Catwalk Confidential

* * * 3 stars

Robyn Petersen, the writer and performer of this play, tells the story of her life; from the early days of growing up in 60’s Miami Beach culture, through her early 70’s escape to New York … Read More

Foursome

* * * * * 5 stars

StoppedClock are fast becoming one of our favourite theatre groups and this is the third production we have seen so far and the third one packed with quality.

This is a bitter-sweet tale … Read More

Unit 46

* * * * 4 stars

Fresh from successful productions in Sydney and Adelaide, this is a poignant yet funny insight to the world of neighbours who don’t communicate living in Units, or apartments, in Australia.  

Since being recently fired … Read More

Trainspotting

**** 4 stars

I can’t think there are many people in the world who are unaware of Trainspotting. It is a novel by Irvine Welsh, a successful stage play and of course a major movie based on dysfunctional characters in … Read More

The Hotel

I headed up to The Assembly Rooms at George Street where Mark Watson had advised (via the wonder of Twitter) that free tickets would be available for his ‘show’ The Hotel. All I had to do to claim one was … Read More

The Play About Charlotte

*** 3 stars

Cathy (Amy Marchant) is a prolific and award winning writer but recently her books have taken a complete change in direction. She seems to be drifting away from her partner Jamie (Pierre Thailleux) and more and more … Read More

An Evening With Psychosis

*** 3 stars

Set on a space station, three people are measuring ‘The Norm’.  Throughout the show we have excerpts of interviews with those experiencing psychosis read out during pauses in the action. I found the use of video cameras … Read More

Little Johnny’s Big Gay Musical

*** 3 stars

Totally promising title, but sadly not quite the ‘Big Gay Success’ I was expecting.

Johnny McKnight from Ardrossan, a small Scottish town on the West Coast, takes us through his life by the use of tunes from … Read More

My Darling Clemmie

**** 4 stars

Rohan McCullough has the demeanour and calm dignity to convince immediately in the role she plays as Clementine Churchill. Hugh Whitemore’s play charts Clementine’s life story from childhood to Winston Churchill’s death in 1965. This is a … Read More

The Love Shop

**** 4 stars

The Love Shop, written and directed by Lorraine McCann, is a joyful comedy. It becomes obvious that the humour is working when the audience are smiling and chuckling throughout.

The action takes place in a charity … Read More