Melissa Clarke

Articles by Melissa Clarke:

Trumpets and Raspberries at the Royal Lyceum

“From his bum? You’re going to put bits of his bum on his face…?!

Oh Antonio…what a terrible situation…”

Mistaken identity and chaotic confusions abound when, after an industrial accident, the head of a large corporation is mistakenly surgically reconstructed as one of his employees, and finds himself chief suspect in a kidnap plot against himself!

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Vanity Fair at the Royal Lyceum – Preview

Vanity Fair is coming soon to the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.

“You’ve got no money and you want to compete with those who have. Everybody is striving for what is not worth the having.”

Adapted from Thackeray’s sprawling novel satirising the ambitions and vanities of society in 19th century England, Vanity Fair follows two girls who leave Miss Pinkerton’s Academy for Young Ladies Read the rest of this entry »

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