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Across the Arts on May 1, 2012, at 7.51am
Joy Watters declares Dundee Rep's latest production 'a memorable swansong' for its exiting artistic director.
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Across the Arts on April 30, 2012, at 3.25pm
Clare Sinclair reviews this year's winners of the coveted Arches/Traverse directing award.
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Across the Arts on April 20, 2012, at 1.09pm
Michael Cox speaks with Cumbernauld Theatre's artistic director about their touring production of classic novel.
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Across the Arts on April 16, 2012, at 11.54am
'A couple of hours of great entertainment celebrating the power of a community,' Joy Watters review the Scottish classic.
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Across the Arts on April 12, 2012, at 5.19pm
'Theatrical spectacle at its best,' Michael Cox reviews the current tour of Cirque du Soleil.
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Across the Arts on March 6, 2012, at 8.43am
Clare Sinclair reviews the latest Tron production.
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Across the Arts on March 2, 2012, at 4.01pm
Michael Cox speaks with the playwright of Plume about the play and the creative process.
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Across the Arts on February 28, 2012, at 8.09am
Clare Sinclair has mixed feelings about Peapod Productions' new play.
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Across the Arts on February 28, 2012, at 8.00am
Clare Sinclair reviews Big Telly Theatre Company's latest production.
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Across the Arts on February 24, 2012, at 12.01pm
Clare Sinclair reviews the 20th anniversary tour of the hit West End revival.
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Across the Arts on February 16, 2012, at 8.35am
Claire Sinclair reviews the new Zach Braff play prior to its West End debut.
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Across the Arts on February 8, 2012, at 7.03am
Clare Sinclair finds the current tour of Abi Morgan's play 'a moving portrayal of marriage.'
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Across the Arts on January 26, 2012, at 3.39pm
'Rich in atmosphere and theatrical delights,' Michael Cox reviews the latest production by Vox Motus.
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Across the Arts on January 26, 2012, at 3.31pm
Michael Cox speaks with one-half of Vox Motus about their latest production: The Infamous Brothers Davenport.
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Across the Arts on January 12, 2012, at 2.51pm
Michael Cox finds the National Theatre of Scotland's new Christmas production to be 'a triumph'.
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Across the Arts on December 27, 2011, at 9.16pm
Michael Cox reviews four different versions of Cinderella: Edinburgh Kings, Dundee Rep, Cumbernauld Theatre and Kilmarnock.
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Across the Arts on December 22, 2011, at 9.55am
Jo Turbitt thinks the latest restaging of the classic musical is 'a perfect Christmas treat'.
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Across the Arts on December 16, 2011, at 3.44pm
Michael Cox looks at his first batch of Christmas shows: the Lyceum's Beauty and the Beast, Citizens' Hansel and Gretel, Tron's Mister Merlin: A Pure Magic Panto and A Play, a Pie and a Pint's Snow White and the Seventh Dwarf.
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Across the Arts on December 1, 2011, at 7.43pm
Jo Turbitt is completely enchanted by Plan B's latest.
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Across the Arts on November 26, 2011, at 5.57pm
Jo Turbitt reviews Shona Reppe's latest production, and manages to have a few words with her as well.
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Across the Arts on November 25, 2011, at 11.39am
Michael Cox speaks with the director about the acclaimed production The Salon Project.
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Across the Arts on November 24, 2011, at 3.00pm
Jo Turbitt enjoys most of the West End-bound musical but misses the film version's male lead.
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Across the Arts on November 21, 2011, at 4.15pm
Michael Cox finds much to like in a production that finished all too soon.
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Across the Arts on November 18, 2011, at 5.18pm
Clare Sinclair reviews a new production of a modern Scottish classic.
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Across the Arts on November 15, 2011, at 7.07am
Clare Sinclair reviews Cryptic's latest production.
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Across the Arts on November 10, 2011, at 10.59pm
Jo Turbitt finds the musical adaptation to be unmissable.
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Across the Arts on October 29, 2011, at 11.57am
Michael Cox speaks with Keith Fleming and Sally Reid about Theatre Jezebel's latest production.
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Across the Arts on October 29, 2011, at 11.56am
Gareth K Vile reacts to the Citizens' latest production of a British classic.
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Across the Arts on October 25, 2011, at 12.48pm
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Across the Arts on October 21, 2011, at 5.12pm
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Across the Arts on October 21, 2011, at 4.58pm
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Across the Arts on October 21, 2011, at 11.23am
Michael Cox reviews 3 more recent productions.
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Across the Arts on October 19, 2011, at 11.07pm
Michael Cox speaks with director Peter Clerke and writer John Clancy about The Occasional Cabaret's inaugural production.
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Across the Arts on October 18, 2011, at 6.50am
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Across the Arts on October 4, 2011, at 10.55am
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Across the Arts on October 4, 2011, at 10.51am
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Across the Arts on September 30, 2011, at 11.40pm
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Across the Arts on September 30, 2011, at 11.31pm
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Across the Arts on September 26, 2011, at 10.24pm
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Across the Arts on September 26, 2011, at 10.20pm
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Across the Arts on September 24, 2011, at 1.06pm
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Across the Arts on September 24, 2011, at 12.24pm
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Across the Arts on September 12, 2011, at 6.57am
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Across the Arts on September 2, 2011, at 3.04pm
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Across the Arts on September 2, 2011, at 3.00pm
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Across the Arts on September 1, 2011, at 11.26pm
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Across the Arts on August 28, 2011, at 10.31am
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Across the Arts on August 24, 2011, at 1.45pm
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Across the Arts on August 24, 2011, at 1.40pm
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Across the Arts on August 24, 2011, at 1.32pm
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Across the Arts on August 24, 2011, at 1.28pm
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Across the Arts on August 24, 2011, at 1.18pm
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Across the Arts on August 20, 2011, at 10.26am
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Across the Arts on August 19, 2011, at 8.58am
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Across the Arts on August 19, 2011, at 8.53am
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Across the Arts on August 16, 2011, at 11.33pm
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Across the Arts on August 16, 2011, at 11.16pm
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Across the Arts on August 16, 2011, at 9.55pm
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Across the Arts on August 16, 2011, at 11.29am
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Across the Arts on August 15, 2011, at 5.46pm
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Across the Arts on August 15, 2011, at 5.03pm
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Across the Arts on August 14, 2011, at 12.03pm
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Across the Arts on August 14, 2011, at 12.01pm
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Across the Arts on August 11, 2011, at 12.54pm
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Across the Arts on August 11, 2011, at 11.10am
Michael Cox reviews a series of one-man shows.
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Across the Arts on August 10, 2011, at 10.19am
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Across the Arts on August 6, 2011, at 12.04am
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Across the Arts on August 4, 2011, at 10.15pm
Jo Turbitt reviews her first festival show: Bang Bang Circus(**).
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Across the Arts on August 3, 2011, at 12.20pm
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Across the Arts on August 2, 2011, at 10.11pm
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Across the Arts on August 2, 2011, at 8.46pm
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Across the Arts on July 21, 2011, at 10.54am
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Across the Arts on July 21, 2011, at 7.27am
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Across the Arts on April 7, 2011, at 1.07pm
Michael Cox speaks with Jackie Wylie, Clare Duffy and Gareth Nicholls about this year's Platform 18 programme.
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Across the Arts on March 30, 2011, at 2.01pm
Michael Cox speaks with the star of the current production of Mother Courage and her Children.
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Across the Arts on March 30, 2011, at 1.41pm
Michael Cox speaks with director Morven Gregor about Bird's of Paradise's latest production of Mother Courage and Her Children.
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Across the Arts on March 30, 2011, at 12.55pm
Michael Cox speaks with the director of Rapture Theatre's tour of Gagarin Way.
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Across the Arts on March 23, 2011, at 4.34pm
Michael Cox speaks with the director and writer of A Play, a Pie and a Pint's latest play, One Night in Iran.
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Across the Arts on March 23, 2011, at 8.51am
Michael Cox speaks with writer Marianella Yanes about her new play at A Play, a Pie and a Pint.
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Across the Arts on March 21, 2011, at 5.53pm
Gareth K Vile weighs the future of live art and New Territories.
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Across the Arts on March 17, 2011, at 8.37am
Gareth K Vile checks out The Ship and ponders Scotland's cultural life--and how it is (or isn't) covered.
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Across the Arts on March 17, 2011, at 8.15am
Gareth K Vile gives more thoughts and views on what he's seen at this year's New Territories.
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Across the Arts on March 17, 2011, at 8.10am
Gareth K Vile looks at Flatrate's latest play, The Belief Project.
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Across the Arts on March 17, 2011, at 8.05am
Gareth K Vile checks in with his views on the latest work by Iona Kewney and Jack Webb at New Territories.
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Across the Arts on March 11, 2011, at 11.41am
Michael Cox speaks with Magnetic North's artistic director Nicholas Bone about their latest production.
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Across the Arts on March 11, 2011, at 9.52am
Michael Cox speaks with writer Alan Bissett about his latest collaboration with A Play, a Pie and a Pint and the National Theatre of Scotland.
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Across the Arts on March 1, 2011, at 1.05pm
Gareth K Vile has a look inside Tiny Door Theatre Company's production of A Scheme.
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Across the Arts on February 27, 2011, at 10.37pm
Writer and director Davey Anderson speaks with Michael Cox about his latest play for A Play, a Pie and a Pint and NTS.
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Across the Arts on February 27, 2011, at 9.57pm
Michael Cox speaks with Abigail Docherty about her new play.
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Across the Arts on February 26, 2011, at 9.16am
Michael Cox speaks with Lewis Hetherington about his latest two plays and political theatre.
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Across the Arts on February 10, 2011, at 6.13pm
Michael Cox speaks with Morna Pearson and Tessa Walker about the first of five co-productions between A Play, a Pie and a Pint and the National Theatre of Scotland.
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Across the Arts on February 8, 2011, at 11.40pm
The award-winning performer speaks with Michael Cox about his upcoming dream project at The Arches.
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Across the Arts on February 2, 2011, at 1.26pm
Kieran Lynn is the writer of Bunnies, a new work currently showing at Oran Mor's A Play, a Pie and a Pint. Across the Arts' editor Michael Cox speaks with him about the play.
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Across the Arts on February 1, 2011, at 10.30pm
Across the Arts speaks with David MacLennan about the current season of A Play, a Pie and a Pint.
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Across the Arts on December 4, 2010, at 2.40pm
Gareth K Vile checks in with more events at the Traverse's festival.
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Across the Arts on December 4, 2010, at 2.34pm
Gareth K Vile looks at some of the productions that happened in this year's festival.
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Across the Arts on December 4, 2010, at 2.29pm
Gareth K Vile visits Club Gateways and listens to Songs of Joyce.
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Across the Arts on December 4, 2010, at 2.23pm
Gareth K Vile judges Instal 10.
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Across the Arts on December 4, 2010, at 2.19pm
Christina Cox speaks with Sandy Nelson about the journey behind his new one-act play.
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Across the Arts on November 12, 2010, at 3.42pm
Gareth K Vile looks at Glasgay's treatment of Jean Genet's The Maids.
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Across the Arts on November 10, 2010, at 4.06pm
Gareth K Vile looks at Reeling and Writhing's If I was a mouse, I'd hide in your hood and the current tour of The Rocky Horror Show.
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Across the Arts on November 1, 2010, at 12.56pm
Michael Cox speaks with David Greig about his new play The Monster in the Hall and how writing for young people and teenagers has helped his craft.
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Across the Arts on November 1, 2010, at 12.39pm
Gareth K Vile reviews, and analyses, Midsummer--both the production and his reaction to it.
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Across the Arts on October 19, 2010, at 12.04am
Gareth K Vile writes about the recent Yvonne Rainer production at the Tramway.
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Across the Arts on October 8, 2010, at 4.22pm
Gareth K Vile writes about Sell A Door Theatre Company's production of Liz Lockhead's Dracula.
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Across the Arts on October 6, 2010, at 3.48pm
Across the Arts will begin reporting on the latest happenings at A Play, a Pie and a Pint, beginning with a discussion with its artistic director about the current programme and how he goes about selecting each season's work.
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Across the Arts on October 4, 2010, at 10.50am
Gareth K Vile offers his first take on what's happening in Scotland's culture scene.
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Across the Arts on October 4, 2010, at 10.26am
Michael Cox speaks with Matthew Zajac about Dogstar's latest production.
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Across the Arts on October 4, 2010, at 10.07am
Michael Cox speaks with director Andrew Panton and cast members Carly Holt and Michael John Griesen about performing the musical version of the controversial play.
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Across the Arts on September 13, 2010, at 9.26am
Michael Cox concludes this year's run of blogs with a look at The Songbird, Teenage Riot and Sin Sangre and a quick final word.
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Across the Arts on September 2, 2010, at 12.13am
Michael Cox reviews Stripped and experiences Traverse Live.
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Across the Arts on August 26, 2010, at 12.34am
Michael Cox reviews Next, The Gospel at Colonus and Lip Service while briefly speaking about Caledonia.
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Across the Arts on August 25, 2010, at 10.56am
Michael Cox reviews A Wee Home from Home and Vieux Carre.
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Across the Arts on August 24, 2010, at 12.26pm
Michael Cox reviews It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later and The Six-Sided Man and has a word about Sub Rosa.
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Across the Arts on August 24, 2010, at 12.11pm
Michael Cox reviews White, Reykjavik, The Tailor of Inverness, Jacobite Country and Private Dancer.
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Across the Arts on August 19, 2010, at 12.57am
Michael Cox reacts to The Role of the Critic master class and reviews Death of a Theatre Critic and Threshold.
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Across the Arts on August 19, 2010, at 12.18am
Michael Cox reviews Keepers, First Love, The Life and Times of Girl A and Reginald D Hunter.
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Across the Arts on August 18, 2010, at 8.40am
Michael Cox reviews En Route, Roadkill, Imperial Fizz and Cargo.
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Across the Arts on August 16, 2010, at 12.26pm
Michael Cox reviews Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl, Apples, Markus Makavellian's International Order and two of the Invisible Do stories.
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Across the Arts on August 13, 2010, at 11.57pm
Michael Cox reviews Underneath the Lintel, The Truman Capote Talk Show, Up 'n' Under, Soap! The Show and Stephen K Amon--The Best Medicine.
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Across the Arts on August 13, 2010, at 11.58am
Michael Cox rambles on about venues and musicals before reviewing Spring Awakening, Parking Shmarking and How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse: Reloaded.
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Across the Arts on August 12, 2010, at 11.26am
Michael Cox looks at Shakespeare: The Man from Stratford, Five Guys Named Moe and Beautiful Burnout.
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Across the Arts on August 11, 2010, at 11.58am
Michael Cox reviews Martin Creed's Ballet No 1020, Dylan Thomas--Return Journey, Penelope, Freefall and The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo.
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Across the Arts on August 11, 2010, at 11.02am
Michael Cox's first full day of the festival is spent in Traverse Two and reviewing My Romantic History, The Girl in the Yellow Dress, Speechless, The Author and While You Lie.
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Across the Arts on August 11, 2010, at 10.32am
Michael Cox prepares for this year's festivals.
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Across the Arts on August 11, 2010, at 9.52am
Michael Cox has an interesting (and long) conversation with the four cast members of HTSAZAR.
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Across the Arts on August 11, 2010, at 9.41am
Michael Cox speaks with the actor, director and creator of How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse Reloaded.
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Across the Arts on August 9, 2010, at 2.58pm
In this part, Michael Cox speaks with Ms Bissett about the politics surrounding Roadkill.
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Across the Arts on August 9, 2010, at 1.47pm
In this first part, Michael Cox speaks with the director of Roadkill about the play and its orgins.
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Across the Arts on August 5, 2010, at 11.54am
Michael Cox speaks with the artistic director of the Market Theatre in South Africa about his new production The Girl in the Yellow Dress.
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Across the Arts on August 5, 2010, at 10.38am
Michael Cox speaks with the director of Sub Rosa, part of the Made in Scotland 2010 season.
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Across the Arts on August 5, 2010, at 10.30am
Michael Cox speaks with the star, writer and producer of The Six Sided Man, a theatrical interpretation of Luke Rhinehart's cult novel The Dice Man.
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Across the Arts on August 5, 2010, at 10.10am
Michael Cox speaks with the artistic director of the Traverse about this year's Fringe programme.
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Across the Arts on July 8, 2010, at 4.52pm
The artistic director of New Works New Worlds tells Michael Cox about the festival and her role as curator.
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Across the Arts on July 5, 2010, at 3.06pm
Michael Cox speaks with Hayley Tamaddon about her role in Spamalot.
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Across the Arts on June 10, 2010, at 11.34am
Johnny McKnight and Julie Brown speak with Michael Cox about Little Johnny’s Big Gay Wedding.
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