As we enter the quirky inflatable dome created for the show, a man inside is repeating the phrase ‘Get out of the way John!’ in an exaggerated American accent, whilst another is sat behind a DJ / tech desk at the back dressed in a metallic silver morph suit, sunglasses and motorcycle helmet. Once seated […]

In this one-man show, Garry Roost appears as Francis Bacon sharing tales of his life, loves and art works with the audience. I found him quite convincing as the English painter, a portrayal he inhabits with a real sense of empathy, and the script certainly delivers many insights into Bacon’s life. This particular presentation, however, […]

Or, to give it its full title: Here is the News from Over There (Over There is the News from Here), a Borderless Twitter Ballad from the Middle East, which follows on from last year’s romping success The Bloody Great Border Ballad Project, also led by Northern Stage’s director Lorne Campbell, with playwright David Grieg […]

A young man moves across the stage, walking along a corridor of light, slowly and carefully placing each foot, his hands busy juggling three white balls in a tight little circle, the balls illuminated in the semi-darkness, and taking on a life of their own: a kind of automata; a perpetual motion machine. The stretching […]

‘The numbers on your headphones should match the numbers on your seats.’ There’s a slight air of anxiety as people try to find their seats, which aren’t in numerical order. We notice as we sit that although it is a sell-out show, there is no-one in the seat to either side of us. whole columns […]