Rona Munro

James V: Katherine review – queer love in the time of the Scottish kings

The fifth of Rona Munro’s James plays fails to develop an interesting premise about a hidden romance

Clare Brennan

14, Apr, 2024 @10:30 AM

James V: Katherine review – romance and religion in the court of a volatile manchild

Catriona Faint’s witty performance as a pragmatist caught up in fanatical times is the heart of the latest historical drama from Rona Munro’s James Plays series

Mark Fisher

11, Apr, 2024 @1:14 PM

Mary review – Douglas Henshall’s courtier defends a Queen in quick-fire debate

Rona Munro’s engaging debate drama has some thrilling exchanges as three characters argue the case for and against Mary Queen of Scots

Arifa Akbar

01, Nov, 2022 @1:17 PM

James IV: Queen of the Fight review – Rona Munro’s knotty latest Stewart dynasty play

A racist verse by the court poet William Dunbar is the problematic inspiration for the fourth of Munro’s James plays exploring Scotland past and present

Clare Brennan

16, Oct, 2022 @10:30 AM

James IV: Queen of the Fight review – the explosive court of the Scottish king

The circle of the 16th-century monarch is fraught with brittle alliances and racism in Rona Munro’s new history play

Mark Fisher

05, Oct, 2022 @11:56 AM

Queen of the Fight: the royally revelatory drama about James IV’s court

After her gripping trilogy The James Plays, Rona Munro continues her ambitious series on Scottish history with a saga about power and race in the 16th century

Mark Fisher

13, Sep, 2022 @9:52 AM

Ghost Light review – a feast of dreams from the National Theatre of Scotland

Hope Dickson Leach’s magical, flickering film of past and postponed works is a dazzling theatrical relay race

Mark Fisher

08, Aug, 2020 @9:05 PM

The 50 best theatre shows of the 21st century

A hip-hop history lesson, a dizzy Dahl musical and a continent-hopping barbershop … we pick the finest new works of theatre since 2000

Michael Billington, Alexis Soloski, Catherine Love, Mark Fisher and Chris Wiegand

17, Sep, 2019 @2:43 PM

Captain Corelli's missing mandolin: when rehearsals go wrong

What’s the scene like in the rehearsal room in the third week? At fringe play J’Ouvert, injury leads to a frenzy. At the RSC, the actors scour footnotes. And on Captain Corelli they’re in a sweat about the instrument

David Jays

03, Jun, 2019 @2:47 PM

Rebus: Long Shadows review – Ian Rankin's sleuth fails to arrest

Charles Lawson is on fine form as a retired John Rebus but the novelist’s Edinburgh underworld is missing

Michael Billington

26, Sep, 2018 @12:08 PM

Dazzling drama: the unmissable theatre, dance and comedy of autumn 2018

Gender-swapped classics, Hans Christian Andersen’s closet secrets, two giants of US comedy sharing a stage, plus Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo as rulers in love

Michael Billington, Brian Logan and Lyndsey Winship

27, Aug, 2018 @5:00 AM

Knockouts, nobles and nukes: the 25 best British plays since Jerusalem

It is the hit that transformed British theatre. As Jez Butterworth’s epochal drama returns, our critic chooses the 25 best plays since Jerusalem – from exploited boxers to warring kings

Michael Billington

27, Jun, 2018 @5:00 AM