Perth Theatre, March 4th, 2026. Director Stewart Laing makes work that occupies liminal spaces, so it was perhaps inevitable that he would take on an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s play Saint Joan, in his characteristically complex, radical style. By adapting Shaw’s unfinished film script and transposing it to stage in a raw, sparse styleContinue reading “Theatre Review: Saint Joan”
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Archive Theatre Review: Girl In The Machine
The List . Love is not the only drug in Stef Smith’s eerie sci-fi two-hander Share: Author: Lorna Irvine Love is not the only drug in Stef Smith’s eerie sci-fi two-hander It’s the near future. On the surface, Polly (Rosalind Sydney) and Owen (Michael Dylan) seem a well-matched couple: attractive, and witty thirty somethings (she’s aContinue reading “Archive Theatre Review: Girl In The Machine”
Keep It Live
There’s nothing like seeing artists playing live. The energy, that electricity that can’t be replicated elsewhere is one of my favourite experiences in life. New artists are passionate and give their all. At the moment, though, I’m recovering from hip replacement surgery, so unable to see music like I used to. This town has noContinue reading “Keep It Live”
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The Lolita Problem
Kidcore; Jenna Ortega as ‘Wednesday’, ‘St Trinians’, ‘Pretty Baby’, Jodie Foster in ‘Taxi Driver ‘, a young Britney Spears, Natalie Portman’s early roles, Kawaii, groupie tales, sexy young models, schoolgirl strippers, Page 3 and of course, the book from which the fetish arose- these are all massive cultural touchstones for many fans of pop culture.Continue reading “The Lolita Problem”
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Archive Review: Happy Days, Tron Theatre
Exeunt exeunt Reviews • Glasgow • ScotlandPublished 21 May 2015 Happy Days Tron Theatre ⋄ 15th – 23rd May 2015 Bleakly hilarious. Lorna Irvine Credit: John Johnston Samuel Beckett wrote brilliant, multi-faceted female characters, so when quintessential actress and his personal favourite, Billie Whitelaw, passed away in December of last year, she left an irreplaceable space in theatre. It seems,Continue reading “Archive Review: Happy Days, Tron Theatre”
Archive Review : Shattered Rosebud
Author: Lorna IrvineShattered Rosebud Adults only Britannia Panopticon panto is immense fun Always a more riotous proposition, the oldest music hall in the world’s adult pantos often feel like pure anarchy, where anything can and will happen. Shattered Rosebud is no exception. Ostensibly the ‘adult’ version of Sleeping Beauty, it plays with the format andContinue reading “Archive Review : Shattered Rosebud”
Thirty Swans A- Dancing
Photo: Hugo Glendenning When Matthew Bourne first premiered his ground-breaking Swan Lake, there were walkouts and little girls crying. Where were the girls in tutus? Why was there a gay storyline? Where were Odile and Odette? Pearls were clutched. It’s thirty years later, and happily Bourne’s iconoclastic and singular vision has not only endured, butContinue reading “Thirty Swans A- Dancing”
Accessing The Fringe
Navigating the Edinburgh Fringe can be a Sisyphean task at the best of times, as the population of Edinburgh doubles and almost every available space transforms into a venue or site specific performance space. So it can be an altogether different kind of nightmare for disabled people, in terms of accessibility. Old buildings generally haveContinue reading “Accessing The Fringe”
Hit The North 