Review: MEDEA ON THE MIC, Oran Mor
Join everyone’s favourite princess-sorceress for one hell of a good time as she shares stories of when she was Scottish and swaggered into the wonderlands of Berlin, Tehran and New York. Other guests on the mic include her bitter ex Jason (of the Argonauts) and old pal the Chariot Queen.
Review: GUNTER, Royal Court Theatre
Gunter is a messy play. Literally. There’s sand, dirt, blood, confetti, and ink all over the actors and the floor. Fringe company Dirty Hare throw absolutely everything at their canvas, in a piece that includes music to projections to microphones, shadow puppetry, and masks. In this rare gem of a show, however, it all sticks. Usually, when critics refer to a show as ‘messy’, it’s a bad thing. When I call Gunter messy, I mean it with the utmost praise.
Review: SAME TEAM, Traverse Theatre
Five women have come together with one goal, one dream. Coming from very different backgrounds in life they have to work together as a team if they want to do what no one from Scotland has ever done before. To win the Homeless World Cup, and bring the trophy home.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: GUNTER at Summerhall
Gunter is an energetic, subtle, genuinely amusing, hard-hitting piece that ties the effects of violence and suspicion to the patriarchal structure and all its demands. Julia Grogan, Norah Lopez-Holden, and Hannah Jarrett-Scott materialise the story while Higman narrates it and contextualises it sitting at her drums, electric guitar in hand. Titles introduce the characters and set the scene, streamlining the process and maintaining a beckoning pace freed from the need of any lengthy explanation. Unshackled from the constraints of historical accuracy but rooted in the factual events, the show is feminist fringe theatre at its best.
EDINBURGH 2023: GUNTER Q&A
BWW caught up with Dirty Hare (Julia Grogan, Lydia Higman and Rachel Lemon) to chat about bringing Gunter to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Review: BURNING BRIGHT, Oran Mor, Glasgow
There’s a tiger at the door! Ash is lost, wandering in childhood memories of India while their house fills with flood water. Mo is fighting fascists in the Arctic as icebergs dribble and melt. Alex is caught in a wildfire, burning to scoop a hot news story – literally.
Review: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (SORT OF), King's Theatre
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story. Men, money and microphones will be fought over in this irreverent but affectionate adaptation, where the stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to romance.
BWW Review: ALRIGHT SUNSHINE, Oran Mor, Glasgow
It’s like the sun casts a spell, some hypnotic solar shite, and suddenly ordinary people dae terrible things.” As PC Nicky McCreadie responds to a ‘mass brawl’ on The Meadows, it’s not just the Neds she has to worry about.
UNDERWOOD LANE Gets World Premiere This Summer
Tron Theatre Company in a co-production with OneRen supported by funding from Future Paisley are delighted to finally be able to present John Byrne's Underwood Lane directed by Andy Arnold - two years on from the original planned world premiere.
Winners Announced For The 2021 BroadwayWorld UK Awards!
We are excited to announce the winners for the 2021 Broadway UK Awards! As voted for by the public, the awards celebrate the best new productions in the West End and around the country - as well as our special awards to mark this extraordinary period in theatre.
Final Day To Vote In The 2021 BroadwayWorld UK Awards!
It's the final day to vote in the 2021 BroadwayWorld UK Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favourites. Voting closes at midnight, so you've still got time to get those last votes in...