Greer Ogston

Options of Life

9 Aug 2007

This unusual piece from Polish company, Impossible Theatre Union, consists of five parables from the Old Testament, interpreted by the famous Polish philosopher, Professor Leszek Kolakowski, best known for his analysis of Marxist thought. In it the two…

Killer Joe

1 Aug 2007

‘It’s about a corrupt family in a trailer park who try to escape their desperate situation. In a very 90s way, it’s a black comedy.’

Stoopud F**ken Animals

1 Aug 2007

Currently biking from Suffolk to Edinburgh, ambitious and energetic playwright, Joel Horwood (Food 2006), takes a well-earned break from the saddle to discuss his new play, which he describes as ‘a Western set in Suffolk.’

Hugh Hughes in . . . Story of a Rabbit

1 Aug 2007

After contemplating the logistics of travelling to Edinburgh in a tractor, Hugh Hughes moves on to describe his new show for this year’s Fringe. ‘In it, I’m comparing and contrasting the death of my father, with the death of my neighbour’s rabbit.’

Is This About Sex?

1 Aug 2007

Not just about sex, this play examines the societal confines of the modern world, exposing the inextricable issues of identity with sexuality and gender and of course sex itself.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

3 Jul 2007

CLASSIC Just as Freud’s Oedipal theories altered the modern perception of Hamlet, his dream theories exert a powerful influence on this Shakespearean classic. Freud professed that dreams were a manifestation of forbidden thoughts and unconscious…

Guys and Dolls

18 Jun 2007

MUSICAL The latest industry to hop on the reality TV bandwagon, with shows like Any Dream Will Do and Grease is the Word, musicals are experiencing the biggest come back since Take That. Musicals are now cool (yes, even the Sound of Music) but…

It Takes Two

18 Jun 2007

TOURING WORK ‘One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.’ Wilde’s wisdom on love is quite germaine to this performance at the Byre Theatre. Scenes from his plays, among others, feature in Red Wine Productions’ latest…

Over The Wall

18 Jun 2007

NEW WORK George Peat, the new president of the Scottish Football Association, is calling for a new anthem to replace ‘Flower of Scotland’, which he described as ‘embarrassing’. But there may well be more than a few football fans who object to such a…

Mahabharata

22 May 2007

CLASSIC East meets West is often a tricky encounter. Can either of us truly reproduce the culture and sensibilities of the other? Director Stuart Wood’s version of the ancient epic Indian poem, Mahabharata, chooses to combine the two. ‘We use Western…

I of The Needle

8 May 2007

NEW WORK Foucault saw identity, who and what we think we are, as something fluid and changeable, a product of cultural circumstances. It’s a similar concept Adrian Osmond seeks to explore in his new one man play directed by Paddy Cunneen, for this…

The Wonderful World of Dossocia

Seen at Tron Theatre, Glasgow, run ended. Now tour

13 Mar 2007

REVIVAL As children we’re enthralled by adventures to far off lands with tin men, talking animals or witches and wizards, where good overcomes evil. Anthony Neilson’s play appeals to both our childhood imaginings and our adult sensibilities. Lisa…

Life of Pi

Citizen’s Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 13-"Sat 17 Mar

27 Feb 2007

We’re fascinated by shipwreck, or, more recently, plane crashes, stories that leave people stranded, fending for themselves. Outwith recognisable societal confines, who defines right and wrong? What would you do?

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

29 Jan 2007

REVIVAL Judy Garland said to her daughter: ‘Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.’ The title character of Little Voice seems to have it the wrong way round; she’s unsure of herself but first rate at imitating…

Bevellers, The

The Bevellers

29 Jan 2007

REVIVAL No amount of ‘City of Culture’ or ‘Glasgow Smiles Better’ labels can conceal the stereotypical view of Scotland’s largest city. This less than perfect reputation runs deeper than sovereign-wearing bams swallying Buckie. As a follow up to…

Peter Pan

Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, until Wed 24 Jan

13 Dec 2006

The Pitch Thirty-five-year-old man Pan (Cameron-Big Brother-Stout), who definitely won’t be doing more growing, flies into the Darling sibling’s (Stephen Purdon and Laura McMonagle) window and whisks them, Nanny Clyde (Dean Parks) and Nana the dug off…

Frozen

North Edinburgh Arts Centre, then touring until Sat 11 Dec

30 Oct 2006

SCOTTISH PREMEIRE From Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s seriously scary child catchers, who genuinely haunted you as a child, to tragic real life news stories like that of Sarah Payne, which disturb you throughout adulthood, the subject of the suffering of…

One Hour Before Sunrise

Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh, until Sat 14 Oct

17 Oct 2006

NEW WORK Over 400 people of 35 different nationalities remain held without charge or trial at the infamous Guantenamo Bay. We’re just beginning to question the involvement of our government, whereas for some nations torture has long been an…

My Dark Sky

Tramway, Glasgow, until Sat 30 Sep, then touring

2 Oct 2006

WORLD PREMIERE Hans and Sophie Scholl were voted fourth in a 2003 poll of the greatest ever Germans. There are also four feature films telling their story, which is an established unit in the German school curriculum. This only begins to describe…

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Dundee Rep, until Sat 16 Sep

7 Sep 2006

CLASSIC Reinhardt’s 1934 version of A Midsummer Night’s Dreamwas set on a hillside amidst a specially planted forest; Brook’s 1971 vision was in a white box space with trapeze artists and Michael Hoffman’s 1999 film placed the action in 19th century…