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.
How ‘Hen Night Horror’ is Turning Highland Dread into Stage Farce

How ‘Hen Night Horror’ is Turning Highland Dread into Stage Farce

Will Quinn Oct 8, 2026 6 min read
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.