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Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

★★★★☆ Tight

Mischief Theatre go back to basics in their adaptation for the stage of the 2017 smash hit TV show, Christmas Carol Goes Wrong at the Festival Theatre to Sunday. And their greatest creation, the Cornley Drama Society, are all the better for it.

Thom Dibdin on Feb 13 2026

The Seagull

★★★☆☆ Well crafted

The Seagull, from EUTC at the Bedlam until Sunday, is a fastidious, even reverential production that largely succeeds but does sometimes struggle to find its own identity.

Hugh Simpson on Feb 12 2026

Kiss Me, Kate

★★★★☆ Chef’s kiss

Kiss Me, Kate, from the Edinburgh University Footlights, is a strikingly ambitious production. Not every element succeeds equally, but some aspects are excellent, and all of it entertains.

Ruth Bennett on Feb 11 2026

Romeo and Juliet

★★★☆☆ Expansive

Romeo and Juliet, from the Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company at the Pleasance, is a production on a grand scale. There is much about it that is praiseworthy, but in the end its ambition does prove a disadvantage.

Hugh Simpson on Feb 10 2026

Auntie Empire

★★★☆☆ Splenetic

Auntie Empire, at Summerhall for two nights as part of Manipulate, is a thoroughly dark piece of satirical clowning. It is deliberately messy and unfocused, but perhaps that lack of focus is ultimately a disadvantage.

Hugh Simpson on Feb 10 2026

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