Cathy review – snappy comedy with a perfect role for Elaine C Smith
Traverse theatre, EdinburghWriter-director Eilidh Loan takes inspiration from her grandmother for this portrait of grief and religionEilidh Loan marked her arrival as a playwright with Moorcroft, a tremendous male-centred comedy inspired by her father’s amateur football team. Now she has moved up a generation to write a female-centred family comedy inspired by her grandmother.It was the older woman who stipulated that her character – the Cathy of the title – should be played by Elaine C Smith, a decision so…
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