Kolbrun Bjort Sigfusdottir

The Beatles Were A Boyband

The Beatles Were A Boyband

★★★★☆ Deeply affecting

The Beatles Were A Boyband, Rachel O’Regan’s Fringe First winning play for F-Bomb Theatre, returns to the Gilded Balloon for a short run this year. Written in the wake of some high profile murders, it sadly still feels relevant a year on.

Aug 22 2023 | By | Reply More
The Hearth

The Hearth

★★★★☆ Moving reflections

In The Hearth from Brite Theater, multi-instrumentalist and storyteller Tom Oakes uses the hearth; that place in the centre of a home where a fire is traditionally lit, to spark a series of moving reflections on life and memory.

Aug 14 2023 | By | Reply More
PPP: Variant

PPP: Variant

★★★★☆ Unsettling

There is a pleasing intransigence to Variant by Peter Arnott, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Oran Mor at the Traverse and Arnott’s fiftieth professionally produced play.

Mar 28 2023 | By | Reply More
Sandcastles

Sandcastles

★★★☆☆ Endearing

Sandcastles, Steve McMahon’s warm and thoughtful new play is brought to life by a charismatic cast, directed by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir, in this Brite Theatre production at the Assembly Rooms.

Aug 19 2022 | By | Reply More
Red Alert – Cancer

Red Alert – Cancer

★★★☆☆ Real life

In Red Alert – Cancer, Allan Wilson tells of his red-headed family’s entanglement with cancer in a performance that feels as close to documentary as it does theatre, at the Zoo Playground to Saturday 13 August.

Aug 8 2022 | By | Reply More
Maryland script-in-hand readings

Maryland script-in-hand readings

Lucy Kirkwood’s ‘howl of a play’ gets Edinburgh performances

Lucy Kirkwood’s Maryland, written in response to the murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, is to get two script-in-hand productions in Edinburgh, at Southside Community Centre this Sat 20 Nov 2021 and at the Traverse the following week.

Nov 16 2021 | By | Reply More
(Can This Be) Home

(Can This Be) Home

★★★☆☆    Uneasy construction:

(Can This Be) Home, Brite Theater’s production at the Storytelling Centre, is an emotive piece, stating important truths but not always cohering.

Aug 18 2019 | By | Reply More
Theatre Uncut goes Traverse

Theatre Uncut goes Traverse

Power Plays for Traverse & Tron:

Theatre Uncut’s 2018 free-to-perform scripts, the Power Plays, are to get script-in-hand performances at the Traverse theatre next week, on Thursday 7 June 2018 from the Braw Fox theatre company.

May 31 2018 | By | Reply More
Getting into Formation

Getting into Formation

Annexe Arts’ festival for Assembly Roxy:

The new Formation Festival is taking place at the Assembly Roxy from Saturday 3 February 2018, with theatre performances from Annexe Repertory Theatre and a selection of Edinburgh grassroots companies.

Feb 2 2018 | By | 1 Reply More
Annexe Arts Launched

Annexe Arts Launched

New city centre youth arts hub:

Black Dingo Productions has launched a new theatre-based arts hub for young people in the Annexe venue next to The Vault on Merchant Street, under George IV Bridge.

Oct 6 2017 | By | 1 Reply More