1,523 stories by "Thom Dibdin"
✭✭✭✭✩ Interactive magic
Young critics scheme review:
Surreal, entertaining and quirky, The Voice Thief performed by Catherine Wheels takes you on an i…
✭✭✭✩✩ Mixed success:
Arkle’s Much Ado About Nothing at the Royal Scots Club overcomes a less than well thought-out central concept to deliver a so…
✭✭✭✩✩ Gets under the skin:
Young critics scheme review
After its world debut in the Avignon Festival last year, Cie du Veilieur brings Gustave Akakpo's…
✭✭✭✭✩ All in the Mind:
When two people meet on a park bench in this late-night, free fringe production, it is apparent from the blood and bruises on th…
✭✭✭✭✩ Electric energy:
There is real promise – and much that is already very good – in New Celts and Mindframe’s Gagarin Way at theSp…
✭✭✩✩✩ Too limited:
There are some highly promising singers in New Celts and Lost Lock’s all-female musical Hemmed In, who are given real chances t…
✭✭✭✭✩ Not just technically funny:
Impressive on many levels, Edinburgh Theatre Arts’ production of Noises Off produces more than its fair share o…
"✭✭✭✭✩ Character-driven"
Young critics scheme review:
Theatre Alba present a double bill at Duddingston Kirk Manse of Chekhov's Smoking is Bad for You…
✭✭✭✭✭ Obtrusive Masterpiece
Young critics scheme review:
Visceral images, bombarding music and the classically sorrowful plot, In Your Face Theatre imme…
✭✭✭✭✩ Ambitious history:
History is told by the writers, not the participants. That's the message at the heart of this fascinating piece from Aulos Prod…
✭✭✭✩✩ Haunting family drama:
A little girl just won't settle down in this haunting family drama from new Edinburgh company Making Light Productions, a…
Matinees added to sell-out run:
As news broke of four extra weekend matinees being added to the sell-out run of Grid Iron's show Light Boxes, we took the chance to speak to the show's direc…
✭✭✭✩✩ Cleverly angled retelling:
Engaging and informative, A Life With The Beatles tells a familiar story in an unusual way.
✭✭✭✭✩ Fertile soil:
Involving, dark, human poetry is in great supply in The Deliverance at Assembly Roxy. Stellar Quines’ presentation of the thir…
✭✭✭✭✩ Love and regret:
Light Boxes is fascinating. Grid Iron Theatre Company has weaved a complex web, leaving the audience struggling to interpret what…
✭✭✭✭✭ True Excellence
Young critics scheme review:
Colourful, comical, and unashamedly camp, MGA’s production of Zanna, Don’t is a credit t…
✭✭✭✭✭ Inviting and inspiring:
With so many shows on offer, it's easy to forget a lot of what you see at the fringe. But you'll never forget the way …
✭✭✩✩✩ Nostalgic radge:
Ruaraidh Murray’s Allie at the Gilded Balloon Billiard Room is spirited and energetic but ultimately somewhat empty.
✭✭✭✭✩ Traumatic honesty:
A refreshing look at the human consequences of war is taken by newcomers, Contemporary Theatre of Scotland, who aren't afraid t…
✭✭✭✭✩ Love and regret
Theatre Objektiv brings alive a story of love and hope born from the abject trauma of war. While heart-warming, there's also somet…
✭✭✭✭✭ True Excellence
Young critics scheme review:
Stepping into the underground world of Trainspotting by In Your Face Theatre, requires bravery and a …
✭✭✭✩✩ Quite funny
Junior review by Cora Dibdin:
I enjoyed this play but found it very hard to review. The play is from the book by Julia Donaldson. I…
✭✭✭✭✩ Diffuse and troubling:
SpectreTown, Stoirm Òg’s co-production with Cumbernauld Theatre, lacks focus and seems to be flying off in dif…
✭✭✭✭✩ Warm and funny:
There is nothing remotely groundbreaking about EPT’s The Fairmer Wants A Wife at Mayfield Church. What is provided is a th…
✭✭✭✭✩ Truly Fantasmic!
Edinburgh Music Theatre Company presents a jam packed programme of Disney songs that are sure to put a smile on everyone's face.
