Theatre, Issue 667
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How seven key figures in Scottish culture have fared over 25 years
23 Sep 2010
25 years of The List
Didn’t they do well? Scotland has more than its fair share of talent, finds Kirstin Innes, as she chronicles the highs and lows of some of our finest exports over 25 years, including Peter Capaldi, Carol Ann Duffy, Ian Rankin, Douglas Gordon, Tilda…
Looking back on 25 years of commentary on Scottish culture
23 Sep 2010
25 years of The List
A lot has happened in 25 years of Scottish culture. Niki Boyle gives a blow-by-blow account of the major events
How a bumper programme at the Traverse Theatre in 1985 changed Scottish culture
23 Sep 2010
25 years of The List
1985 was a landmark year for The Traverse theatre. Peter Arnott, Chris Hannan and Jo Clifford recall working there to Mark Fisher
First Scottish solo show by Babette Mangolte explores work with Yvonne Rainer
23 Sep 2010
The first solo show in Scotland by filmmaker Babette Mangolte explores her working relationship with performance artist Yvonne Rainer. Neil Cooper assesses the impact of their collaboration
Paperbelle kids show highlights power of imagination
22 Sep 2010
Amazing things happen inside a child’s imagination – an old twig becomes a magic wand, a cardboard box a castle. And, as theatre director Heather Fulton discovered while working with nursery children, a small piece of paper can come alive with all kinds…
Romeo and Juliet
22 Sep 2010
As the prologue foretelling the deaths of the most iconic of lovers is spoken, we see them, statuesque in an embrace, their now reconciled families laying wreaths at their feet. With this opening, and the almost universal knowledge of how this story…
The Bookie
22 Sep 2010
‘It’s my first one,’ says playwright Douglas Maxwell of his new production, The Bookie. ‘My Fisher-Price “My First Musical”, it’s a proper learning curve.’ In a script that gives a Scottish flavour to Vegas-style razzle dazzle, a big time casino tycoon…
Theatre, Darling!
16 Sep 2010
Whether it is cutting edge drama, hearty laughs or a decent tippling hole, Glasgow and Edinburgh’s theatre and comedy scene has it covered, find Niki Boyle and Anna Millar
The Boy With Tape on His Face
16 Sep 2010
Don’t miss this rising star of the comedy scene as he returns to Edinburgh following his five star Fringe show says Brian Donaldson
I Was There: The Mahabharata
16 Sep 2010
The List's 25th Birthday Special
Peter Brook brings his nine-hour epic, The Mahabharata, to the Tramway, 13 Apr 1988. By theatre critic Steve Cramer.
Punk Rock
10 Sep 2010
New writing preview
There’s a great tradition in British theatre of using schools, be they the privileged public school system or the local comp, as metaphors for the various ills that have beset the whole country. The latest foray into this territory comes from one of the…
