Kieran Hurley
Mouthpiece
★★★☆☆ Political emotion:
There is much to admire about the staging of Mouthpiece at the Traverse, and even more about how it is acted. In the end, however, the play tantalises rather than delivers.
Edinburgh Dominates CATS
Edinburgh companies win big at CATS:
Half the winners at this year’s Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland are Edinburgh-based productions, with the Lyceum winning three and the Traverse with Red Bridge Arts, two awards.
Referendum Uncut
Theatre Uncut Referendum plays unleashed
Theatre Uncut, the company which organises quick response drama to political events, has said the six scripts on the topic of the Scottish independence referendum can be performed rights-free by anyone, anywhere for the next ten days, until 21 September.
Rantin – Review
✭✭✭✭✩ Solidarity in storytelling
Possibilities splurge out from Kieren Hurley’s Rantin, which enjoyed a one-night stand at Summerhall while on its month-long tour around the country under the auspices of the National Theatre of Scotland.
Rantin Summerhall tix on sale
Tickets have gone on sale today (January 10) for Kieran Hurley’s Rantin, a co-production with the NTS, which plays Summerhall on February 6.
Edinburgh Does: Theatre Uncut
Cake and pizza take pride of place as three new productions and dates are added to the Theatre Uncut events taking place in Edinburgh this month.
Edinburgh date for Theatre Uncut
Six new short plays by the likes of Kieran Hurley, AJ Taudevin and Tim Price will be performed on November 15 at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh offering for Theatre Uncut.
Theatre Uncut, for one night only…
Tonight, for one night only, Theatre Uncut returns to the Traverse with a quintet of short plays from around the world in a late-night slot.
Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland nominations announced
CATS eye-up Glasgow and Dundee but not Edinburgh By Thom Dibdin Edinburgh Theatres have been largely passed over in the nominations shortlists for the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland, announced on Thursday 10 May. The annual awards, chosen by Scotland’s theatre critics, are now in their tenth year. Any professional theatre production, substantially produced […]
The Thistle Has Landed
NTS Staging the Nation political theatre event at Holyrood By Thom Dibdin Staging the Nation, the National Theatre of Scotland’s road show talking shop, arrived back in Edinburgh this week with all guns blazing, to prove that political theatre is alive and well and quite capable of pricking against the kicks in Scotland. Staged in […]
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