Articles by Maria Regina Whelan

Nothing to Be Done

Chaseplay Theatre Company brings us an innovative reworking of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot almost to put a time on something timeless.

Daughters

It starts with a phone call: Harry (Ralph Davis) sits in his shambolic flat in London with clothes littered everywhere.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

‘Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic’.

The Smallest Light

In 2011 a feminist punk rock group, calling themselves Pussy Riot, donned their bold balaclavas and took siege of Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior and gave a performance tha…

The Price of Everything

Daniel Bye takes us on an elaborate journey of ‘high cultural value’ in The Price of Everything.

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Part One, Millennium Approaches is given new wings by St Andrews Mermaids Theatre.

Ten Out of Ten

This performance starts outside Assembly Hall, where a blackboard instructs us to write our name on a sticker and wear it.

Diary of a Madman

‘Something very peculiar happened today’.

Howie the Rookie

Mark O’Rowe revisits his interlocking monologue Howie the Rookie to produce something you are unlikely to forget.

Look Back in Anger

John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger is brought back to life by The Lincoln Company, proving that nearly sixty years on the play still has the power to perturb.

Donal O'Kelly's Brace - Fionnuala and Skeffy

Director and actor Donal O’Kelly returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with the UK premier of Skeffy.

Substance

Substance is a new and original piece by the promising Irish playwright Eva O’Connor.

It's Dark Outside

The acclaimed trio, Tim Watts, Arielle Gray and Chris Isaac are back in Edinburgh with their latest collaborative project.

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