Zinnie Harris
Macbeth (An Undoing) review – Lady M does what Shakespeare didn’t dare
Zinnie Harris’s reworking has Macbeth’s wife driving the plot, rationalising a grisly campaign, while he becomes unbalanced by their murderous path
Mark Fisher
09, Feb, 2023 @8:00 PM
The Scent of Roses review – a squirming study of truth and lies
Zinnie Harris’s bold drama is a funny, frequently disorienting look at the evasion and deceits that corrode relationships
Mark Fisher
09, Mar, 2022 @11:11 AM
Lyceum Christmas Tales review – make a date with this Advent anthology
A melancholic fairytale, African shadow puppetry and a haunted proscenium are among the first five offerings from the Lyceum’s series of Christmas plays
Mark Fisher
09, Dec, 2020 @8:00 PM
Theatres that made us: from Stratford-upon-Avon to the Savoy
Continuing our series, Lolita Chakrabarti shares an electric memory and Ben Weatherill recalls stolen kisses in a historic building
Compiled by Chris Wiegand
13, Jul, 2020 @8:59 PM
The Duchess (of Malfi) review – critique without context
Zinnie Harris’s narrow reworking of Webster’s revenge tragedy fails to persuade
Clare Brennan
26, May, 2019 @7:00 AM
The Duchess (of Malfi) review – indictment of patriarchal power
Zinnie Harris reframes the tragedy to take in the consequences of male violence, as Kirsty Stuart’s duchess provides a defiant centre
Mark Fisher
22, May, 2019 @7:00 PM
Gut review – the corrupting fear of stranger danger
A mother’s fear that her toddler has been abused sends her into a nightmarish state of anxiety in Frances Poet’s play
Mark Fisher
25, Apr, 2018 @11:33 AM
Drinking and thinking: raise a glass to Glasgow's plays, pies and pints
Since 2004, a boozy lunchtime institution has launched careers, staged 40 new plays a year and changed the landscape of Scottish theatre
Mark Fisher
27, Sep, 2017 @12:18 PM
Oresteia and Rosalind: this week’s best UK theatre and dance
Zinnie Harris’s retelling of Aeschylus’s drama adds muscle to the tale, while As You Like It is the inspiration for James Cousins’ latest choreography
Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell
25, Aug, 2017 @9:30 AM
Zinnie Harris brings stampeding rhinos and marooned lovers to Edinburgh
The Scottish playwright’s take on an Ionesco classic comes with added festival gags, while her drama Meet Me at Dawn looks at the difficulty of letting go
Michael Billington
07, Aug, 2017 @2:37 PM
From Fleabag to Flying Lovers: 15 surefire Edinburgh festival shows
Maddie Rice performs Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s filthy smash, Stacey Gregg delivers a scorching study of gender fraud and there are life lessons at a wake
Lyn Gardner
18, Jul, 2017 @5:00 AM
Summer 2017's essential theatre: from the rise of Murdoch's Sun to Dylan's dustbowl blues
The Kids Company inquiry becomes a musical, Olivia Colman and Olivia Williams star as sisters, Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell hit the roof and rhinoceroses rampage through Edinburgh
Michael Billington
16, Jun, 2017 @5:00 AM
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