Archive for May, 2014
Blackout
✭✭✭✭✩ Devastating accuracy
The set is stark and simple for the opening of Blackout, a play from New Room Theatre showing at the Assembly Roxy until Saturday, writes Susan Lowes.
Dick Barton – Special Agent
✭✭✭✭✩ Spiffing entertainment
Knowingly amusing and reassuringly filthy, Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s Dick Barton – Special Agent provides a breathlessly diverting evening at the Church Hill Theatre to Saturday.
Special Agent in EPT’s sights
A hugely popular radio series from the era of the BBC Light Programme is resurrected at the Church Hill Theatre this week, as Edinburgh People’s Theatre bring Dick Barton, Special Agent to the stage.
Lupus charity brings Les Mis star Home
Les Mis star Jeff Leyton is to return home to appear in a fund-raising concert, The Butterfly and the Wolf 2, at Greyfriars Kirk this Sunday, June 1.
MONEY the Game Show
✭✭✭✩✩ Serious fun
An extremely clever idea lies behind MONEY the Game Show, Clare Duffy’s play which originated with the Platform 18: New Directions Award and now returns to the Traverse for a two night run.
It Runs in the Family
“✭✭✭✭✩ Perfect timing”
Skittering along as sharply as a junior doctor on his way to an assignation in the Nurse’s station, St Serf’s cheeky version of Ray Cooney’s hospital farce It Runs in the Family is a real blast.
A Slow Air
“✭✭✭✭✩ Riveting intimacy”
Two exceptional performances make Borderline’s A Slow Air a production that demands to be seen.
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
★★★☆☆ Pumping:
Gleefully raw and pumping gore, In Your Face Theatre’s immersive production of Martin McDonagh’s bloodbath-thriller, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, lives right up to the company’s name.
Scottish Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
★★★★★ Entrancing drama
The current run of the Scottish Ballet’s revival of Krzysztof Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet may be coming to an end, but it certainly isn’t the end of the line for this timeless classic.
Rock of Ages
★★★☆☆ Believe the Noize:
Big hair, big licks and a big ending provide a return to the world of late eighties codpiece rock, as Rock of Ages sticks a pair of socks down its tight leather trousers and struts into the Playhouse.
