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Mack, The

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Ninety years after his own demise, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s internationally acclaimed masterpiece lies in ruins. For the second time in four years a fire has torn through Glasgow’s most venerable building, tearing just-healed scars wide apart once more. Should we save The Mack or just let it go? Are there really things “more precious more beautiful – more lasting than life itself?” Read more …


The critical consensus

Moving, wry and timely.

***(*)(*)Lorna Irvine, The List, 16/04/2019

This is not always an easy watch, but it is a thoroughly satisfying one. And there is an honesty in its attempt to address how a collective loss can be confronted when the usual outlets of grief are not appropriate.

****(*)Thom Dibdin, All Edinburgh Theatre, 23/04/2109

The Mack is clearly worthy of theatrical homage, but this one could be a little less literal.

***(*)(*)Robert Peacock, The Wee Review, 24/04/2019


Features about Mack, The

Where and when?

A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Glasgow from Monday April 15, 2019, until Saturday April 20, 2019. More info: http://playpiepint.com

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday April 23, 2019, until Saturday April 27, 2019. More info: www.traverse.co.uk

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