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Nicole Entin
Jan 26, 2024
Trojan Women @ Freshers’ Drama Festival, Reviewed
In this version of Euripides’ classic, relentless tragedy about the aftermath of the fall of Troy, the gods are indifferent bureaucrats...

Callisto Lodwick
Nov 19, 2023
Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair in Macbeth: Wonderfully-Directed Witches and Beautiful Costumes Can’t
Before the lights have even dimmed at Macbeth, you’re in for a show. A woman clad in a skirt the colour of earth shuffles and deals her...

Callisto Lodwick
Oct 25, 2023
Playing Puppet: Cyrano de Puppet Excels at Comedy, but Falters When it Tries to Turn to Something Serious
As the audience flocked into the Barron at the Byre on a cold October night, the keen-eyed amongst them began murmuring with...


Katie Brennan
Feb 19, 2023
Top Five Things to Do
Deadlines may be piling up, and you might be spending the majority of your time in the library, but make some time for the last few...

Anisha Jaya Minocha
Feb 1, 2023
The Funny Side of Performance: Reviewing Present Laughter
Another one of Mermaid’s splendours, Present Laughter, was shown at the Byre Theatre on January 31st and February 1st. Co-directed by...


Katie Brennan
Jan 22, 2023
Top Five Things to Do
If you haven’t been defeated by the chaos of Refreshers Week plus a full load of classes, dive into Week Two’s events, with a line-up...


Katie Brennan
Jan 15, 2023
Top Five Things to Do
Since it’s the first week back, indulge in some evenings out before you get swamped with work. Reunite with friends and flatmates, have...


Katie Brennan
Nov 20, 2022
Top Five Things to Do
An Ideal Husband, Monday 21st November-Tuesday 22nd November at 7:30pm For a dose of student drama, Mermaids is putting on a production...


Nicole Entin
Nov 11, 2022
I Interviewed Mermaids About Christmas Ball 2022.
Although the approach of midterm exams and final papers is as inevitable as Scottish sunsets in the middle of the afternoon, one...


Katie Brennan
Oct 30, 2022
Top Five Things to Do
With Halloween festivities not quite over just yet, and a dizzying mixture of black-tie balls, student theatre, workshops and raves on...


Lola Weiss
Dec 2, 2021
A Lacklustre Night at the Nutcracker – Christmas Ball Reviewed
The days have become shorter, the temperature has dropped and the students of St Andrews have entered the revision week panic; winter is...

Nicole Entin
Nov 27, 2021
Christmas Ball: Previewed
November is nearing its end. There’s a crisp chill that mingles with the sea air, the three streets are illuminated by festive lights,...

Molly Hudson
Mar 5, 2020
Killing Horrors: Reviewed
The stage is washed in a blood red light as the audience files in, as ‘Killing Horrors,’ – written and co-directed by Kas Schroeder –...


Grace Sisel
Feb 19, 2020
Oedipus Rex: Not Your Typical Greek Tragedy
St Andrews’ own performing arts fund, the Mermaids recently performed an adaptation of the infamous Greek tragedy and myth, Oedipus....


Jack Angus Nevin
Dec 5, 2019
Christmas Comes to St Andrews: Christmas Ball 2019 Reviewed
“Why doesn’t it feel like Christmas this year?” Growing up each year it seemed that the lead up to Christmas inevitably felt somewhat...


Molly Hudson
Dec 4, 2019
‘I Take Nothing From Strangers.’ A Doll’s House: Reviewed
The Mermaid’s production of A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen follows the story of a housewife Nora (Fiona McNevin) in 19th century Norway....

Grace Sisel
Nov 17, 2019
Homecoming: Reviewed
Nestled all cozy in the Barron Theatre, St Andrews’ renowned performing arts fund, Mermaids, produced and performed Harold Pinter’s Tony...


Alexandra Blanter
Nov 8, 2019
Edward the Second: Second to None
Before I get this started, I must admit that before Monday night, despite the countless performances being put on weekly, I had never...


Joe Torkington
Oct 8, 2019
One Man, Two Guvnors: Reviewed
One Man, Two Guvnors stands as a magnificent testament to what students can achieve in only three-and-a-half weeks: A side-splitting...
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