Archive for February, 2014
Tonight’s The Night – Review
✭✭✭✩✩ Ooh La La
It’s fast and furious fun, featuring one hit after another for the Rod Stewart jukebox musical, Tonight’s the Night, which is at the Playhouse to Saturday.
Private Lives – Review
✭✭✭✩✩ Comic pleasure
Comic and crowd-pleasing, the Lyceum’s production of Noel Coward’s Private Lives provides fine entertainment.
Dial M For Murder – Review
✭✭✭✭✩ Hitchcock without a Hitch
A fascinating mix of naturalism and the dreamlike give this this touring production of the original play behind Hitchcock’s 1954 movie an added edge as it arrives at the King’s.
Post-Valentine erotica for VPT
The thrill of erotica in many and varied styles and outfits is to be the theme for this week’s Village Pub Theatre, with details revealed here on Æ for the first time.
Summerhall back in the saddle – feature
Horses returned to Summerhall, the one-time Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, with the arrival of Les Amis d’Onno’s Vintage Cabaret over the weekend of February 15.
Sweeney cutting it fine
The A-Team production of Sweeney Todd, scheduled for a week long run at the St Brides Centre in Dalry from Monday 17 Feb, has had its opening night postponed to Tuesday.
Going Underground
You would be hard put to find as inventive a setting as the one being used this week by fledgling Edinburgh company, Underground Productions, using Gilmerton Coves to stage their first production.
My Name is Saoirse opens tonight
Edinburgh’s smallest theatre opens for 2014 business tonight (Thursday) with a new one-hander from Traverse 50 playwright Eva O’Connor.
In The Heights
✭✭✭✭✩ Dynamic musical premiere:
Energetic, high-tempo and thrilling, the Edinburgh University Footlights’ Scottish premiere of In The Heights is a real treat.
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story – review
✭✭✭✩✩ Happy Holly days
Still pulling in the crowds after 25 years on the road, The Buddy Holly Story is still pretty buddy entertaining for 20 big reasons – and a few more besides.
