Archive for June, 2014
The Addams Family
✭✭✭✭✩ Addams fine show
They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, and they’re altogether on stage at the King’s Theatre.
Magic and Variety Gala Show
✭✭✭✭✩ Magic and Music Hall
Sleight-of-hand, stagecraft and comedy combined to make an entertaining gala opening to this year’s Edinburgh International Magic Festival.
Scottish Premiere for Addams Family
The MGA Academy of Performing Arts are bringing the Scottish premiere of The Addams Family to Edinburgh for three performances only this weekend.
Rockstar president Leslie Benzies buys St Stephen’s
Leslie Benzies, president of Rockstar North the company behind the internationally successful computer game Grand Theft Auto, has been confirmed as the purchaser of the St Stephen’s Centre in Stockbridge.
Barrowman for Playhouse in 2015
John Barrowman is to perform at the Edinburgh Playhouse in June 2015 as part of a 16 date UK tour in support of his You Raise Me Up CD.
Double Date for VPT
Village Fete and 5 Minute Theatre at the Village
The Village Pub Theatre is to host two nights of all-new short-form theatre at its home in the Village Pub on Fort Street Leith.
AllEdinburghTheatre.com goes live
Welcome to the new version of All Edinburgh Theatre
The original site for All Edinburgh Theatre at www.thomdibdin.co.uk has now shut down and all traffic redirected to https://www.alledinburghtheatre.com.
Thief
✭✭✭✭✩ Hello Sailor
Following its award-winning debut at the Brighton Festival in May, one man show Thief makes its wayward progress towards this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Annie Get Your Gun
✭✭✭✩✩ Crack-shot Annie
Annie Oakley, one of America’s first superstars, demonstrates at the Playhouse all this week that Anything You Can Do, she can do better.
All Creatures Great and Small
✭✭✭✭✩ Wise and wonderful
The dales are alive with the sound of animals. We don’t see ’em on the stage of the King’s Theatre, though. Maybe that’s down to the old ‘never work with children or animals’ edict, or health and safety rules.
