Archive for May, 2014
St Andrew Square to be fringe venue
St Andrew Square will be used as an official part of the Fringe for the first time this August, as Salt ‘n’ Sauce promotions puts three venues into the area as part of the Assembly Rooms Fringe.
The funny men get tragic. And funny.
Innovative Edinburgh-based theatre company Plutot la Vie go out on tour this week, with the English Language premiere of La Tragedie Comique.
Lyceum season 2014-15 launched
The Royal Lyceum’s 2014/15 season has been announced, with a pair of world premieres bookending a programme otherwise packed with classic theatre.
Me and My Girl
★★★★☆”Go there, stay there!”:
Encore, the East Lothian-based amateur theatre company, certainly deserve their applause as they take the musical journey from Lambeth Walk to Hampshire in a bright My and My Girl.
Takin’ Over The Asylum
✭✭✭✭✩ Loonies in tune
Blurring the boundaries between stage and audience in the most suitable of ways, Leitheatre’s fine production of Takin’ Over the Asylum seeps out into the auditorium of the Festival Theatre Studio.
August: Osage County
★★★☆☆ Brave attempt
Some excellent performances and high production values give The Grads’ production of August: Osage County interest and a degree of merit, but overall it can only be seen as a qualified success.
Edinburgh Am Dram Rising
Fans of Edinburgh’s amateur theatre and musical scene are having a thrillingly diverse week of it, with three productions opening tonight and tomorrow: August: Osage County, Me and My Girl, and Takin’ Over the Asylum.
Return of the goat
The Summerhall arts complex has announced its first major performance commission. Song of the Goat will return for this year’s fringe with Return to the Voice, performed off-site in St Giles Cathedral.
FCTT appoints new board members
The Festival City Theatres Trust has appointed two new members to its board.
Pressure
★★★★☆ Atmospheric Pressure:
Involving, emotional and well-crafted, David Haig’s new play about the background to D-Day provides a successful finale to the current Lyceum season.
