Archive for March, 2019
Listings: Mon 1 – Sun 7 April 2019
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week:
A relatively quiet week on Edinburgh’s stages this, after last week’s flurry activity, but still plenty to see and you’d be an April Fool to miss what’s on offer.
Iolanthe
★★★☆☆ Concise:
There is a pleasing and playful lightness of tone to the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group’s production of Iolanthe, which is at the Teviot Debating Hall until Saturday.
The Girl on the Train
★★★☆☆ Thrilling:
Whether you know the story or not, The Girl on the Train – at the Kings Theatre until Saturday – will keep you on the edge of your seat right up until the end.
White
★★★★☆ Layered:
Comic, brutal and certainly confrontational, the UK premiere of James Ijames’ White at St Cecelia’s Hall delivers a well-judged prod at the often unguarded underbelly of white liberal self-satisfaction.
Local Hero
★★★☆☆ Charming:
Local Hero, the Lyceum’s co-production with the Old Vic, has the authenticity and drive one would expect considering the source material, but fails to add much that is new.
Listings: Mon 25 – Sun 31 March 2019
On stage this week:
There is a proper plethora of brilliant theatre on in Edinburgh this week, with over 20 productions of various kinds to tickle your tastes.
Disruptive elements
Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller on finding and staging Ijames’ White:
This weekend the EUTC is leaving its Bedlam home for a short break at St Cecelia’s Hall where it is presenting the UK premiere of James IJames’ “truly disruptive” play, White.
David Blaine for Playhouse
First UK tour opens in Edinburgh:
David Blaine, magician, illusionist and stunt artist, is to open his first-ever U.K. and Ireland tour with two nights at the Edinburgh Playhouse in June 2019.
The Wedding Singer
★★★★☆ Hilariously entertaining:
It’s all big hair and eighties music as The Bohemians take us back to 1985 in their annual trip to the King’s with The Wedding Singer, playing until Saturday.
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds
★★★☆☆ Inexact science:
Arkle’s production of Paul Zindel’s The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds at the Hill Street Theatre is an uneven but ultimately fulfilling exploration of angry insecurities and brittle dreams.
