Genre: Drama 0

Review: Blackout

An inspirational evening that tracks from first drink to beyond the last in the lives of 5 characters brought together by the need to live

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: Sin

A short run through how media and culture changes will change a sweet 12 year old into a 13 year old from the “whatever” generation

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: The Metamorphosis

A fascinating extrapolation of Kafka's Metamorphosis

Published by Lucien Zell

Review: A Special Day

A heart-wrenching masterpiece with incredible imagination

Published by Lily Chu

Review: Love Conquers All

A well performed interpretation of Edith Piaf's life

Published by Nigel Nevinson

Review: Brewers Fayre

Sharply funny, innovative and thoroughly engaging

Published by Josie Melia

Review: Killing Roger

A sensitive and moving piece of theatre

Published by Paschale Straiton

Review: Thief

Sailor thrives in bars, dives and flop-houses of the most squalid ports

Published by Bill Parslow

Review: The People’s Champion:

The Turbulent Life and Times of Alex Hurricane Higgins

Published by Julie Everton

Review: 5 Kilo Sugar

Grandfather keeps turning up in different people and he's got a mission for his grandson.

Published by Will Geffin

Review: Shit-Faced Shakespeare

“…could well be mentioned in University textbooks in twenty or even a hundred years’ time.”

Published by John Hinton

Review: Beauty’s Legacy

A retelling of the Frankenstein story - as Celebrity ...

Published by Strat Mastoris

Review: When I Grow Up

Powerful, funny, and heartwarming

Published by Paul Levy

Review: ‘Bud’ by Nick Darke

Bud is the unhappy farmer who married for love or was it for her 'collateral' - her land and farm?

Published by Will Geffin

Review: Not About Heroes

An engrossing production about the close friendship of two great poets

Published by Nigel Nevinson

Review: 366 Days of Kindness

engaging and playful piece with a big heart

Published by Rachel Blackman

Review: Catch 22

A well-executed performance demonstrating the lunacy of war

Published by Alice Booth

Review: Long Live the Little Knife

A comic crime caper that plays with some big ideas.

Published by Paschale Straiton

Review: One

A one-man treatise on identity, loss and Persia

Published by Alice Booth

Review: Tomorrow

A heartbreaking production about dementia and ageing

Published by Alice Booth

Review: The Forbidden Experiment

A mixed media performance that is centred around a lonely island in the Firth of Forth that has lots to say but much of it covered in froth

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: DNA

A teen thriller to remember.

Published by Amy Maynard

Review: The History of the Devil

Clive Barker’s hit, brought to life by the Beating Heart Theatre Company

Published by William Glenn

Review: Deathtrap

A shocking play that is delightful to watch and admirably brought to our stage by the Stirling based touring company theatre Broad.

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: Borges and I

A visual feast to the power of language and imagination

Published by Clare Simpson

Review: The Secret Agent

A macabre and dastardly tale, well told by a cast of music hall characters

Published by Alice Booth

Review: Silence in Court

Court is in Session.

Published by William Glenn

Review: The Tin Ring

A powerful one woman play telling the story of a holocaust survivor

Published by Clare Simpson

Review: 15 Minutes

"a fine study in black comedy"

Published by Anthony "Lou Macari"

Review: Sex Lives of Others

Do the Curtains Match the Drapes?

Published by William Glenn

Review: For Their Own Good

An incredibly effective horse puppet and reflections on death make for a moving show

Published by Alice Booth

Review: Pole Factor

A searching play in which a young Muslim woman goes on Pole Factor and starts winning but ends up on the losing side

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: Paradise

A highly effective exploration of how a faceless society deals with people who simply can’t fit in

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: Safe

"an engaging, well written hour long play "

Published by Paul Levy

Review: The Collision of Things

An touching show about three friends who lose one life to gain another.

Published by Alice Booth

Review: On Hold

An effective piece on office politics that is all sex, booze and stuck on hold

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: Lockerbie: Lost Voices

Theatre designed to explore the possibilities of why Pan Am 103 came down on Lockerbie that is patchy but worth a visit.

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: Inside

Accomplished, intensely harrowing kidnap drama

Published by Simon Gwynn

Review: Contractions

Richly funny and ultimately moving

Published by Jessica Cheetham

Review: Tollpuddle Martyrs Story: We Will be Free

Through song, rhyme and traditional storytelling we hear of one of the most significant stories of the early trade union movement, all delivered with consummate skill

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: Baddies

The exploration of the artistic conflict that exists between those that have a method and those whose methods are more materialistic; all played out between two actors on a film set

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: Not the Messiah

"impressive theatrical achievement"

Published by Paul Levy

Review: Island State

It’s the End of the World; Tennis, Anyone?

Published by William Glenn

Review: Kind

"a quiet but moving little play from a promising young writer"

Published by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Review: Quietly

An intense and powerful play about hatred and the power of truth

Published by Alice Booth

Review: The Actor’s Nightmare

A decent attempt to bring this clunky play to the stage and make it make sense

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: I (Honestly) Love You

If Love is a Disease, then Truth is a Poison

Published by William Glenn

Review: Cadre

A well acted play about what is to gain your freedom and to have lost love

Published by Clare Simpson

Review: The Events

An extraordinary new play for our times

Published by Clare Simpson

Review: The Extremists

An unflinching comic satire on rolling news,

Published by Dan Lentell

Review: Grounded

A spectacular piece of writing and performance about humanity and modern warfare

Published by Alice Booth

Review: SingleMarriedGirl

Adapted from the blog about self-fulfillment through self-belief

Published by Dan Lentell

Review: Losing the Plot

A master class in the art of writing and delivery from a trio at the top of their game.

Published by Tim Wilcock

Review: Ciara

A twisted paean to Glasgow with a sizzling performance from Blythe Duff

Published by Clare Simpson

Review: Intuit This

The real cost of a bee sting

Published by Duncan Wilkins

Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Shakespeare by a young company performed with great verve and vitality

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: Look Back in Anger

Good performances in an intimate space from this new company

Published by Joanna Matthews

Review: Our Friends, the Enemy

"A timely and simply presented reminder"

Published by Richard Franklin

Review: The Inventor and The Escort

Like a 'Turner Classic Movies', golden era of Hollywood RomCom gem, spiced to 21st century palates

Published by Dan Lentell

Review: A Womb with a View

This was a friendly accessible and fun comedy performed by a bold gutsy likeable female cast, not afraid to look a bit silly, wearing men’s trousers and teenage boys baseball caps as effectively as they did high heels maternity bras and strap on pregnancy bumps.

Published by Didi Craze

Review: Play For September

A schoolgirl's crush is returned in full.

Published by Dan Lentell

Review: The Trench

An outstanding theatre experience which fuses all of the theatre arts into one fine performance

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: For the Trumpets Shall Sound

Doing for WWI with a pen, or iMac possibly, what John Singer Sargent did for the conflict in oils.

Published by Dan Lentell

Review: War of the Waleses

A 90s pop Shakespearean comedy

Published by Phoebe Ladenburg

Review: Way Back

A musing on suicide that has laughs and neat plot devices to keep us safe, unless you go to Uganda...

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: Long Live The Little Knife

A dark and humorous play about fakes, forgeries, love and loss

Published by Alice Booth

Review: The Lockerbie Bomber

A play that examines, graphically at times, the idea of a twin government cover up in Lockerbie

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: Tejas Verde

A powerful play with a strong central performance

Published by Clare Simpson

Review: Dirty Water

Earthy humour from four unlikely lads cleaning in a Glasgow housing scheme.

Published by Tim Wilcock

Review: The List

An exceptional one-woman play about isolation and control

Published by Simon Gwynn

Review: Warde Street

Politics and Religion - Dirty Words

Published by Tom Taylor

Review: The Shawshank Redemption

'A cautious but enjoyable adaptation of a timeless story'

Published by Alastair Stewart

Review: Goose

A highly interesting and very poignant, simple story of one young boy and his 13th birthday that he will never forget

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: The Boss of It All

It’s not the answers you give, it’s the questions you ask.

Published by Tim Wilcock

Review: The Gypsybird Speaks

A spirited show with some strong performances

Published by Jessica Cheetham

Review: A Family Beyond the Army

Poignant and wonderfully crafted piece on the families that support the brave men and women we sometimes take for granted

Published by Donald C Stewart

Review: An Actor’s Lament

Effortless superiority and contempt for the prols from three real luvvies

Published by Tim Wilcock

Review: Blaggards

"a solid bit of younger theatre"

Published by Paul Levy

Review: Bouncers

Well-observed characters

Published by Georgina Newman

Review: Newton

Triumphant biopic drama about the Scientist from a spellbinding performer.

Published by Dan Lentell

Review: Chalk Farm

A beautifully drawn portrait of mother and son, and the London riots

Published by Clare Simpson

Review: The Break-Up of Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect have been inseparable for several millennia, but Cause wants out.

Published by Kate Saffin