Rae Lamond

The Curious Case of Osgood Mackenzie

The Curious Case of Osgood Mackenzie

★★★☆☆ Unusual staging

The Curious Case of Osgood Mackenzie, from Arkle at the Royal Scots Club, is a well researched slice of Scottish history, presented in a way that has genuine novelty.

Aug 17 2023 | By | Reply More
The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

★★★☆☆ Magnificent hokum

The Lady Vanishes provides for an entertaining evening up at the Church Hill Theatre, where the Threepenny Theatricals draw on 1930s English sensibilities for this train-set period thriller.

May 12 2023 | By | Reply More
Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

★★★★☆ Spring in the step:

Dark and bruising in many parts, TBC Productions has created a properly adult production of alt rock musical Spring Awakening, which is at the Festival Studio to Saturday.

Jun 29 2018 | By | Reply More
The Sorcerer

The Sorcerer

★★★★☆   What larks:
For careful execution and straightforward fun, it is difficult to imagine many recent productions of Gilbert and Sullivan have beaten Cat-Like Tread’s The Sorcerer at Paradise in Augustines.

Aug 23 2017 | By | Reply More
H.M.S. Pinafore

H.M.S. Pinafore

★★★☆☆ Shipshape:
There is a straightforward likeability to Cat Like Tread’s H.M.S. Pinafore that helps it to overcome some less confident moments.

Aug 28 2015 | By | 1 Reply More
Anthems – Broadway Showstoppers

Anthems – Broadway Showstoppers

★★★★☆ Toe-tapping tunes:
Broadway melodies have broad appeal as one of Edinburgh’s best-known amateur groups struts its stuff.

Aug 13 2015 | By | Reply More
Princess Ida – Review

Princess Ida – Review

★★★★☆ Grace and frivolity:

Uplifting grace and outmoded comedy combine in equal measures for the Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society’s new production of Princess Ida which plays at the King’s all week.

Apr 5 2014 | By | Reply More