Archive for September, 2018
Listings 17 – 23 September
On stage this week: Mon 17 – Sun 23 September 2018:
The Autumn Season is just swinging into life and the folk at Village Pub Theatre are back, not to mention that the first of the big autumn musicals is at the Playhouse and it is opening week for the Lyceum’s season.
Ludus: Playful Love
★★★☆☆ Diverting:
Ludus: Playful Love, Theatre Broad’s production of two contrasting plays by early 20th century poet and playwright Clifford Bax provides an evening that is high on period charm but never really stakes its claim to contemporary relevance.
Priscilla on the road again
Priscilla’s 2019 Edinburgh Playhouse dates:
Jason Donavan is promising more glitter than ever before as he turns producer for a new touring production of musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert arriving in Edinburgh in November 2019.
Rhino Call Out
Open auditions for absurdist classic:
Theatre Paradok has issued an open call for its amateur production of Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, to be staged at the Assembly Roxy this December, 2018.
Best Boot Forward
These Kinky Boots are for everyone says star Callum Francis:
When the mega hit musical Kinky Boots was announced as the Edinburgh Playhouse’s Christmas show, there were murmurings of discontent on social media that it was suitable neither for the season nor for a family audience.
A.R.T. call out
Annexe Arts’ open audition for youth company:
The Annexe Repertory Theatre is holding open auditions for performers aged between 16 and 25 to join the company for its autumn term 2018.
Multilingual call out
Edinburgh Multilingual Stories Festival seeks input:
Theatre Sans Accents, Bilingualism Matters and the Polish Cultural Festival Association are looking for paid external input to their new Multilingual Stories Festival, taking place autumn 2018 at Assembly Roxy.
Nests
★★★☆☆ Solid social commentary:
After a Fringe full of blockbuster productions, the Traverse’s autumn season kicks of with Nests, a two-hander that looks at social inequality and considers what we can learn from crows.
Springtime for Eusog
Open auditions for The Producers:
The Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group has put out an open call for its production of The Producers, which will run at the end of November 2018 at the Pleasance Theatre.
Listings: 10 – 16 Sept
On stage this week: Mon 10 – Sun 16 September 2018
With the Fringe well and truly out of the way the Autumn season is beginning to splutter into life with a whelter of one-night stands on the bigger stages.
