Land and Sea and Sky – The Tron, Glasgow

The publicity promised much:  Abigail Docherty’s  new play,winner of the Tron’s Open Stage Competition, given a full production by Andy Arnold and his team.    I wanted to know more about these Scottish women who headed off to World War One battlezones to do their bit. The play was a great disappointment, and told us little that we [...]

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Scottish Ensemble – Perth

There was a big political conference in Perth this week closing off the Concert Hall for days, so the Scottish Ensemble decamped to St Ninian’s Cathedral for the first concert this season.   Although the acoustics are pretty good, there is the constant rumble of traffic at the busy junction outside.    And it is draughty.   But [...]

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Corinne Bailey Rae – Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

I wanted to catch Corinne Bailey Rae after seeing her on the Abbey Road TV programme a while back - first with Put Your Records On, but then, more interestingly with Harbie Hancock singing River  – the bass player and drummer in that clip were in Jeff Beck’s band when he played at Ronnie Scott’s. Firstly, [...]

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The Madness of King George III

Wilde productions from the south of England brought the first touring version of Alan Bennet’s play since the original NT production to Perth.    I was curious to see this having enjoyed the film when it came out with Nigel Hawthorne. This was the third theatre venue of the tour, and the first night in Perth.   [...]

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