Theatre

Jekyll & Hyde

Jekyll & Hyde

★★★★☆ Atmospheric

The Lyceum’s presentation of the Reading Rep Theatre production of Jekyll and Hyde features an ingenious adaptation by Gary McNair and a powerful performance by Forbes Masson.

Jan 17 2024 | By | Reply More
Cinderella

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.

Dec 28 2023 | By | Reply More
Cinderella

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.

Dec 20 2023 | By | Reply More
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

★★★★☆ Thoughtful

That most evergreen of Christmas stories – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – is given a faithful, tuneful and carefully contemporary spin by Forth Act at Saint Salvador’s in Stenhouse.

Dec 16 2023 | By | Reply More
Alice in Pantoland

Alice in Pantoland

★★★★☆ Wonderful fun

Alice in Pantoland, from Balerno Theatre Company at the Church Hill, is a traditional pantomime experience crammed full of delights.

Dec 8 2023 | By | Reply More
Mark Thomas in England & Son

Mark Thomas in England & Son

★★★★☆ Ferocious

Mark Thomas’s performance in England & Son, allied to an unflinching piece of writing, has a rare intensity. The Fringe First winner is now on tour to the Traverse until Saturday.

Dec 6 2023 | By | Reply More
Monty Panto and the 12(ish) Labours

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.

Dec 5 2023 | By | Reply More
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

★★★★☆ Powerful

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, from Leitheatre at the Church Hill, is a complex piece of pitch-black satire discharged with skill.

Nov 30 2023 | By | Reply More
Hansel and Gretel

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.

Nov 30 2023 | By | Reply More
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

★★★★☆ Splendidly seasonal

Guy Masterson’s A Christmas Carol is a splendidly seasonal production of Charles Dickens’ classic tale of greed and redemption in a world of extremes of wealth and poverty, playing at the Roxy until Friday.

Nov 28 2023 | By | Reply More