Theatre, Previews, Issue 633

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Cooking with Elvis

9 Jul 2009

Lee Hall might be best known for his Oscar-nominated screenplay for Billy Elliot, but long before Jamie Bell’s dancing feet captured the public imagination, Hall scored a hit with the acclaimed comedy Cooking with Elvis. First performed in Newcastle’s…

No Room for Bigotry

9 Jul 2009

Forms of drug addiction and sectarianism are perhaps the two most pressing social issues facing the West Coast of Scotland. It’s timely, then, that the boys of Jericho House, an institution which helps young men with drug problems, should devise a piece…

Alice Through the Looking Glass

9 Jul 2009

With Tim Burton and Johnny Depp set to re-imagine Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland for the silver screen, Lewis Carroll’s fantastical tales are firmly back in the public eye. So rich is Carroll’s storytelling that, since its publication in the 19th…

The Home Season: Pitlochry Festival Theatre

9 Jul 2009

As the curtain comes down on another packed season of theatre in the Central Belt, and with the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe waiting in the wings, it’s worth casting an eye over the superb series of Scottish plays currently running at Pitlochry…