Monthly Archives: August 2015

The fast-moving, spectacular and vividly colourful production of ‘The Dragon’ at The Royal Lyceum Theatre,  watched by a crowded audience of children and adults, was absolutely compelling. How can a play, vivid, sometimes scary yet so real, be performed without the use … Continue reading →

If you enjoy spirited debate and relish doctrinal controversy you should appreciate “The Christians” on till 30th August at the Traverse Theatre. The action is set in a vast American evangelical church where a community choir grouped under a large … Continue reading →

  Despite a certain amount of whooping from on high, the applause at the end of “The Last Hotel” seemed oddly restrained rather than wildly rapturous. This was not because it had bored us, or repelled us, but rather that … Continue reading →

Widely trailered as a fabulous re-enactment of of Sophocles Greek tragedy, the King’s Theatre’s first night of Antigone played to a packed audience.  With actors and scenes of drama of a very high calibre, rarely, as a reviewer and occasional performer, … Continue reading →