An upper class English family deal with the personal impact of their father leaving to fight in the First World War in this accomplished production by emerging company HookHitch Theatre. The piece focuses on the family’s children and the magical worlds they conjure in order to cope with the separation. The brooding divisions between the […]

As I settled into a comfy camping chair in a pleasant suburban garden in Leith I was filled with excitement at the experience about to unfold. I had been given a dark poncho and a set of headphones to wear, and I took in the scene, an idyllic garden, lit beautifully beneath a starry sky. […]

Hanna and Heidi have just been to couples counselling, and now they are going to do a dance for you. Whilst delivering precisely choreographed movement sequences they are going to tell you a little bit about why couples counselling was so good, creating a beautiful contrast of comedy and profound movement. Sparkling in their co-ordinated […]

Death is an unavoidable presence in our lives. I tend to find that when approaching such large subjects one can be overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of thoughts, ideas, stories and feelings. In Death and Gardening Wet Picnic have chosen to tell a relatively straightforward story in treating the topic, and this is a good […]

Two years ago a friend lent me a book called The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. It tells the incredible story of Lacks, a woman who has affected all of our lives in some way, without us and, for many years, even her family knowing. Unknown to Lacks, a doctor took a […]