10th January 2023
Yulia looks back on Scottish Ballet’s winter production and compares it with other adaptations of The Snow Queen. As an adult it’s sometimes hard to embrace the so-called “Christmas Spirit” extolled by poets and fairy-tellers (and even more so, merchandisers). Magic gets lost somewhere on the way, with celebration disproportionately consumed by preparation. In contrast, ...
11th November 2022
Culture Editor Jeevan Farthing reviews the award-winning musical The Book of Mormon as it makes its rescheduled debut in Glasgow. “Jesus lived here, in the USA”, supposedly. It’s the kind of writing that should be so ridiculous, so satirical, as to bear little resemblance to reality. But what The Book of Mormon does so well ...
2nd November 2022
Elspeth reviews Scottish Opera’s brand new production. “What a sad day it was in Granada; the stones began to cry…” Thus begins Scottish Opera’s new production of Osvaldo Golijov and David Henry Hwang’s Ainadamar: a visual and auditory spectacle created through music, poetry, and dance. The opera is centred around the life and work of ...
25th October 2022
Marianne eloquently reviews the Scottish tour of James IV as it visited Glasgow. “The deid were living as you live now”, Danielle Jam earnestly narrates from centre stage, as she opens James IV: Queen of the Fight. The show is playwright Rona Munro’s fourth in a series of plays set in successive courts of medieval ...
16th October 2022
Natasha explains why you should all go to see the show as it returns to Glasgow in November. Nine-times Tony Award Winner and four-times Olivier Award Winner for Best Musical The Book of Mormon is returning to Glasgow, for the second time on its UK tour. Full of moments of slapstick and witty comedy, The ...
12th October 2022
Culture Editor Jeevan brings you the highlights of what’s happening in the city. ART CHARLIE HAMMOND: WORKAROUND | HUNTERIAN | UNTIL OCTOBER 16 | FREE Solo exhibition for the Glasgow-based artist, exploring the relationship between art and labour MAJD ABDEL HAMID: MUSCLE MEMORY | CCA | UNTIL NOVEMBER 5 | FREE Embroidered work based on ...
7th March 2022
Rothery reviews the latest adaptation of the classic tale. Direct from London, the acclaimed production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe depicts the classic story of four siblings on their journey to Narnia. The show, directed by Michael Fentiman, is currently playing at the Theatre Royal Glasgow, and I must say, it is ...
30th January 2022
Hannah Morley gives her thoughts on the historical musical, comparing the experience to previous reincarnations. This was not my first time venturing into the theatrical magic of Les Miserables. My first experience was in January 2020 at London’s Sondheim theatre. The second time was in London again in June of this year, and the third ...
