16th November 2022 - The Glasgow Guardian



Review: Pussy Riot @ Maryhill Community Central Hall

16th November 2022

Books Editor Constance Roisin reviews Pussy Riot’s anti-war tour as it closed the Great Western Festival. As it is the last act of a day-long festival, the crowd are all tired, half sitting down around the room,  and no one seems to notice when a member of Pussy Riot gets on stage and starts a ...


In anticipation of…The Muppets Christmas Carol @ SEC Armadillo

16th November 2022

Eve analyses whether the blurring of the information-entertainment barrier will undermine the performance of The Muppets Christmas Carol in Glasgow this November. Those of us who have recently experienced the misfortune of the unnecessarily loud, £3.20 Glasgow subway, will have found the trip compensated by the nostalgic promise – via advertisement – of the Muppets ...


Reaching a state of happiness: Interview with We Three

16th November 2022

In line with the group’s debut UK/European tour, We Three discuss the release of their third album Happy. American heartbreak pop sensations We Three kick off their debut UK/European tour at Glasgow’s King Tuts Wah Wah Hut. Following the release of their third studio album, Happy, Manny Bethany and Joshua talk tracks of relationships and ...


Review: The Pretty Reckless @ Barrowland Ballroom

16th November 2022

Middling rock for teenage tastes, Flora reflects back on The Pretty Reckless’ “lacklustre” Glasgow gig. If you watch the 2001 adaption of The Grinch this Christmas and find yourself wondering, “I wonder where that wee girl who played Cindy Lou-Who is now?”, let me spoil the surprise early: she is the lead singer in a ...


Revisiting and Revising: Adapting The Sandman

16th November 2022

Adapted from the comics series in the 1990s to a TV show for the 2020s, The Sandman reflects the demand for more nuanced, inclusive, and diverse representations in the fantasy genre. There is always the fear that directors and producers will completely desecrate a well-loved text in their adaptation. Choices surrounding plot emission, casting, and ...


Review: Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) @ Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh

16th November 2022

Emma reviews this modern theatrical interpretation of the classic novel. Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre recently hosted the production of Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of). Written and directed by Isobel McArthur, it is a comical reinterpretation of Jane Austen’s classic 1813 novel, Pride and Prejudice. Its modernity and wit make it thoroughly entertaining viewing, for those both ...


Review: Alasdair Gray’s Lanark: A World Made On Paper @ The Hunterian

16th November 2022

Finn reflects back on the Hunterian’s exhibition, celebrating 40 years since the publication of Alasadair Gray’s Lanark. **This exhibition is no longer open to the public** Alasdair Gray’s Lanark: A Life in Four Books is a novel built out of parts that ought not to fit together. It is an autobiography embedded inside a fantasy. ...