Joyce McMillan
Columnist and Theater Critic at The Scotsman
Columnist and Theater Critic at Scotland on Sunday
Columnist and theatre critic writing mainly for The Scotsman, living and working in Edinburgh and around Scotland. Interested democracy, human rights.
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3 weeks ago |
scotsman.com | Joyce McMillan
The Mountaintop, Lyceum Theare, Edinburgh ★★★★★Lear, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh ★★★★When Katori Hall’s breakthrough play The Mountaintop first appeared in London in 2009, Barack Obama had just been elected as the first black President of the United States; and if the young playwright struggled, at first, to find a US producer, it was perhaps because its sometimes apocalyptic tone seemed out of time, at that moment of hope.
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3 weeks ago |
scotsman.com | Joyce McMillan
Double You, Portobello Town Hall ★★★★★The Pale Baron, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh ★★★★When The World Turns, Lyra Theatre, Craigmillar ★★★★The Flanders region of Belgium is legendary for the brilliance and daring of its theatre work for young audiences; hence the four-show Spotlight On Flanders season that featured in this year’s Edinburgh International Children’s Festival.
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4 weeks ago |
scotsman.com | Joyce McMillan
Tongue Twister, North Edinburgh Arts Centre ★★★★Grown Ups, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh ★★★Shades of Shadows, The Studio, Edinburgh ★★★★Saria Callas, Oran Mor, Glasgow ★★★It’s Children’s Festival time; and at the sparkling new North Edinburgh Arts Centre, one of Scotland’s leading makers of theatre for children, Greg Sinclair, is rolling out his latest show Tongue Twister.
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1 month ago |
scotsman.com | Joyce McMillan
The American playwright Katori Hall was born in Memphis, Tennessee, 44 years ago; so it’s perhaps not surprising that early in her career, when she was still only in her twenties, she was moved to write a play that revolves around one of the most momentous events ever to take place in her home city. On 4 April 1968, the great civil rights leader Martin Luther King was shot dead on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel, Memphis.
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1 month ago |
scotsman.com | Joyce McMillan
Penguin, Tron Theatre, Glasgow ★★★★The Sunshine Spa, Oran Mor, Glasgow ★★★Two shows, and two powerful encounters between Arab and western culture, featuring performers with physical disabilities: it’s a strange coincidence, in Glasgow theatre this week, and a moving and revealing one.
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