‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ Review: Gayle Rankin’s Magnetic Turn

‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ Review: Gayle Rankin’s Magnetic Turn

Will Quinn Oct 12, 2026 5 min read
Vicky Featherstone’s striking new staging of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie trades Muriel Spark’s dark, Calvinist dread for sleek, 21st-century theatre.
Review: Barnum – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: Barnum – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Will Quinn Oct 9, 2026 5 min read
Matt Rawle stars in a visually dazzling, musically vibrant UK tour of 'Barnum.' Yet beneath the relentless razzmatazz, its emotional core rings hollow.
TroubleChutes: Giving Children an Emotional Voice through Music

TroubleChutes: Giving Children an Emotional Voice through Music

Will Quinn Oct 9, 2026 4 min read
Children often hear what they cannot yet say. Marsha Swanson’s TroubleChutes brings working musicians into schools to give childhood emotion breathing room.
Screen to Stage: Surtitles as Accessible Design for Everybody

Screen to Stage: Surtitles as Accessible Design for Everybody

Will Quinn Oct 9, 2026 3 min read
Audiences already keep subtitles on at home. As theatres rethink access, can automated tools turn surtitles into everyday design rather than a rare chore?
Defying the Bonfire: Platform Arts Centre Turns 20 in Easterhouse

Defying the Bonfire: Platform Arts Centre Turns 20 in Easterhouse

Will Quinn Oct 9, 2026 4 min read
Amid the ongoing bonfire of Scottish arts funding, Easterhouse’s Platform Arts Centre turns twenty—defying the crisis by staying stubbornly affordable.