A Streetcar Named Desire – Royal Lyceum ★★★★
A year on from its first outing, at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Elizabeth Newman’s vision of A Streetcar Named Desire has arrived in style at Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum.
Drama
Birdsong – Leeds and touring ★★★★★
Sebastian Faulks’ magnum opus, Birdsong, is rendered beautifully in Rachel Wagstaff’s adaptation for stage.
A Raisin in the Sun – Leeds and touring ★★★★
Headlong’s production of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun begins a limited tour in England
A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First ★★★★★
‘A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads this First’ is the latest offering from award-winning New York duo Xhloe Rice & Natasha Roland
Rebels and Patriots ★★★★
Rebels and Patriots is based on true stories and is presented by Floating Shed, an Israeli/Palestinian theatre company.
Shotgunned ★★★★★
Shotgunned is a piece of new writing which tells the story of a relationship from its end to its beginning.
Black Velvet ★★★★★
Black Velvet is a new play about loss and grief written by its performers, Charles Ison and Christina Knight.
TERF ★★★
TERF is an ensemble piece imagining the Harry Potter cast staging an intervention on its author for her views on trans rights.
Ugly Sisters ★★★★★
Award-winning company piss/CARNATION interrogate Germaine Greer in their new performance art piece Ugly Sisters and her lack of support of the sisterhood.
Sardark ★★★★
Two young women forge a friendship, bonded by their confusion of British culture and humour as they await the results of their citizenship exam.