MA Fine Art (with History of Art)
Theatre Editor
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Festival Theatre Run Ended For anyone who has had the pleasure of reading Mark Haddon’s book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, you would be forgiven for wondering how on earth such a singular work could be translated into a stage production which has […]
Closer Tidal Waif Productions Assembly Roxy Run Ended Where do I begin? Here in The Student’s Culture section, we strive to celebrate university-based content; to give performances by students the limelight they so richly deserve. Frankly, I can’t think of a better illustration of this talent than Tidal Waif Production’s production of Closer: it […]
BedFest Mack the Knife and Scotland the Bollocks Bedlam Theatre Run Ended Last week saw the return of Bedlam Theatre’s well-established annual festival, BedFest, an event that celebrates the wealth of student talent found on campus. The weeklong festival, which was comprised of ten productions and a multitude of free workshops run largely by Bedlam […]
Wonderland Edinburgh Playhouse Run-Ended One of the first productions to hit the Playhouse this year is Frank Wildhorn’s Wonderland, a musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The curtain opens on Alice, a downtrodden divorcee, having the worst day of her life – getting fired, learning her ex […]
Image courtesy of Scottish Opera The Marriage of Figaro Festival Theatre Run Ended Where to begin? When an experience is as enthralling as Scottish Opera’s rendition of The Marriage of Figaro, it is hard to do it justice within the confines of a short review. It would be perfectly fair to assume that a performance […]
Coriolanus Bedlam Theatre Run Ended In what has become a week for the history books, the cast and crew of Coriolanus present a production that reflects the future fears of many. To tackle the words of Shakespeare anywhere other than at the Globe or the RSC, particularly one of his lesser known plays, is highly […]
Image courtesy of The Lyceum Jumpy The Lyceum Until 12th November In conversation with The Student, director Cora Bissett spoke of the difficulty in directing a comedy: “you just don’t know how funny it will be until the audience is watching”, she laughs. Luckily for Bissett the show was every bit as humorous as planned. […]
You know a writer is an indisputable legend when it is not a matter of trying to fill a 1,350 seated theatre, but rather finding a way to manage the disappointment of many who could not get a ticket. And it was not even her first time to visit Edinburgh, for Atwood has done similar […]