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Listings 23 – 29 April

On Edinburgh’s stages this week…

Looks like it’s doubles week this week, with a pair of pairs of one act plays at the Roxy and the Wee Red, while Messrs Gray and Stott’s Double Feature sets off on tour.

Thom Dibdin on April 23, 2018

Monologue Slam for Aulos

Aulos innovates with comp and crowdfunding perks:

Aulos Productions is holding an open monologue slam and offering free youth theatre workshops as a crowdfunder perk in its bid to raise funds to bring two productions to EdFringe 2018.

Thom Dibdin on April 22, 2018

Theatre Uncut Is Back

New Power Plays free to perform May & June:

Theatre Uncut returns in May with the release of The Power Plays, a set of free-to-perform plays, examining power from the female perspective

Thom Dibdin on April 21, 2018

Paradok Casting Call

Open Call for EdFringe theatre production:

Edinburgh-based company Theatre Paradok has put out a casting call for its EdFringe 2018 production of Like Drowning, which will run during week three of the fringe, August 20 – 25.

Thom Dibdin on April 20, 2018

Fat Friends The Musical

★★★☆☆ Feel-good fun:

It’s been almost 20 years since Fat Friends burst onto our TV screens, but its back in the form of an entertaining touring musical making its Scottish debut at the Playhouse this week.

Sarah Moyes on April 20, 2018

Fat Friends The Musical

★★★☆☆ Feel-good fun:

It’s been almost 20 years since Fat Friends burst onto our TV screens, but its back in the form of an entertaining touring musical making its Scottish debut at the Playhouse this week.

War Horse

★★★★★ Magnificent:

The National Theatre’s touring production of War Horse at the Festival Theatre is involving, emotional, visually spectacular and every bit as good as you have probably heard.

Cocoa and Cuddles

★★☆☆☆ Curiously disconnected:

Saughtonhall Drama Club opens its 70th anniversary year with Cocoa and Cuddles by Jane Lockyer Willis, a strange and worryingly disconnected piece of theatre.

Margaret Saves Scotland, the latest offering in the Play, A Pie and A Pint season, marks the return of Val McDermid to the stage. Anyone expecting a taut and bloody crime thriller, however, should be warned that this is a low-key piece, wistful and almost wilfully slight.