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Escape room drama with untapped potential: If you have ever participated in an escape room, then you know that they aren't typically playful. They can be stressful, divisive, and even euphoric, but rarely playful, and that is especially true for the two siblings in Erin Boulter’s Play On. Ash (Boulter) and Lea (Rebekka Pewterbaw) have barely left their mother’s funeral when they are told that to find their mother’s will, they must complete an escape room, one which is full of

There’s life in this old mare yet: It has been nearly two decades since Joey first galloped onto the National Theatre stage. A groundbreaking performance at the time, the adaptation of...

Another Week, Another Arthur Miller: It does feel rather pointed. In the six-plus years that I have lived in Glasgow, the city hasn’t played

Bridging the old and the new at The Tron: For better or worse, much is resting on this Arthur Miller production at the Tron. It is the direc

Sorrowful solo performance stays in the shallows If this were just a show about learning to swim at the age of thirty, that would be...

Brontë in the park fails to leave a mark: Next to me, three women in fold-out chairs are trying to discreetly open a bottle of bubbly...

How do you create an ocean on stage, my boyfriend questions as we queue outside Theatre Royal? As countless Tempest...

Two worlds are spliced together and served with tea and biscuits: When the curtain is dramatically drawn back...

A rich kids revival of a groundbreaking “opera”: Right now at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow, there is an exhibition of Banksy’s...

Crafted chaos inspired by everyone’s favourite international song competition: For theatre kids, talking about Eurovision during...