Wiping My Mother’s Arse
The Guardian 22 August 2026 These days, shows about care homes, dementia and end of life are very common, but when Iain Heggie’s splendidly named Wiping My Mother’s Arse premiered…
A History of Paper
The Guardian 21 August 2026 It started as a BBC radio drama in 2016, and was reworked as a small-scale musical two years ago. Now, A History of Paper gets…
Float
The Guardian 18 August 2026 Not just what a baby needs, Float is also what every parent needs. Aimed at those under 12 months, Kerry Cleland’s show for Starcatchers is…
Tether 인연
The Guardian 17 August 2026 Connections are found in surprising places. You can get from Scotland to South Korea, for example, via the pentatonic scale. The same five-note structure lies…
The Singer
The Guardian 16 August 2026 “There are other ways to listen,” says Joe (Jamie Rea) to his new friend Andy (Dylan Wood), a busker he has discovered on the street…
Mayflies
The Guardian 12 August 2026 The site-specific specialists at Edinburgh’s Grid Iron company could have gone for a number of locations to suit an adaptation of Andrew O’Hagan’s semi-autobiographical novel.…
Cathy
The Guardian 10 August 2026 Eilidh Loan marked her arrival as a playwright with Moorcroft, a tremendous male-centred comedy inspired by her father’s amateur football team. Now she has moved…
Prophets
The Guardian 9 August What impresses about Jack MacGregor as a playwright is their willingness to take us into the wider world. Nightlands was set in a deserted Russian research…
Water Colour
The Guardian 8 August 2026 It is rare to come out of a show raving about the structure, but the unusual plotting distinguishes Milly Sweeney’s two-hander. The young playwright’s theme…
Supposing:
The Guardian 8 August 2026 If you found Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey too bombastic, you might prefer your Greek drama filtered like this. Written and directed by Zinnie Harris, Supposing:…