The King’s Theatre this week sees a revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s 1972 dark comedy “Absurd Person Singular”. The play is in three acts, set in three different kitchens on three successive Christmas Eves, as we witness what takes place as the same group of characters prepare for or take refuge from the party action in the next room. Read the rest of this entry »

63 years old and given another revival - that’s Carousel, which is on this week at the Festival Theatre ahead of a November opening at London’s Savoy theatre. So how does this 1945 musical look and sound to a present day audience? Read the rest of this entry »

In 2005, Sunset Song was voted the Best Scottish Book of All Time. To bring such a National Treasure to the stage is a bold undertaking indeed, and one that could have many pitfalls - unfamiliar language and complexity of action, to name but two. Read the rest of this entry »

Why the title “Cherry Blossom”? The poster at the Traverse Theatre tells all - a tin of shoe Polish. At least, that’s the gloss I put on the current co-production between the Traverse and Teatr Polski Bydgoszcz.

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