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Oedipus the Visionary
David Greig’s fine adaptation produces a clarity of narrative and a simple, resonant language that renders the epic accessible’ ~ Robert Thomson, Herald ’ ... an incisive exploration…
My Old Man
” ... human connections flicker and sputter between life and death when a woman tries finally to connect with her long lost and now dying father and with someone else who may be a lover, saviour…
Laurel & Hardy
“What elevates McGrath’s fluid dreamlike play from being just a chucklesome wallow in nostalgia is the sense that this powerhouse is about to crumble Behind the laughter lies a tremendous sadness…
Blooded
” ... a rites of passage play about four sixteen year old girls coming to terms with the loss of childhood and its innocence The once close bonds between the girls unravel, at times humourously and…
Opium Eater
As de Quincey scribbles away in abject poverty, buoyed up by narcotic sustenance, desperately trying to meet deadlines for Blackwood his publisher, he is accompanied by a pickpocket and simpleton, Willy…
Electra
‘As a dramatist, Tom McGrath’s great strength is to pare things down to the fewest possible words, the sparsest settings, only the most elemental action His extraordinary stroke with Electra…
The Salt Wound
‘The Salt Wound ushers in not only the monumental sea but also an almost oppressive awareness of a close-knit fishing community with all its orthodoxies, traditions and celebrations Greenhorn does…
Dissent
‘... a sharp comedy that focuses on the motives that drive politicians up the greasy pole. The play fires a broadside at the new generation of pragmatists whom the electoral landslide brought to…
The Life of Stuff - Sex Drugs and Frank Sinatra
A brilliantly funny fly-on-the-wall snapshot of eight lives careering out of control as small-time crook and aspirant pharmaceutical entrepreneur Willie Dobie’s best laid plans unravel when human…
Sunburst Finish
‘Note to self - You are dying’ As a young man’s depression turns to despair, suicide seems the only way out - the only way to take control ... In spite of the bleakness of its subject,…
Kaahini
A highly original yet thoroughly accessible insight into what it means to be young, Asian and British Filled with the powerful and contradictory emotions of adolescence, Kaahini is brightly coloured, full…
The Waltzer
A world of beleaguered single parents and adolescent fears and friendships is reflected in the dark mirror of Sally’s experience on her first real date The garish glamour and hectic motion of the…
