Nae Expectations review

“Playfulness drifts into ponderousness”

ReviewsOct 25, 2023by Fergus MorganTron Theatre, Glasgow

Gerry Mulgrew and Gavin Jon Wright in Nae Expectations at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow. Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic

Gary McNair’s underwhelming Glasgow-set adaptation of Dickens’ Bildungsroman, directed by Andy Arnold, delivers some laughs and arrives at the author’s moral lessons about class, but takes an uneven route to get there

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Fergus Morgan

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Fergus Morgan

Scotland Correspondent

Fergus Morgan is The Stage’s Scotland Correspondent. He has also written for The Scotsman, The Independent, TimeOut, WhatsOnStage, Exeunt Magazine and Vice, and publishes The Crush Bar on Substack.

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