Theatre review: The Steamie, Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy

Back in 1987, when The Steamie first appeared, Glasgow was still full of men and ­women in their prime who could remember the city’s old ­communal wash-houses or steamies. Today, by contrast, the idea of a world without domestic washing machines has ­faded into history; yet it’s a mark of the sheer power of Tony Roper’s superb, funny and ­perfectly-observed play – with magnificent matching songs by David Anderson – that it somehow seems as vivid and significant as ever, in this 30th anniversary touring production directed by Roper ­himself.