Reviews
Darcia Martin
Director - Casualty (Season 21, Episode 8)
Macbeth 2001 Edinburgh Festival
The Scotsman
Craig Howie
06/08/2001
"The Scottish play, the Scottish play… Or the London play in this case. The characters assume the roles of East End gangsters and the play is re-set in London's violent underworld. Only the dialogue remains true to the original.
Bolstered by great performances from Charlotte Thornton as gangster’s moll Lady Macbeth and Callum O’Neill as henchman MacDuff, the overall execution and elocution was impressive, as was the production.
Othello 2002 UK Tour
The Scotsman
Joyce Macmillan
13/08/2002
Set among British naval forces during the Falklands War of 1982 - with a tough female ruler at home giving the orders - Neil Sheppeck’s short 105-minute staging of the play forces us to face the fact that a black commander in the British Navy is still as unlikely a figure as a black general commanding Venetian forces in the 16th century, and that his presence is likely to expose similar racial attitudes.
[...] Some good-looking and heartfelt performances - notably from Patrick Regis as Othello, Neil Sheppeck himself as Iago, and Callum O’Neill as Michael Cassio.
I can hardly recall seeing a production that made more sense of Iago’s final, stubborn lapse into silence, the silence of those who avoid communication or argument because they know it can only corrode a false core belief that has become essential to their identity.
Passing Places 2007 Pitlochry Rep
Joyce MacMillan, The Scotsman
Ken Alexander’s deft Pitlochry production of Passing Places sometimes seems to undersell the play’s serious undercurrents a little - although it’s good to see an impressive Callum O’Neill, in the key role of Alex, squaring up to the serious and sometimes almost tragic elements of the play.
Mark Fisher, The Guardian
We leave Passing Places thrilled not only at the potential of Alex and Brian (Callum O'Neill and Steven Rae), but also at a vision that upturns the country's tartan-and-shortbread cliches in favour of something infinitely richer.
Peter Cargill, The Stage
[...] Callum O’Neill and Steven Rae formed a good duo as the runaways, whose journey revealed more about themselves and their aspirations.
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The Scottish Voice
