Alan Patterson

crackers

crackers

★★★☆☆ Strong performances

Edinburgh based writer cmf wood’s crackers, at the Royal Scots Club, performed by EGTG explores the stigma attached to mental ill-health, particularly amongst teenagers.

Aug 11 2023 | By | Reply More
Copenhagen

Copenhagen

★★★★☆ Stimulating and engaging

In Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen at the Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group tackle a difficult, sometimes impenetrable, play with intelligence and skill.

May 18 2023 | By | Reply More
frisson (online)

frisson (online)

★★★☆☆ Cunning exploration

frisson (online) by Production Lines is “a coming out story in two parts”, with the first told online over Zoom this week, and the second due to be performed live in the Leith Arches next week.

Mar 1 2023 | By | Reply More
A rock and a drama place

A rock and a drama place

Full details of this weekend’s inaugural StagEHd Festival.

This weekend, Saturday 28 and 29 May 2022, the Ross Bandstand is being taken over for the first ever StagEHd Festival, Edinburgh’s newest theatre festival, which has been funded by the City of Edinburgh Council’s Community Fund.

May 25 2022 | By | Reply More
prism

prism

★★★☆☆ Intriguing

prism, Production Lines’ latest venture into live, interactive online theatre, is very much a curate’s egg. Much of it is interesting and well played, but other parts are less well realised.

Feb 3 2022 | By | Reply More
Through a prism remotely

Through a prism remotely

Online, immersive show from Production Lines

Edinburgh grass roots theatre company Production Lines is to stage prism, a new interactive and immersive play by Claire Wood, running online from Wednesday 2 to Saturday 5 February 2022.

Jan 17 2022 | By | Reply More
Bytesize Theatre

Bytesize Theatre

★★★☆☆ Welcome

The lack of time to plan for live theatre at this year’s Fringe has not deterred the Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group. Bytesize Theatre is a collection of three new plays presented on the online Fringe Player. The three pieces are not all equally impressive, but each has intriguing elements.

Aug 21 2021 | By | Reply More
roulette

roulette

★★★☆☆ Frothy

roulette, Production Lines’ latest foray into online theatre, makes excellent use of technology. If it is unaware of exactly where it is heading, there is considerable enjoyment to be had along the way.

Feb 14 2021 | By | 1 Reply More
shrapnel

shrapnel

★★★☆☆   Timely

There is a timeliness and emotional truth to Shrapnel, Production Lines’s online play by CMFWood, that is enhanced by being presented live.

Nov 20 2020 | By | Reply More
Shrapnel Live & Online

Shrapnel Live & Online

Pandemic show Shrapnel gets Zoom premiere

Edinburgh grassroots theatre company Production Lines is staging C.M.F. Wood’s pandemic play Shrapnel live on Zoom for four performances at the end of November.

Oct 19 2020 | By | Reply More