Claire Wood

@cmfwood

Claire has a day job in advertising and an unofficial evening-time job haunting the theatres of Scotland. (And further afield, when she can find an excuse.) She's happiest just before curtain up.

www.cmfwood.blogspot.com

Reviews: 361

Other Articles: 4

Summerhall

SAND

Visually sumptuous circus with a brain and a heart

Underbelly Bristo Square

Pink Rabbit

A punchy, poignant play that deserves to go places

Summerhall

TETHER 인연

Captivating play about the things that bring us together

Summerhall

As Far As We Know

An assured, impressive hour of pure bamboozlement

Dance Base

Boys Don’t Dance

An exuberant reminder that dance is for everyone

Scottish Storytelling Centre

Common Tongue

A play about the wonder of finding the right words

Traverse Theatre

Cathy

Fun, funny heartwarming story of hope

Pleasance at EICC

Collaborator

A love letter to circus, to couples, and to collaboration

Traverse Theatre

After Party

Technicoloured canter through one woman’s final choice

Traverse Theatre

Water Colour

Gorgeous jigsaw puzzle of a play about finding your feet

Pleasance Courtyard

Cruising

Quick-witted play about romance, relationships and the climate crisis

Summerhall

The Borrowed Room

An early glimpse at some houghtful, full of heart theatre

Airdrie Town Hall

The Junkie Miracles

A powerful play from the heart

Summerhall

Shitbag

Punchy perky theatre that celebrates life alongside chronic illness

Underbelly Cowgate

Jessica Durand: Over The Top

Sparkling mischievous romp through mud, mayhem, and sculleries in stately homes

Festival Theatre

Figures In Extinction

Nederlands Dans Theater and Complicité deliver a breathtaking alarm call to arrest our own extinction before it’s too late

Royal Lyceum Theatre

Faustus in Africa!

Incredible inventive retelling of the man who sold his soul for plundering pleasures

The Famous Spiegeltent

TIME

Soaring soulful songs mourn love lost

ZOO Southside

Small Town Boys

Spirited sparky retelling of vital social history

Gilded Balloon @ Patter House

Midnight at the Palace

Exuberant new musical celebrates freedom of expression in sixties San Fran

Summerhall

The Ceremony

Quietly intriguing, sometimes charming, interactive theatre

Underbelly Cowgate

I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar

The musical comedy show you never knew you needed

Church Hill Theatre

Cutting the Tightrope

A powerful collection of short plays exploring themes of censorship and freedom of expression

Pleasance Dome

Alright Sunshine

Feisty funny theatre with standout performance