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‘Has a theatrical impact that is rare indeed’: MEDICINE – Edinburgh International Festival ★★★★★

In Edinburgh Festival, Festivals, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland by Thom Dibdin15th August 2021Leave a Comment

Medicine, Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival’s production for the International Festival at the Traverse, is a troubling, funny, emotionally devastating and brilliantly realised piece of theatre.

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‘The two central performances are compelling’: RAVENS: SPASSKY VS FISCHER – Hampstead Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz10th December 2019Leave a Comment

Ravens: Spassky Vs Fischer, an intriguing documentary drama about the chess match of the century, gets bogged down in its final half hour.

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‘Combines bravura acting with a battery of visual effects’: GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS – Barbican Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz2nd April 2019Leave a Comment

Enda Walsh’s adaptation of Max Porter’s contemporary classic gets the big-stage treatment, starring Cillian Murphy. With mixed results.

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SHACKLETON – Touring

In Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin9th June 2017Leave a Comment

There is an undeniable poetic charm to Blue Raincoat’s Shackleton, at the Traverse to Friday and touring to the Tron next week. The Sligo-based company’s latest touring show, seen here in its UK premiere, shows how the 1914 trans-Antarctic expedition of Irish-born polar explorer Ernest Shackleton comes to grief.

Full winners and critics’ citations from Scottish theatre awards

In Awards, News, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews by Thom Dibdin14th June 2015Leave a Comment

The winners and the critics’ citations in full:
The Royal Lyceum dominated the awards at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland, held at the Glasgow Tron theatre on Sunday 14 June 2014.

Edinburgh dominates Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland

In Awards, News, Regional theatre by Thom Dibdin14th June 2015Leave a Comment

The Royal Lyceum has triumphed at this year’s Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland, with three productions winning a total of six gongs between them. Further nods for Edinburgh-based companies have gone to two Traverse co-productions and to Catherine Wheels Theatre Company.

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