PRESS
SPECTRETOWN
“captivating...a skillful, contained energy right to its last moment”
TV Bomb
“Like a Doric Eugene O'Neill...a deep and troubling resonance”
All Edinburgh Theatre
“Incredibly well-written...visually stimulating, musically compelling...this work expresses a grand ambition”
The List
Click for 'Dialect action: The Edinburgh show giving Scotland a voice' (The Guardian)
Click to hear Elspeth talking about SpectreTown on Scots Language Radio
THE IDIOT AT THE WALL
“A confident, gripping dramatic narrative, and a magnificent score of Hebridean music and song...there's a glorious central performance from Turner”
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman
“The performances are strong throughout, with Elspeth Turner heart-stealing as Odhran”
Ronald Black, Gaelic Editor, The Scotsman
“This play is going to run for a long, long time”
Ronald Black, Gaelic Editor, The Scotsman
“stunning, elegiac and poignant”
Thom Dibdin, The Stage
“… heart-rending tale… it’s akin to a Gael’s version of a Greek tragedy.”
Barry Gordon, Edinburgh Evening News
“You will be swept away, mysteriously set adrift on a raft of ancient fable and folklore, spellbound…”
Broadway Baby
“a heartbreaking legend… brilliantly performed”
Three Weeks
“Exceptional new writing… perfectly executed”
Edfringereview.com
“A lovingly told story of crofters that creates a magical island on stage”
British Theatre Guide
Talking about The Idiot at the Wall on The Culture Studio, BBC Radio Scotland