A History of Paper review – Shirley Henderson and Alan Cumming sing a fragile romance
Pitlochry Festival theatre Oliver Emanuel’s musical love story between tenement neighbours is told via origami gifts and restaurant receipts It started as a BBC radio drama in 2016, and was reworked as a small-scale musical two years ago. Now, A History of Paper gets the mainstage treatment with two bona fide stars in the leads. The good news is that little is overblown about the production. Stars or not, Shirley Hen
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- The Guardian
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- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 21 Aug 2026, 14:24 UTC
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- Byline
- Mark Fisher
- Section
- Theatre
Pitlochry Festival theatre Oliver Emanuel’s musical love story between tenement neighbours is told via origami gifts and restaurant receipts It started as a BBC radio drama in 2016, and was reworked as a small-scale musical two years ago. Now, A History of Paper gets the mainstage treatment with two bona fide stars in the leads. The good news is that little is overblown about the production. Stars or not, Shirley Hen
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A History of Paper review – Shirley Henderson and Alan Cumming sing a fragile romance
Pitlochry Festival theatre Oliver Emanuel’s musical love story between tenement neighbours is told via origami gifts and restaurant receipts It started as a BBC radio drama in 2016, and was reworked as a small-scale musical two years ago. Now, A History of Paper gets the mainstage treatment with two bona fide stars in the leads. The good news is that little is overblown about the production. Stars or not, Shirley Hen
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- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
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