Theatre and Rosalie Doubal

Matthew Highton's Shadowed Vagary

Warm, intelligent and beautifully written tall tale

16 Aug 2011

This warm, intelligent and beautifully written tall tale winds its way from an office infatuation to an apocalyptical climax featuring a fembot with an allergy to Nando’s Peri-Peri sauce, Mickey Rourke’s magic peacock and an evil Patrick Moore. Sweet…

Glasgow International - Happenings and performances

16 Apr 2010

Whether reflecting or informing current art world vogues, the plethora of events and performances in the Glasgow International programme assures an energy that will distinguish it from the conventional biennial format. Presenting mock symposiums…

Zoo Lodge

Shoddy writing and generally weak performances

24 Aug 2009

Inflammatory drivel about a meddling British couple’s troubled stay in a Johannesburg hostel. Insult, slur and damaging secrets are awkwardly tossed between an Afrikaans handyman, a Zimbabwean refugee, a philandering hostel owner, his Spanish lover and…

The Lamplighter's Lament

Charming play about a lonely widower

23 Aug 2009

Effortlessly charming visual theatre about a lonely lamplighter and his lament for the wife he lost to the sea. Three actors and a puppet take the character’s form, while music, unusual lighting and limited props colour their laden movements. The…

Peter Duncan’s Dark and Dangerous

Safe, dated, yet surprisingly humble

19 Aug 2009

Following an encounter with the keepers of heaven and hell, early 80s Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan has one hour to justify his career and deliver himself from purgatory. Tied together by audience participation, tomfoolery with a video screen, and…

Unit 46

Thin walls and solitary frustrations

13 Aug 2009

This Australian two-hander visits the familiar territory of frustrated flat dwellers with a wrought examination of paranoid loner Tim and frustrated teacher Diane, living above and below each other in a claustrophobic unit block. Communicating only by…

The Hot 100 2008

11 Dec 2008

It’s been a helluva year. 2008 has been a time of significant global change, socially, politically and culturally, with Scotland no exception. So here, for your delectation, is The List’s pick of the 100 people, places and things that rocked our world…

The Shadow

21 Aug 2008

Enthusiastic acting is let down here by an over-written, confused and dizzyingly fast-paced script about a poet who loses his shadow. A barrage of contradictory metaphors dealing in the currency of light, dark, joy, greed, friend, foe and princesses…

Frida Kahlo: Viva La Vida

14 Aug 2008

A poised yet gutsy one-woman performance from the talented Gael Le Cornec offers a moving insight into the vibrant life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Avoiding sentimentality, Le Cornec tenderly portrays a woman struggling with physical pain and a…