984 stories by "Mark Fisher"
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghTony Cownie roughs up and relocates Hannah Cowley's 18th-century play, adding vulgar jokes and rebellious energyImagine an inverted version of Cinderella, in which the…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghThe West Bank's nightly curfews, checkpoints and pipe bombs make for gallows humour in this defiant comedy that gives a voice to the voicelessYour average Mark Tho…
Northern Stage, NewcastleLaura Lindow's adaptation of the sci-fi classic is a thrilling parable of complacency that allows a brilliant cast to shineHG Wells wrote The War of the Worlds at th…
Citizens, GlasgowThe tale of four Belfast women during the Troubles becomes an unflinching study of the effects of male violenceOn the face of it, Bold Girls is not a violent play. In form, …
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghThis adaptation of Marguerite Duras' tale turns the audience into voyeurs looking in on the recollection of an intense affairThere's a theme in Marguerite Duras' semi-…
Octagon, BoltonJessica Baglow captures the plain-speaking pragmatism of Charlotte Brontë's heroine in a light and lucid adaptation directed by Elizabeth NewmanThe first thing that anyone …
In a festive sofa advertising campaign, the actor claims the bard once exclaimed: 'People usually are the happiest at home.' One problem " the oft-cited line is pure bunkumWhat was Shakespea…
Traverse, EdinburghMorna Pearson's hopeful social satire about a struggling family in troubled times takes an unexpected turn into a parallel universeImagine the dysfunctional world of Burie…
King's, Edinburgh; King's, Glasgow; Perth theatre; Macrobert, StirlingScottish audiences are flocking, as ever, to this year's pantomimes because the stars are great, dedicated dames, fairie…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghThe heroine's life isn't at stake in this family-friendly production, but it's a dizzying compendium that gets to the emotional heart of why we tell talesThese days no…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghA great cast and plentiful carol-singing make this staging of the Dickens classic as rich as a plum pudding " and sometimes as sickly sweetWith its hardworking cast, o…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghThe Communards punctuate the soundtrack to James Ley's funny new play celebrating the Edinburgh bookshop that was a lifeline for the gay communityWhat 84, Charing Cros…
Bridget Boland's long-lost drama about a refugee centre was ahead of its time in the way it blurred the lines between actor and audience. Now, Wils Wilson's revival makes its depiction of et…
Citizens, GlasgowFrances Poet and Dominic Hill turn the tragedy into a relentlessly intense two-hander starring Keith Fleming and Charlene BoydThe bed could have been designed by Tracey Emin…
Since 2004, a boozy lunchtime institution has launched careers, staged 40 new plays a year and changed the landscape of Scottish theatreIt defies all the rules of theatre marketing. Scarcely…
Dundee Rep, DundeeThis modern reimagining of Shakespeare's gore-fest, set in a warehouse-style restaurant, is dynamically realised " in spite of some shaky verse-speakingWe're seated along t…
It has staged shows in a barn in Perthshire, a forest in Mid Argyll and now on a Glasgow canal. This shape-shifting company puts place at the heart of its playsFor two or three centuries, na…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghRona Morison is a smart, vivacious and quick-witted queen in Linda McLean's poetic historical drama, directed by David GreigWe're in the court of Mary, Queen of Scots …
Tron, GlasgowMoral questions about our complicity in war are muddied in this Faustian tale of a musician selling his soul for a shot at successThings were going well for Jake Rae in 1998. Hi…
Station Hotel, PerthThe second part of Oliver Emanuel's first world war trilogy is a confrontational patchwork that shatters the myth of Britain's cheerful army of working womenOne day last …
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghSandy Grierson brings humour and bitterness to Douglas Maxwell's tale of a redemptive mission, directed by Matthew LentonThe eponymous figure at the centre of Douglas …
Macrobert Arts Centre, StirlingIts bewildering mix of projections, music and ariel work makes Mark Murphy's show about a coma patient a technical marvel, but the story is ultimately prosaicI…
Tron, GlasgowIn this exquisite solo piece, with parallels to Shakespeare's play, the writer and performer David Leddy gets under the skin of an outsiderChris has an identity crisis. Played b…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghA crisp combination of stillness and urgency powers Caryl Churchill's teasing speculations on identityCaryl Churchill's two-hander zips along in an hour, so most eveni…
Traverse, Edinburgh Stef Smith's dystopian sci-fi two-hander, staged during the Edinburgh international science festival, anatomises our relationships with technologyThe lines of Neil Warmin…
