Alexandra Wingate
Reviews: 78
Other Articles: 48
Pandas
Love, revenge and bullets in the buttocks from Rona Munro with the Traverse’s latest show: A must see.
Platform 18
Current and uplifting new work in this double-bill from winners of The Arches’ Platform 18 Award
Caged
Showing @ Traverse Theatre 31 March – 1 April: Release your inner child with this dark retelling of Beauty and the Beast
Blood, Sweat & Tears
This week in TV: Agony and Ecstasy: A Year with English National Ballet
Somersaults
In an exploration of the loss of a language, Somersaults focuses too much on the individual and not enough on what Gaelic means for us all.
Mother, à la carte
Tissues at the ready for this intimate reflection of the highs and lows of the mother-daughter relationship.
Girl X
A brave and enlightening debate about the issues of disabled rights as part of NTS and Traverse’s Reveal season.
Somersaults
Showing @ Traverse Theatre 10-19 March: An exploration of the identity, belonging and sense of self that come with language in this new play by Gaelic playwright Iain Finlay Macleod
Letters to the Public Transport System & Count Me In
Huge talent and potential on show in two works-in-progress as part of the National Theatre of Scotland’s Reveal season.
Girl X
Girl X has severe cerebral palsy, is approaching adolescence and her future happiness lies in the choice of her mother and surgeons to perform some drastic and taboo surgery…@ Traverse Theatre 5-23 March.
Love Letters to the Public Transport System & Count Me In
New works and the chance to have an impact on the final product, this double bill tackles the unappreciated public transport workers and the systemic problems of our political system.
Fiddler on the Roof
An electric atmosphere and a talented cast manage to live up to Topol’s high standard @ The King’s Edinburgh.
Fiddler on the Roof
If I were a rich man..yadadada…one of the most demanding of all musicals is set to play @ the King’s Theatre 15-19 Feb.
Sophie’s Choice
An hour-long insight into the writing of wills…surprisingly fascinating viewing in Can’t Take it With You from BBC2
Tehroun
Behind the mask of tough politics and vast oil reserves Nader T Homayoun manages to reveal a tragically human world.
Shahada
Part of the Middle Eastern Film Festival, Burhan Qurbani’s recent flick fails to ignite any issues beyond the usual, tired fears everyone (religious or not) faces.
