Group tackles Stephen Jeffreys’ play about the notorious 17th century rake and philanderer John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester, also known as ‘the profane Earl’, who was regularly banished from the court of King Charles II.

Martha and Pondlife McGurk among highlights of Imaginate Festival 2010

It may have lost the word ‘International’ from its title, but the Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival (formerly the International Children’s Theatre Festival) still has a very global remit. Companies from Germany, France, the Netherlands and Belgium are…

Internal and Adrian Howells among highlights of Arches Behaviour festival

In the era of the ASBO, more restrictions are placed on our behaviour than existed a generation ago. Our media focuses so much attention on the possibility of dangers presented by other people’s behaviour that we end up fearing others while policing our…