Andy Corelli

Brunton Steamie

Brunton Steamie

Quirky Pond stir Corelli:
It takes a lot to shake Andy Corelli. He’s the kind of theatre director who likes to shake it up himself, finding the unusual in a story, the unexpected in a play and capturing that in a production.

Mar 27 2015 | By | Reply More
Peapod Prods go on the Moonlit Road

Peapod Prods go on the Moonlit Road

Edinburgh-based shoestring company Peapod Productions will take to the road this autumn with a spooky production based on the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, M.R. James, Bram Stoker and, crucially, Ambrose Bierce.

Jul 15 2014 | By | Reply More
Review – 1933: Eine Nacht Im Kabarett

Review – 1933: Eine Nacht Im Kabarett

✭✭✩✩✩ Musically sound
Dress up, take part and join in at Anke’s, the Berlin night-club created in Summerhall, for this politically-charged production set on 30 January 1933, the night Hitler became Chancellor of Germany.

Jan 26 2014 | By | Reply More
Peapod Prods. Pop Out Again

Peapod Prods. Pop Out Again

Passing Through on road for fourth time:

Passing Through, Alistair Rutherford’s immersive rom-com for Peapod Productions sets out on tour again this week, starting at the Scottish Storytelling Centre tonight (Thursday).

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Review – Too Long the Heart

Review – Too Long the Heart

Ireland’s troubled past crackles through David Hutchison’s new play for Siege Perilous, at the Leith Malmaison until Tuesday, even though it is to the future that it points.

Feb 24 2013 | By | Reply More
Too Long the Heart on Malmaison Menu

Too Long the Heart on Malmaison Menu

If the troubles in Northern Ireland provide the backdrop to David Hutchison’s Too Long the Heart, which receives its world premier tonight at Malmaison in Leith, there is still plenty of comedy.

Feb 21 2013 | By | Reply More
Passing Through returns

Passing Through returns

Passing Through, the immersive rom-com from Peapod Productions, is to get a new lease of life with dates in July and October, followed by a new tour in 2013.

Jun 26 2012 | By | Reply More
Review – One Elliot Park

Review – One Elliot Park

* * * Malmaison Review by Thom Dibdin Siege Perilous return to their pop-up home at the Malmaison hotel in Leith with an exciting – and sometime exacting – new psychological whodunit. Lindsay Miller’s dark, twisting script entices her audience into an increasingly grotesque labyrinth of tensions. Her heroine is the fragile, waif-like Chloe, left as […]

Jun 17 2012 | By | 1 Reply More
Review – Standing Stanes

Review – Standing Stanes

* * * * Review by Thom Dibdin Piling the improbable on top of the possible, Siege Perilous has created a delightfully retro eighties comedy for the inaugural play in its new home at Leith Malmaison. Robert Ballantine’s Dundee-set Standing Stanes is the fantastical little tale of unemployed Craig Hunter who has a vision to […]

May 4 2012 | By | Reply More
Review – Passing Through

Review – Passing Through

★★★☆☆

Pouring cold water over the exploits of an actor is not unheard of for a theatre critic. Pouring cold water over the lead actress by personal request – proper cold water in a watering can – is another matter entirely.

Feb 13 2012 | By | 1 Reply More