13th October 2023
Tennessee Williams’ Stanley Kowalski will always be a classic figure of fiction. Ruby Stirling examines this masculine, violent and good-looking individual and why we return to his image in theatre and film so much. You’d be hard pressed to think of a more distinctive male lead in American theatre than Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’ ...
13th October 2023
Tina Conway explores life in Glasgow from a female perspective. The new Glaswegian play, ‘Up a Close’, written by Tina Conway and directed by Victor Kennedy (playing at Webster’s Theatre), is a moving, realistic, and humorous ode to the female experience in late 20th century Glasgow. This performance gave the audience a safe space to ...
13th October 2023
Oran Mór is the place to see a play, have a pie and a pint. Clare Roberts tells us which plays to look forward to this season. It’s pumpkin spice latte season, which also means the Autumn season of A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) has begun. For an hour, Monday to Saturday ...
8th September 2023
Exploring the life of a pioneer of female empowerment, the first woman to own her celebrity. In 1884 Sigmund Freud went to the theatre. The play Theodora was showing in Paris. In response, Freud wrote, “I cannot say much for the play.” What interested him was who was playing Empress Theodora; “Her incredible positions, the ...
27th March 2023
Ahead of his show as a part of the Glasgow Comedy Festival we caught up with a rising star of British comedy. In his new show “Wang In There Baby”, Phil Wang is getting sillier. That seems like a pointless ambition for a comedian, but Wang has had this idea for some time. “I just ...
14th March 2023
Another year, another high quality STAG production. Student Theatre At Glasgow’s eagerly awaited Semester 2 Main Stage performance took to the stage early this week in the QMU. A new piece of writing by Grace Yeghnazar and Kate McBurnie, Storytelling follows teenagers Hope (Anna Coupé), Gideon (Lewis Cooper) and Lyra (Kaitlyn Whitsitt) as they battle ...
21st February 2023
The Scottish screenwriter talks to The Glasgow Guardian about his upcoming play Better Days, and club culture past and present. Ben Tagoe was a teenager when the title track to his one-person show, Better Days, was released. Featuring a raft of classic early 90s rave tunes, his crowdfunded production tells the story of Danny, a ...
19th February 2023
Wrestling deploys many techniques used in theatre and pantomime, making it a highly entertaining sport “Why do you watch it? You know it’s fake, right?” That’s one of the common things a person who was never initiated to the appeal of pro-wrestling might say. Other things people might say include, “the punches aren’t even landing” ...
8th January 2023
Culture Editor Jeevan brings you the highlights of what’s happening in the city. ART THE AFTERLIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS | THE HUNTERIAN | UNTIL FEBRUARY 5 | FREE Exploring her cultural legacy and posthumous reputation IZA TARASEWICZ: THE RUMBLE OF A TIRELESS LAND | TRAMWAY | UNTIL JANUARY 29 | FREE Installations made ...
10th December 2022
Rebecca Richard reviews The Commitments musical as it toured Glasgow in early December. Grasping my ludicrously priced plastic cup of wine, I entered the brightly lit auditorium to the cast chatting and drinking on stage, to my surprise. Defying the usual use of an unassuming stage curtain, it was a nod for what was to ...
