Archive for November, 2019
Listings Mon 4 – Sun 10 Nov 2019
On Edinburgh’s Stages this week…
It’s a big week on Edinburgh’s stages with a trio of high-profile tours opening on Tuesday and the last week of the NT’s hit Barber Shop Chronicles at the Lyceum.
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert – The Musical
★★★☆☆ Shimmering:
There is enough flash and dazzling costume changes in Priscilla Queen Of The Desert to convince all but the most curmudgeonly.
Mary Queen of Scots got her Head Chopped Off
★★★★☆ Clear bright corbie:
The EUTC bring a strong understanding and sense of purpose to this production of Liz Lochhead’s great 1987 play Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off, at the Bedlam to Saturday.
The Exorcist
★★☆☆☆ Unholy error:
If the Devil truly is in the details then the Devil is sadly absent from this curiously flat adaptation of The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty’s classic novel of demonic possession at the King’s to Saturday.
Cabaret
★★★★☆ Have a Kit Kat (Klub):
Emotional truth and powerful staging make Bill Kenwright Productions’ touring version of Cabaret at the Festival Theatre to Saturday nigh unmissable.
SB’s Swan Lake for Festival
Scottish Ballet launches 2020/21 season:
Scottish Ballet is to open all three of its major tours during its 51st season from Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre, starting with David Dawson’s production of Swan Lake, opening in April 2020.
Passing Through for NY
Peapod Prods hits the Big Apple:
Edinburgh based grassroots company Peapod Productions is taking its romantic comedy Passing Through to the Chain Theatre in New York for two performances this week.
