Archive for September, 2019
Black Men Walking
★★★★☆ Poetic Journey:
There is a scope to Eclipse Theatre Company’s Black Men Walking that is truly impressive. And if its reach sometimes exceeds its grasp, it is none the worse for it.
Susan Wales Hampson
Amateur theatre stalwart dies aged 72:
Susan Wales Hampson, a pillar of Edinburgh’s amateur theatre scene in both an official and personal capacity, has died on Sunday 15 September 2019. She was 72.
Showcase 2019
★★★★☆ Melodic juggernaut:
Showcase 2019 at the Church Hill Theatre is an object lesson in how to ring the changes on a familiar formula and keep the result delightfully fresh.
Number One Fan
★★★☆☆ Deftly deceptive
With A Play, A Pie and a Pint rocking the Sunday evening schedules on BBC Scotland, Number One Fan, the lunchtime offering at the Traverse until Saturday, proves that there is even more fun to be had in witnessing theatre in real life.
£174K for Kings
Funds for heritage stage of redevelopment:
Capital Theatres has been awarded £174,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund towards the first development phase of its planned £25M transformation of the King’s Theatre.
Solaris
★★★★☆ Questioning intelligence:
Dealing with troubling questions about human interaction, the Lyceum’s adaptation of Solaris is – like all the best science fiction – not really about alien planets but about our own world.
Listings: Mon 16 – Sun 22 Sept 2019
On Edinburgh’s Stages This Week:
Plenty good theatre in Edinburgh this week, with Solaris continuing at the Lyceum and that Mamma Mia! opening at the Playhouse.
CBeebies Xmas Show for Edinburgh
Hansel and Gretel to be recorded at Festival Theatre
CBeebies 2019 Christmas Show is to be recorded at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre over four performances in October.
Lion King extends Playhouse Run
Adds seven weeks & 49 perfs:
The Lion King has added an extra seven weeks to its stay at the Edinburgh Playhouse due to exceptional demand and will now run from Thursday 5 December until Sunday 29 March 2020.
Listings: Mon 9 – Sun 15 Sept 2019
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week:
The first big production after the fringe opens this week, with David Greigs much anticipated adaptation of Stanslaw Lems novel, Solaris at the Lyceum.
