Archive for February, 2018
Steel Magnolias
★★★☆☆ Emotionally charged:
There’s strong wit and a spark of real anger to Blackout Productions’ take on Steel Magnolias at the Magnusson Centre in the Edinburgh Academy to Saturday.
Showtime from the Frontline
★★★★★ Popular and political:
What happens when a comedian runs a comedy club in one of the most violently repressed areas of the world? Showtime from the Frontline sounds like it should be a recipe for disaster.
The Match Box
★★★☆☆ Slow burn:
Matches are resolutely old-school and capable of being taken for granted, but are just as capable of flaring into life as they always were. Which is pretty much the case with Firebrand’s The Match Box, at the Traverse until Saturday.
In The Heights
★★★☆☆ Fiery:
The tuneful commitment of the young performers in A-Team’s production of In The Heights means that problems of a less than ideal staging are soon forgotten.
New Chair for Creative Scotland
Jupiter Artland founder to chair top arts quango:
Robert Wilson, the co-founder of Jupiter Artland and chair of Nelsons natural healthcare company, has been appointed chair of the Creative Scotland Board.
Strictly Professionals for Playhouse
Edinburgh date for Strictly’s professionals tour:
Strictly Come Dancing – The Professionals is to tour in May 2019, including a three performance stopover at the Edinburgh Playhouse.
King’s Cinders nommed in panto awards
Cinderella gets two nods in panto awards:
Cinderella, the 2017/18 Edinburgh King’s pantomime, has received two nominations in the Great British Pantomime Awards – for its script and its baddie.
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
★★★☆☆ Eager:
A chair. A table. An envelope with a script inside, waiting for an unprepared actor. Since its premiere in 2011, White Rabbit Red Rabbit has taken the theatre world by storm.
Typecast casting call
Auditions for EdFringe As You Like It adaptation:
New Edinburgh company Typecast Productions has put out an open casting call for its EdFringe 2018 production of Ganymede, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It.
Stretching out
Revival for physical theatre hit:
At A Stretch, the EdFringe 2017 hit from Edinburgh-based visual theatre company Jordan & Skinner, is being revived for a mini tour, kicking off with a one-day stand at the Assembly Roxy over half term.
