Donald Stewart, Author at SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland

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    The Saltmarket Six: Retelling of a little known Glasgow story (theatre review) 3 stars

    Ayrshire’s Theatre Alliance are making a solid career out of bringing little known Scottish ...

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    The Saltmarket Six: Historic Young Glasgow Gangs In Focus with Story Sadly Relevant To Any UK City Today (Theatre –interview)

    Kilmarnock based Theatre Alliance are becoming widely known for original Scottish stories told based ...

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    The Events’ Director Jack Nurse – telling the tale of Claire, a priest and choir leader, who survives a mass shooting in her church (interview)

    The Events, by David Greig and directed by Jack Nurse is produced by Wonder ...

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    (We Indulge in) a Bit of Roll Play – Life, disability, and sexual freedom affirming work from Birds of Paradise (theatre review) 4 Stars

    As we enter the space, two huge screens at the side of the stage ...

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    Saint Joan: George Bernard Shaw film script reimagined back to stage by Stuart Laing (4 stars)

    George Bernard Shaw’s play Saint Joan has been performed in theatre many times over ...

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    Butoh Dance and Music, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow (review – 4 Stars)

    Ankoku Butoh, the ‘dance of darkness’ arose from the ashes of World War Two ...

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    A Play For Torry: part ceilidh, part protest, part love-letter to a community that refuses to be quiet (Interview: Director, Emer Morris)

    Emer Morris is one of two directors behind A Play for Torry which has ...

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    Cumbernauld Theatre – Vital Local Theatre Earns A Reprive, But Is Not Saved Yet (Interview: Chief Executive, Patricia Stead)

    At the beginning of 2025, Creative Scotland announced that 251 arts organisations were to ...

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