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Review: Private Peaceful – Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Simon Reade’s solo adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful arrives at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum, featuring a compelling debut from Benjamin Cain.
Review: Man to Man, Royal Court Theatre, London
In red Y-fronts and a string vest, a mesmerising Tilda Swinton commands Man to Man, turning Manfred Karge’s survival tale into a chilling study of endurance.
Review: Revel – Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Two veteran dancers meet stiff joints, stray memories, and rebellious heels with wry elegance in Revel. Cath Coutts reviews Company Chordelia for theQR.

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How ‘Hen Night Horror’ is Turning Highland Dread into Stage Farce
How does a musical turn slasher tropes into slapstick? The cast and writers of ‘Hen Night Horror’ unpack the bloody mechanics of their Scottish tour.
Beyond the Scratch Night: Can Shuffle Festival Secure the Future of Hip-Hop in Scotland?
Can street dance secure a permanent home in Scotland? At Glasgow’s Shuffle Festival, local dancers and Boy Blue make an urgent case for hip-hop theatre.
Inside These Are Our Neighbours at Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre
How Katharine Williams and Company of Wolves adapted the historic 2021 Kenmure Street protest into verbatim dance-theatre at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre.
The mechanics of myth: John Leader on the revived Tristan & Yseult
Behind the scenes of Emma Rice’s touring revival: John Leader reflects on ensemble trust, touring demands, and remaking Tristan & Yseult for modern stages.
Behind the Illusions: Staging Trauma in The Disappearing Man
Stage illusion meets domestic ruin: inside rehearsals for The Disappearing Man, as Kenny Emson and Alex Thorpe explore trauma on the faded Essex coast.
Laura Grillo on Grief, Britpop, and Jarvis Cocker’s Trousers
Laura Grillo discusses her new black comedy 'What Would Jarvis Do?' at London's Omnibus Theatre, exploring grief, 90s nostalgia & Jarvis Cocker’s trousers.

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EdFringe Review: Salome – Oscar Wilde’s Tragedy Lost to Fringe Abstraction

Condensing Oscar Wilde’s febrile tragedy Salome into a thirty-minute solo sprint is an ambitious gambit. Staged by international collective Changing Perspectives, this physical theatre adaptation…

EdFringe Review: Desperate Wee Gay Boy

We start with Ollie (Fraser Kelsey, also writer), a bright-faced young lad partying his life away in a London club far from his native Scotland…

EdFringe Review: Harriet Richardson: Creep

There is an unspoken, universal hypocrisy regarding how we navigate the internet: everyone engages in a bit of digital espionage, yet no one readily admits…