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”
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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”
(From Across The Arts Archive) Theatre Review: A Respectable Widow Takes To Vulgarity at Oran Mor,Glasgow
Arts:BlogTheatre Review: A Respectable Widow Takes to VulgarityPOSTED BY ACROSS THE ARTS ON FEBRUARY 26, 2013, AT 10.09AMLorna Irvine is charmed by a comedic parade of profanities. Like Pygmalion in reverse, Douglas Maxwell’s new play for Oran Mor and the Traverse upends familiar theatre troupes and tickles them into submission. The delightful duo of JoannaContinue reading “(From Across The Arts Archive) Theatre Review: A Respectable Widow Takes To Vulgarity at Oran Mor,Glasgow”
From The Skinny Archive: My Shrinking Life
My Shrinking Life @ Tron | Theatre Review | The Skinny ★★★★ Review by Lorna Irvine | 14 Nov 2012 Twelve years ago, celebrated Scottish actor Alison Peebles was diagnosed with the degenerative condition multiple sclerosis. This unsparing show for the National Theatre of Scotland deals through semi-autobiographical monologue, dance and physical theatre with Alison’s experiencesContinue reading “From The Skinny Archive: My Shrinking Life”
Hit The North 