Archive for December, 2013
What to see: Edinburgh’s holiday theatre
As the days of Christmas pass, Edinburgh’s theatres provide many opportunities to follow the traditional and the familiar.
Wordly Wise – wrapped-up regulars
Wending his way year end-wards, resident poet J. A. Sutherland is already looking to the next – and the regular spoken word spots worth marking in your diary. But first, here’s glory.
Edinburgh’s Christmas: Little Red perfs cancelled 24 Dec
Edinburgh’s Christmas has decided to cancel both performances of Little Red Riding Hood in the St Andrew Square Paradiso Spiegel Tent on Tuesday, 24 December, due to the expected weather conditions.
Review – The Edibles
✭✭✭✭✭ Perfectly pitched
Care and attention to details make Grinagog Theatre’s magnificent little production something very special as it flits into the Scottish Storytelling Centre for just four shows in two days.
Review – Little Red Riding Hood
Magic and fairy tale collide in this musical adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood, set in the land of twice-upon-a-time and showing at the St Andrew Square Spiegeltent as part of Edinburgh’s Christmas, until January 5.
Review – The Sleeping Beauty
✭✭✭✩✩ Beautifully traditional
Cheerful, traditional and heart-warming, Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s production of The Sleeping Beauty is a pantomime with the broadest possible appeal.
FCTT board needs new blood
The Board of the Festival City Theatres Trust has announced that it is looking to appoint two new directors in early 2014.
Review – Trainspotting
✭✭✭✩✩ Hardcore theatre-making:
Wild and unruly, In Your Face Theatre’s production of Trainspotting makes interesting use of the open space of the Out of the Blue Drill Hall for its immersive, promenade format.
Review – Pianomime
Frothy but lacking any real drive, Pianomime is a diverting but ultimately unsatisfactory hour at Summerhall.
Sleeping Beauty returns after 28 years…
When Beauty takes to the stage in the Edinburgh People’s Theatre production of The Sleeping Beauty at the end of this week, it will be in the role in which she made her panto debut aged just nine months.