Tag: Theatre
Theatre review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lyceum Theatre (****)
At first glance, it seems deliberately provocative, even perverse, to set Shakespeare’s famous midsummer play in the depths of winter. And the frozen setting does, admittedly, raise a few questions, not least of which...
Theatre review: The Incredible Adventures of See-Thru Sam (****)
Fifteen-year-old Sam McTannan is a superhero. As See-Thru Sam, he can be assured of a quiet life, passing unobserved and dodging any insults hurled in his direction (writing them all down in a book...
Theatre review: The Guid Sisters/Lyceum Theatre (****)
Germaine Lauzon has won a million Green Shield stamps: they’re sitting in three huge boxes cluttering up her kitchen. With them, she’ll be able to transform her pokey home into a paradise by purchasing...
A Clockwork Orange 50 years on
A Clockwork Orange with a 21st Century Spin is being staged at Telford College on Friday night.
50 years after the novel A Clockwork Orange was first written students at Edinburgh’s Telford College are set...
Wojtek the Bear at the Scottish Storytelling Centre
Wojtek the Bear by Raymond Raszkowski Ross
Directed by Corinne Harris: Scottish Storytelling Centre 6– 9 June 2012
A bear takes to the stage in Theatre Objektiv’s new production. A unique bear: Wojtek the Soldier Bear who fought with the...
Review – Anne Boleyn
By Jessica Owen
Following two sell-out London seasons, Howard Brenton’s production of ‘Anne Boleyn’ is now enjoying a five night run at the Festival Theatre.
This engaging and vibrant Shakespeare’s Globe production gives an insight into...
Theatre review: Could You Please Look Into the Camera/Traverse Theatre (****)
Mohammed Al Attar’s short lunchtime play is a strong and sometimes shocking start to the Traverse Theatre’s new A Play, A Pie and a Pint season. Given the overall title One Day in Spring,...
Edinburgh International Magic Festival 2012 launched
Okay, today’s launch of the Edinburgh International Magic Festival (as reported elsewhere) might not exactly have lived up to its hype, and it might have left many a bit bewildered. How to convince your...
New boss at Festival City Theatres Trust
Duncan Hendry will become the Trust’s new Chief Executive with effect from today. The Festival City Theatres Trust, is responsible for running both the Festival and King’s Theatres in Edinburgh.
Duncan has over 20 years experience...
Review – Edinburgh 10-Minuters
The Edinburgh 10-Minuters project ran for three nights from 22-24 March 2012 at the Counting House on West Nicholson Street. It was a fantastic collaboration of plays, all written, directed and starring young theatre talent which organiser...
Edinburgh Napier Drama Society do Roald Dahl – TONIGHT!
Edinburgh Napier University Drama Society (NUDS) are the last amateur dramatic group in the country to perform Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' before it opens in London's West End.
The play, which has...
MAMA presents Half a Sixpence
Musselburgh Amateur Musical Association proudly presents the East Lothian premiere of the recently revised edition of heart-warming, rags to riches musical, Half a Sixpence.
The show will run from Monday 2nd to Saturday 7th April...
Theatre review: The Marriage of Figaro, Lyceum Theatre (****)
Thomson brings a manic energy to match Jackson’s bawdy reimagining of the tale in the world of contemporary banking.
It’s not often that you see a play’s leading man break into opera arias to cover...
Festival booking opens 24 March
Hot Stuff – Festival 2012
Tickets go on sale for Edinburgh International Festival 2012 this Saturday and organisers recommend Festival fans act quickly to secure tickets to unmissable shows this August.
Tickets are available from...
Edinburgh Theatre project showcases local talent
Local collaborative project about to get underway.
After months of hunting for local writing, directing, acting and theatre talent, the Edinburgh 10-Minuters project will be showcased at The Counting House for three nights this week. The...
Edinburgh International Festival 2012: What to see
It might not have an overarching theme, but this year’s Edinburgh International Festival looks set to be one of director Jonathan Mills’s richest offerings, with ten plays, eight dance offerings (nine if you include...
Theatre review: Ana, Traverse Theatre (***)
As Darwin was formulating his theories of evolution, Ana was there. On Freud’s consulting couch, Ana was there. Even at the battle lines of the French revolution, Ana was there. From Skye in the...
Telford stage The Laramie Project 29 Feb – 1 March
A play about a teenager that was killed in a homophobic attack in America is the latest in a series of hard hitting productions by students at an Edinburgh college.
‘The Laramie Project’ which tells...
Become a National Theatre of Scotland Champion
Are you passionate about theatre? Have you seen a show from the National Theatre of Scotland? And are you keen to spread the word about the company in your community?
If so, you might be...
Theatre review: Of Mice and Men/Royal Lyceum Theatre (****)
There’s a strong feeling of fatalism and inevitably that pervades John Dove’s quietly masterful new production of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men at the Lyceum. It’s as if the play’s tragic ending is...
Theatre review: Snookered (****)
In an anonymous town in northern England, four Asian friends meet for their annual memorial pool evening to mark the anniversary of the death of schoolmate T. Billy has made a special trip back...
Collective Gallery – Symposium on Emerging Practice
Collective Gallery have written to tell us about their Symposium which they are collaborating on next weekend, and which will be held in Glasgow at Tramway 1:-
Symposium on Emerging Practice
Friday 17 - Sunday 19...
Ah har, Me Lads & Lasses! It’s Swallows & Amazons Time
Outside The Festival Theatre yesterday, a chilly February frost soon melted to the warming chirps and trills of excited pupils from Sacred Heart Primary School, Penicuik.
Eager eyes sparkling in brilliant sunshine were looking forward...
Edinburgh 10-Minuters Project looking for writers
'Ever wanted to write a play? Seems a bit much? How about if it's only 10 minutes?'
These are the questions asked by a new theatre project based in Edinburgh. Edinburgh 10 Minuters, coordinated by...
Review: The Infamous Brothers Davenport/Royal Lyceum Theatre (****)
Can we really communicate with the dead? And why do we need to believe in the possibility that we can? These are the profound human questions behind the Lyceum’s thrilling yet thoughtful new play,...
Edinburgh Napier University Drama Society’s X-Rated Xmas Show
The drama society at Edinburgh Napier University, affectionately known as 'NUDS', is performing their Christmas sketch show at The Bongo Club on Friday 16 December 2011. All the sketches are written, produced and performed by its...
Review: Beauty and the Beast, Royal Lyceum Theatre (***)
When is a pantomime not a pantomime? Or to look at it another way, when is a Christmas show not just a straight piece of theatre?
The Lyceum’s seasonal offering this year, enjoyable thought it...
Review: Cinderella at the King’s Theatre (****)
The King’s Theatre’s panto offering this year is a riot of colour, fast-paced and full of infectious energy. Even before the show starts, the atmosphere in the auditorium is electric, and the barrage of...
Spring Season at The Traverse
The Traverse Theatre is delighted to announce its 2012 Spring season, a packed programme of new drama, writing events and dance. The Traverse also welcomes its new Artistic Director, Orla O’Loughlin to the helm...
Theatre at Ocean Terminal – Turning to the Camera
Edinburgh’s Ocean Terminal and local theatre company, Siege Perilous, have joined forces to present Simon Jackson’s ‘Turning to the Camera’. The production will be performed in a 6,000 square foot unit within the shopping...
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