Neil Cooper
Writer, Theatre Critic at The Herald (Scotland)
Writer and Critic at Freelance
Writer and Critic - The Noise of Art - https://t.co/exx718N6Yg. @heraldmagazine. @thelistmagazine @FlemingArtColl. @The_Drouth
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heraldscotland.com | Neil Cooper
Zoe Hunter in Jocasta (Image: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan) Jocasta Oran Mor, Glasgow Life is a curse for the street-smart queen with the messy domestic life in Nikki Kalkman’s reimagining of Greek mythology. Instead of simply bumping off her heroine after her incestuous affair with her more dramatised son, Kalkman has Jocasta arrive with a flourish as she attempts to gain an access all areas pass into the Underworld.
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heraldscotland.com | Neil Cooper
Carrie Hope Fletcher as Calamity Jane. (Image: Mark Senior) Calamity Jane Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Four stars Don’t mess with Calamity Jane. If you do, you’re likely to be shot down in a dramatic standoff you’ll never win. This is as true of any attempt at reworking Charles K. Freeman’s 1961 stage version of David Butler’s 1953 James O’Hanlon scripted movie as it is of the gal herself.
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heraldscotland.com | Neil Cooper
Betty Valencia, Laura Harvey and Alice Glass in Ivor by Jennifer Adam at A Play, a Pie and a Pint (Image: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan) Theatre review Ivor Òran Mor, Glasgow Neil Cooper Three stars Birthday girl Scarlet is in for a big surprise when she goes home to mum Sarah for her twenty-first. The very special present waiting for her in Jennifer Adam’s new play for Òran Mor’s current A Play, a Pie and a Pint lunchtime theatre season turns out to be something pretty titanic.
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heraldscotland.com | Neil Cooper
Martin O'Connor in Through the Shortbread Tin (Image: Sally Jubb) Theatre Through the Shortbread Tin Tron Theatre, Glasgow Neil Cooper Four stars Dead poets don’t always get second lives once they are lost to history. Once rediscovered and reclaimed, however, poetic license is up for grabs in a way where myth-making is often more interesting than the boring old truth.
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heraldscotland.com | Neil Cooper
Eden Barrie with Louis Newman as Nessa and Caitlin Forbes as Mara in Nessie. (Image: Andrew Perry) Review: Nessie The Studio, Edinburgh Something is stirring in the depths of Loch Ness, and there’s a lot more making waves than the new hydroelectric plant that’s just opened in Shonagh Murray’s new family friendly musical.
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