Satirical comment beaten into submission: Christine Irvine reviews the Tron Theatre’s resurrection of Anthony Neilson’s Christmas-time comedy.
Glasgow
29 June 2017
Reviews • Glasgow • National • Performance • Reviews
Review: Nomanslanding at Tramway, Glasgow
June 22 - July 2
By Andrew Edwards
A strange sort of hope: Andrew Edwards reflects on the Glasgow iteration of this collaborative, international, interdisciplinary artwork.
19 June 2017
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: Shackleton at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow
14-17 June 2017, then touring
By Christine Irvine
Chilling isolation in an untameable wilderness: Christine Irvine reviews Blue Raincoat’s retelling of Ernest Shackleton’s doomed expedition.
15 May 2017
Reviews • Glasgow • National • Reviews
Review: Off-Kilter at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow
May 10 - May 13
By Christine Irvine
A characteristically touching return: Christine Irvine warms to Ramesh Meyyappan’s new solo show exploring mental health through physicality and magic.
14 May 2017
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: Daphne Oram’s Wonderful World of Sound at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow
9 - 13 May 2017
By Christine Irvine
Colour-telly ambience: Christine Irvine reviews the world premiere of Blood of the Young’s play about a pioneer of electronic music.
21 April 2017
Reviews • Glasgow • National • Reviews
Review: Coriolanus Vanishes at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow
April 14 - April 22
By Christine Irvine
Lean, mean and theatrically audacious: Christine Irvine is gripped by Fire Exit director David Leddy’s first one-man show in over a decade.
17 April 2017
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: A Machine They’re Secretly Building at Tron Theatre, Glasgow
13- 15 April 2017
By Christine Irvine
*IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR* Christine Irvine reviews Proto-type Theater’s exploration of surveillance technology.
15 March 2017
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: God of Carnage at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Tron Theatre ⋄ 9-25 March 2017
By Christine Irvine
More like a temper-tantrum than a turning-point: Christine Irvine reviews the Tron Theatre’s new production of Yazmina Reza’s comedy.
10 March 2017
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: Discourse or Intercourse / Talking & Fucking at Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow
CCA ⋄ 7 March 2017
By Andrew Edwards
“Gently exposes its audience’s attitudes”: Andrew Edwards reviews an immersive performance examining the spaces where people with disabilities are both users and creators of pornography.
6 March 2017
Reviews • Glasgow • National
Review: Avoidable Climbing at Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow
Citizens Theatre ⋄ 2 - 4 March 2017
By Christine Irvine
Putting politics to music: Christine Irvine reviews Drew Taylor’s “cathartic” work as part of the Take Me Somewhere festival.
2 March 2017
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: #negrophobia at Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow
Tramway ⋄ 26 February 2017
By Andrew Edwards
Extraordinary in its range, excess and incision: Andrew Edwards reviews Jaamil Olawale Kosoko’s “challenging, necessary and entirely relevant” work as part of the Take Me Somewhere festival.
11 February 2017
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: The End of Things at CCA, Glasgow
CCA ⋄ 7 - 8 February 2017
By Andrew Edwards
The qualities of agony, anxiety and desire contained within endings: Andrew Edwards reviews Company of Wolves’ new work in Glasgow.
26 January 2017
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: Sea Wall at Sloans Pub, Glasgow
Sloans Pub ⋄ 22 - 26 January 2017
By Christine Irvine
A deep-tissue massage for your brain muscles: Christine Irvine attends one of Heroes’ intimate stagings of Sea Wall in a Glasgow pub.
11 November 2016
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: Secret Show 1 at Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Tron Theatre ⋄ 8th - 12th November 2016
By Christine Irvine
Genuinely joyous communal theatre experience: Christine Irvine reviews Blood Of The Young at the Tron Theatre.
24 October 2016
Reviews • Glasgow • Reviews
Review: Grain in the Blood at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Tron Theatre ⋄ 19th - 29th October 2016
By Christine Irvine
Light as frost, but never quite chilling: Christine Irvine reviews Rob Drummon’s taut family drama.