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Medea is a Greek tragedy written by Euripides and first performed in 431 BC, therefore it has a long legacy of performances and adaptations. With this performance in particular, the director (Emma Fearon) and producer (Emily Wong) have chosen to alter the tragic Greek conventions in some ways to...

Very few fairy tales pose the challenges to staging that The Little Mermaid does, and I must confess I was rather confused as to how a story partially set underwater where the protagonist has a fish’s tail instead of legs would work as a ballet. However, I was wrong...

Harrowing, heart-breaking and comical, Felicity Chilver’s take on The Effect may not leave you on a high but the withdrawal symptoms certainly don’t take long to kick in. The production’s exploration of love, loss and mental illness is honest and striking, following the experiences of two doctors and two...

A dark and moving performance, ‘Over There’ follows the story of identical twin brothers who were separated by the Berlin Wall. Their mother escaped to the West with Franz (played by Sasha Gibson), while Karl (Anna Scholes) remained in East Germany with their father. Years later, Karl crossed the...

On Thursday the 21st I had the pleasure of watching and catching up with Ellie Searston, a member of the cast from the Lace Market’s performance of Hannah and Hanna. It’s safe to say I was completely blown away by the two actresses who played the title characters. Set...

“I’ve a soft spot fur daft romantics” – Hello, I am Scotland Oyster is a brilliant collection of modern poetry by Michael Pedersen, displaying a wonderful combination of wit, relatability and observation that leaves the reader feeling fresh. There is real narrative to all of Pedersen’s poetry, to a...

If you’ve ever been for a stroll down London’s South Bank, whether to visit the Tate Modern, take photos of the tourist-enthralling skyline, or just for a breath of fresh air, you’ve probably walked past the neat, almost-round, mock-Tudor Globe theatre, a near-perfect replica of the one that the...