pantomime
Cinderella
★★★★☆ A ball
Pared-down panto doesn’t mean squeezed entertainment as the Brunton Theatre’s annual family fun fest is staged at Loretto School this month.
Cinderella
★★★★☆ Heartwarming
Edinburgh People’s Theatre have been doing pantomimes for so many years that they would be forgiven for coasting, However, Cinderella at the Church Hill – despite some awkwardness in the script – is effervescent, joyful, and appealing to all ages.
Listings Mon 11 – Sun 17 December 2023
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
Almost Christmas week and there’s plenty on offer for everyone, from a wee one-off Scratch night from a new local grassroots collective, to the big opening of a major new musical tour.
Listings: Mon 4 – Sun 10 December 2023
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
Good question! Glad you asked – the answer is much and various as the full range of Christmas shows opens, while there are a handful of most excellent local amateur shows to look out for.
Monty Panto and the 12(ish) Labours
★★★☆☆ Light-hearted fun
In Monty Panto and the 12(ish) Labours at the Bedlam, mixed messages purposefully run riot. While it is neither quite a panto nor yet a full tribute to Monty Python, it provides solid entertainment from beginning to end.
Hansel and Gretel
★★★☆☆ Refreshing
What larks are to be had up at the Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre this week, where the St Serf’s Players are staging Norman Robbins’s pantomime adaptation of Hansel and Gretel.
The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan
★★★★☆ Highflying
The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan turns out to be about 98% pantomime and 2% Peter Pan, but is tremendous fun nevertheless.
Listings Mon 27 Nov – Sun 3 Dec 2023
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
Well here we are, well and truly stuck into prime Panto season, with nothing but The Prime of Miss Jean Brody at the Church Hill Theatre (Wed – Sat, tickets) to keep us focussed.
Cinderella open call
Paid opportunity at Porty Panto…
Cinderella, the new professional pantomime at Portobello Town Hall from Stage Door Entertainment, has put out an open call for the show’s principals.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
★★★★☆ Reassuringly funny
The ‘King’s pantomime’ may have moved across to the Festival Theatre this year, but little else has changed in this year’s offering of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
