Tour
The Last Witch
★★★★☆ Hard as rock:
There is a visceral compulsion to Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Firebrand’s The Last Witch at the Traverse. While apparently telling of a disappeared world, its evocations of fears, suspicions and power imbalances are worryingly contemporary.
Hair for Playhouse
June date for cult sixties musical:
Cult sixties musical Hair is set to tour the UK next year, playing the Edinburgh Playhouse in June 2019.
Corelli’s Mandolin for King’s
Rona Munro to adapt de Bernier novel:
A new adaptation of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, based on the novel by Louis de Bernière, is to tour to the Edinburgh King’s in June 2019.
Still Alice
★★★☆☆ Poignant:
The portrayal of early-onset Alzheimer’s in Still Alice, touring to the King’s all week, will certainly resonate with many, thanks largely to Sharon Small’s magnetic central performance.
Anita and Craig take on Annie
Double dose of Hannigan for Annie Tour:
The recent West End production of Annie has announced a UK tour in 2019, playing the Edinburgh Playhouse in October and including both Anita Dobson and Craig Revel Horwood in the role of Miss Hannigan at different venues.
Spamalot
★★★★☆ Hilarious:
The Mercury Theatre, Colchester’s touring version of Monty Python’s Spamalot for Selladoor Productions is consistently funny and may just be the best version of the show to have come to Edinburgh.
Calamity Jane
✭✭✭✭✩ Whip cracks along
There ain’t no dead wood on the Playhouse stage this week as a sparkling Calamity Jane staring Jodie Prenger lights into town at the start of its long tour around the UK.
Barrowman for Playhouse in 2015
John Barrowman is to perform at the Edinburgh Playhouse in June 2015 as part of a 16 date UK tour in support of his You Raise Me Up CD.
Susan Boyle July date at Festival Theatre
Susan Boyle is to return to Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre on her first ever live tour in July. The Blackburn-born winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2009 will play two dates at the theatre on Friday 12 and Saturday 13.
