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Drama at the Depot

Drama at the Depot

Script in hand performance

Drama at the Depot, a new bi-monthly evening of short plays performed script-in-hand launched at Leith Depot on Monday. Playwright Andy Moseley was there and files this report.

Feb 15 2024 | By | Reply More
Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls

★★★★☆ Exuberant

Visually and aurally impressive, Edinburgh University Footlights’ production of Guys and Dolls at the Pleasance is buoyant and extremely enjoyable.

Feb 15 2024 | By | Reply More
Ragnarok

Ragnarok

★★★★☆ Dark

Tortoise in a Nutshell has brought all its considerable prowess in live animation to the stage with Ragnarok, a dark and foreboding take on an ancient Norse myth, foretelling the end of our world.

Feb 13 2024 | By | Reply More
Many Good Men

Many Good Men

★★★★☆ Troubling

Many Good Men, from Civic Digits, Stellar Quines and Stories Untold at Heart of Midlothian’s Tynecastle Stadium, is an urgent and timely production, hard-hitting yet sympathetic.

Feb 9 2024 | By | Reply More
Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar

★★★★☆ Rock-tastic

It’s back to basics for the Regents Park Open Air Theatre’s Jesus Christ Superstar, at the Playhouse to Saturday, in a production that soars and roars in all the right places.

Feb 9 2024 | By | Reply More
The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

★★★★☆ Lively

Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company’s production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Pleasance is a witty and intelligent take on an endlessly troubling play.

Feb 6 2024 | By | Reply More
Envahisseurs (Invaders)

Envahisseurs (Invaders)

★★★★★     Jelly crime

It’s the little things which count in Compagnie Bakélite’s intense table-top object theatre, Envahisseurs (Invaders), at the Traverse as part of the Manipulate Festival 2024 for two performances only.

Feb 6 2024 | By | Reply More
Plinth

Plinth

★★★☆☆ Horrors of war

Writer and performer, Al Seed’s latest creation, Plinth, produced by his own company and Vanishing Point and touring to Manipulate, opens with Seed standing on a plinth giving a live rendition of a series of poses found in military statues.

Feb 5 2024 | By | Reply More
Last Rites

Last Rites

★★★★☆  Stunning performance

Following the award-winning success of Love Beyond (Act of Remembrance) in last year’s Manipulate Festival, Ramesh Meyyappan has produced another stunning performance in Last Rites, which he co-created with George Mann, who also directs this Ad Infinitum production.

Feb 5 2024 | By | Reply More
The House

The House

★★★★☆ Darkly comical

Danish director and puppeteer Sofie Krog introduces The House by reminding the audience that “walls have ears” and that the darkly comical tale will be told by the walls of the Warehouse Family Funeral Home.

Feb 5 2024 | By | Reply More