Do Not Pass Go Review: Unpacking the Capitalist Theft of Monopoly

Do Not Pass Go Review: Unpacking the Capitalist Theft of Monopoly

Will Quinn Nov 9, 2026 4 min read

Who gets to write the rules? It is a bitter irony that Monopoly—the world’s most famous celebration of capitalism—was originally designed as a socialist warning. Lizzie Magie invented ‘The Landlord’s…

Review: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Review: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Sandra MacDonald Nov 6, 2026 6 min read

This production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie has been highly anticipated. Presented in partnership with The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and in association with Pitlochry Festival Theatre, this…

Alice Mayer Impresses in a Pitch-Black Dead Ex Horror Comedy

Alice Mayer Impresses in a Pitch-Black Dead Ex Horror Comedy

Guest Contributor Oct 30, 2026 3 min read

An intense movement piece opens this rollercoaster of a play by Alice Mayer. As disembodied voices ponder black widows and a thumping beat rocks the background, Mayer moves to the…

Voila! Theatre Festival 2026: The Women Breaking London’s Borders

Voila! Theatre Festival 2026: The Women Breaking London’s Borders

Will Quinn Oct 29, 2026 8 min read

‘There are less and less opportunities for us to experience together, and this rising isolation contributes to stereotypes and prejudices becoming established opinions’, says Katharina Reinthaller, co-director of the Voila!…

Dirty Dancing UK Tour Review: All the Moves, None of the Magic

Dirty Dancing UK Tour Review: All the Moves, None of the Magic

Will Quinn Oct 28, 2026 6 min read

Years ago at the Edinburgh Fringe, in one of the funniest comedy hours I’ve ever seen, Zak Splijt’s alter-ego LJ Da Funk joked that Dirty Dancing was essentially ten minutes…