Light as frost, but never quite chilling: Christine Irvine reviews Rob Drummon’s taut family drama.
Glasgow
22 September 2016
Reviews • Glasgow • National • Reviews
Guest Review: Hiraeth at Tramway, Glasgow
Tramway ⋄ 15th - 16th September 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
Joe Turnbull completes our series of guest reviews with Disability Arts, with Candoco Dance Company and NCA Small Theatre’s Hiraeth at the Unlimited festival in Glasgow.
20 September 2016
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Review: MayBe at Tramway
Tramway ⋄ 17th - 18th September 2016
By Andrew Edwards
A love that contorts, twists, fades, appears, shatters: Andrew Edwards concludes the Unlimited festival in Glasgow with a beautiful work by the Marc Brew Company.
20 September 2016
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Review: 43 Percent at Tramway
Tramway ⋄ 15th - 16th September 2016
By Andrew Edwards
57% water, and well, some other stuff: Andrew Edwards reviews a performance considering what makes up a human.
19 September 2016
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Review: The Way You Look (At Me) Tonight at Tramway
Tramway ⋄ 15th & 16th September 2016
By Andrew Edwards
The weight of somebody’s feet on your knees: Andrew Edwards reviews “a hugely accessible work about access” at the Unlimited festival in Glasgow.
19 September 2016
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Review: Trainspotting at the Citizens Theatre
Citizens Theatre ⋄ 14th September- 8th October 2016
By Christine Irvine
Energising and skin-crawling: Christine Irvine reviews a stage production of Trainspotting that doesn’t bow to the pressure of Danny Boyle’s film.
5 July 2016
Reviews • Glasgow • National
Review: FREAGRA | A Blurred Expanse at Tramway
Tramway ⋄ 1st - 2nd July 2016
By Andrew Edwards
A hypermodern microcosm: Andrew Edwards reviews Rob Heaslip Dance in Glasgow (with diagrams).
14 June 2016
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: The End at Tramway
Tramway ⋄ 10th - 11th June 2016
By Andrew Edwards
“Never a moment to exhale, nor to inhale”: Andrew Edwards reviews Jack Webb’s work about movement and modernity at Tramway.
3 June 2016
Reviews • Glasgow • National
Review: American Idiot at King’s Theatre
King's Theatre ⋄ 31st May - 4th June 2016
By Christine Irvine
“As empty as George W Bush’s glassy stare”: Christine Irvine reviews the musical adaptation of Green Day’s early-noughties album.
10 May 2016
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Review: This Restless House at Citizens Theatre
Citizens Theatre ⋄ 22nd April - 14th May 2016
By Christine Irvine
“Merciless modern sensibility”: Christine Irvine reviews Zinnie Harris’ reworking of The Oresteia.
29 April 2016
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Review: Dance of Death at the Citizens’ Theatre
Citizens Theatre ⋄ 22nd April- 7th May 2016
By Christine Irvine
“A ferocious physical and psychological battle”: Christine Irvine reviews Frances Poet’s adaptation of August Strindberg.
15 April 2016
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Review: The James Plays at King’s Theatre, Glasgow
King's Theatre ⋄ 8th - 10th April 2016 and touring
By Christine Irvine
Christine Irvine completes a marathon session of Rona Munro’s regal Scottish trilogy.
4 March 2016
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Review: Blackbird at Citizens Theatre
Citizens Theatre ⋄ 25th Feb - 5th March 2016
By Christine Irvine
“Caught in a knot of police protection, even the characters’ identities are fluid.” Christine Irvine reviews David Harrower’s work.
5 November 2015
Reviews • Glasgow
Vanya
Citizens Theatre ⋄ 3rd-7th November 2015
By Christine Irvine
Chekhov, up close.
4 November 2015
Reviews • Glasgow
An Inspector Calls
Theatre Royal Glasgow ⋄ 3rd-7th November 2015
By Lorna Irvine
Goole-ish.