Locker Room Talk 4*

What do men actually say about women when there are no women around? That was the question behind Gary McNair and Orla O’Loughlin’s Locker Room Talk when it premiered ten years ago, inspired by Donald Trump’s infamous dismissal of his … Read More

Little Animals 4****

Paul Ready, best known to many for his television work in Motherland and Utopia, makes his playwriting and solo-performance debut with Little Animals, an intimate exploration of friendship, grief and the increasingly uncomfortable realities of the climate crisis. We are … Read More

Supposing: 4****

Zinnie Harris’s Supposing: takes the ancient Greek myth of Cassandra and drops it into a very recognisable modern world, creating an intriguing mixture of domestic comedy, psychological drama and something considerably more unsettling. We first meet Sally in a compelling … Read More

Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library 4****

Jenny Lyn Bader’s Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library takes us to Berlin in 1933, shortly after the Nazis have come to power. It imagines a pivotal encounter in the early life of Hannah Arendt, who would go on … Read More

Rift – 5*****

Rift is a raw, taut, and emotionally charged two-hander that doesn’t flinch — and is elevated by two extraordinary performances.

Matt Monaco is mesmerising as a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, locked up and locked in with his rage, regret, … Read More

Standing in The Shadows of Giants – 5*****

In Standing In The Shadows of Giants, Carl Barât’s sister, Lucie, steps centre stage with fierce honesty, pitch-black humour, and a phenomenal singing voice. She’s upfront from the start – this isn’t an insight into life with the Libertines, although they … Read More

Consumed  4****

Consumed is a pitch-black comedy by Karis Kelly that brings four generations of Northern Irish women together in a domestic kitchen for matriarch Eileen’s 90th birthday. Her daughter Gillian hosts the gathering in her home, where she also cares … Read More

Batshit 5*****

Leah Shelton has written this play as a riposte to the pathologisation of women’s mental health. This is personal for Leah, as her grandmother, Gwen, was committed to a psychiatric hospital following the death of her son. During this painful … Read More

The Sound Inside 5*****

The UK premiere of Adam Rapp’s gripping and intriguing play, already nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Play; a teacher and student two-hander set in the academic world of Yale University.

The play begins with Bella Lee Baird, a … Read More

Thrown 4****

Presented by the National Theatre of Scotland at the Travere Theatre, Glasgow based writer and actor Nat McCleary and director Johnny McKnight have created a uniquely Scottish play about the obscure age-old sport of backhold wrestling.

Four wrestlers burst on … Read More