Bouquets & Brickbats

@traversetheatre Congratulations to all concerned!

Congratulations to Edinburgh playwright Harry Mould on winning the 2025 Alfred Fagon Award for best new play by a black British writer 🎉 Their winning play The Brenda Line (pictured) came to the Traverse in November 2024, where it was warmly received by audiences and critics.

@NTSonline ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Ireland’s script is darkly funny, and director Finn Den Hertog maximises its comic potential…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/12/02/the…

@NTLive ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Ireland’s script is darkly funny, and director Finn Den Hertog maximises its comic potential…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/12/02/the…

@traversetheatre “Gloriously realised…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/11/30/cin…

@lyceumedinburgh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “One of the most accessible Chekovs you’re ever likely to see…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/10/16/the…

@traversetheatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wallace: “Pure dead brilliant!” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/09/11/wal…

@TheBardenParty Macbeth: “Murder has never been so full of life…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/08/16/mac…

@traversetheatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lear: “A fearless and thought-provoking piece of theatre…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/06/06/lea…

@SYLVIANProducer bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/05/22/bli…

@traversetheatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Looking For Me Friend: “This is a warm hug of a show…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/04/24/loo…

@PlayPiePint @traversetheatre Dancing Shoes: “Three delightful performances…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/04/01/dan…

@NTLive ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dr Strangelove “Astonishing in its sheer invention…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/03/29/dr-…

@PlayPiePint @traversetheatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wasps: “Lively writing and a spirited delivery…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/03/26/was…

@lyceumedinburgh Wild Rose: “A fabulously entertaining story about ambition and acceptance…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/03/21/wil…

@traversetheatre Eilidh, Eilidh, Eilidh: “Raises awareness of an important problem…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/03/18/eil…

@felicityward @traversetheatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’m Exhausting: “I’ll never look at a giraffe in the same way again…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/03/16/fel…

@PlayPiePint @traversetheatre Kev Campbell Was He: “ A promising start from someone who seems destined to go on to greater things…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/03/12/kev…

@traversetheatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Testament of Gideon Mack “An effective and compelling night at the theatre…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/03/07/the…

@dogstartheatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Testament of Gideon Mack “An effective and compelling night at the theatre…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/03/07/the…

@NTLive ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Importance of Being Earnest “An overt celebration of queerness…” bouquetsbrickbatsreviews.com/2025/02/21/the…