Archive for October, 2013
Wicked flies into Edinburgh for Xmas 2014
It’s going to be a wicked festive season in Edinburgh next year, as Wicked, the musical is announced for an eight week run at the Edinburgh Playhouse.
Review – To Sir, With Love
★★★★☆ High marks for humanity
Providing everything that a high-profile touring theatrical production should, To Sir With Love has high production values, top-quality acting and several crowd-pleasing features.
Globophobia to open new Edinburgh theatre space
Edinburgh’s newest theatre space, the 35-seat “Theatre With No Name” is to open next week on Thursday 7 November with a welcome return of fringe hit Globophobia.
VPT’s Spooky Shorts return
Halloween sees the return of Village Pub Theatre’s Spooky Shorts, when a half dozen all-round disturbing and thrillsome new plays will be performed script-in-hand down at the Village Pub in Leith.
Review – The Sorcerer
★★★☆☆ Slight of hand:
Fun and frothy, there is little to deconstruct in Edinburgh G&S Society’s entertaining and distinctly slight production of The Sorcerer, which is at the Church Hill theatre to Saturday.
Theatre at Previously… history fest
History is no longer “bunk”, thanks to the fantastically inventive festival Previously… running 13 – 30 November, created and championed in Edinburgh by Susan Morrison.
Serial killer play Burke is back
Serial killer play Burke, by Edinburgh playwright Caroline Dunford, is to return for one night only as part of Close Fest, performed in Mary King’s Close under the Royal Mile.
Edinburgh date for Theatre Uncut
Six new short plays by the likes of Kieran Hurley, AJ Taudevin and Tim Price will be performed on November 15 at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh offering for Theatre Uncut.
Review – Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters)
✭✭✭✩✩ Slow burner
Strong and intelligent, but sometimes frustrating, the EUTC’s world premier adaptation of the Pakistani film Silent Water at the Bedlam theatre is thought-provoking eye-opener.
The Lion King
★★★★☆ Simply spectacular:
A thunderous spectacle of live theatre, The Lion King sweeps out from the Playhouse stage, drawing the audience into its world.
