Author: Susan Lowes

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Dolly West’s Kitchen

Dolly West’s Kitchen

★★★★★ Feisty fighting:
Dolly West’s Kitchen tells the tale of war: war between countries, war within families and the personal wars everyone fights. Leitheatre’s production at the Studio is feisty, fun and it certainly grips and entertains.

May 29 2015 | By | 1 Reply More
Il Trovatore

Il Trovatore

✭✭✭✭✩ Weighty drama:
Darkness and light are so intertwined, it is impossible to have one without the other. In SO’s Il Trovatore, love, hope and light burn even stronger when through the darker elements of humanity.

May 22 2015 | By | Reply More
Oliver!

Oliver!

★★★☆☆ Cheeky swagger:

One of the most charming things about an Encore production is that you can always consider yourself part of the family. And their take on Lionel Bart’s Oliver! at the Brunton is as cheeky and cheerful as you would expect, while still managing to deliver a menacing undertone.

May 13 2015 | By | 1 Reply More
L’elisir d’amore

L’elisir d’amore

✭✭✭✩✩ Intoxicating talent:
Edinburgh Grand Opera’s version of L’elisir d’amore is a reduced arrangement, it’s cut in places and designed to suit the intimate Church Hill Theatre. That doesn’t mean that it cuts out any of the drama.

May 6 2015 | By | Reply More
A View From The Bridge

A View From The Bridge

★★★☆☆ Honourable:
A strange and mysterious 1950s New York is explored in the Touring Consortium Theatre Company’s take on Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge, but the production fails to completely convince.

Apr 29 2015 | By | Reply More
The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black

✭✭✭✭✩ Terrifying tales:
There’s a terrifying tale waiting to be told at the King’s Theatre this week where The Woman in Black shows just how a ghost story ought to be told – delivering 2 hours of conflict, action and suspense.

Apr 16 2015 | By | Reply More
A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

★★★★★ Perfect balance:
It is with elegant sophistication that A Streetcar Named Desire sweeps onto the stage at the Festival Theatre this week.

Mar 19 2015 | By | Reply More
Twelve Angry Men

Twelve Angry Men

✭✭✭✭✩ Cleverly committed:
Engaging, dynamic and clever, Christopher Haydon’s hit West End production of Twelve Angry Men tours to the King’s Theatre for a week until Saturday.

Feb 24 2015 | By | Reply More
Ragtime: The Musical

Ragtime: The Musical

✭✭✭✭✩ Bold and punchy:
An engaging and dynamic production of Ragtime: The Musical from A Team Productions showcases Edinburgh’s fantastic amateur youth talent at the Pleasance Theatre this week.

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To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

★★★★★ Exquisitely engrossing:
Harper Lee’s tale of morality is one loved and read by generations. Translating To Kill a Mockingbird to the stage could have been problematic, but Timothy Sheader and Regent’s Park Theatre’s production is exquisitely charming and engrossing in equal measure.

Feb 9 2015 | By | 1 Reply More