Archive for May, 2022
Imaginate Is Go!
Imaginate Listings
The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival is on this week with a fully live festival, featuring twelve different productions, including two specially commissioned shows from Scottish companies.
The Importance of Being Earnest
★★★☆☆ Perspicacious
The Edinburgh Makars return to the Church Hill theatre with a bounce in their step for three performances of a nicely juicy production of The Importance of Being Earnest.
Jersey Boys Return
Hit musical working its way back to Playhouse
The tour of The Jersey Boys has announced new dates for the Edinburgh Playhouse in January and February 2023, with tickets on sale from 10am today, Friday 6 May 2022.
Red Ellen
★★★☆☆ Diffuse
Red Ellen, at the Lyceum, co-produced with the Nottingham Playhouse and Northern Stage, suffers from many of the faults that affect biographical drama, and is far too long for its own good. Nevertheless, it has an abundance of compassion, and an excellent central performance from Bettrys Jones.
A Murder is Announced
★★★☆☆ Dependable
The queen of crime returns to Edinburgh in Middle Ground Theatre Company’s long-running revival of Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced, which returns to the King’s until Saturday.
Derren Brown: Showman
★★★★★ Personal
Derren Brown is at the Playhouse all week with Showman, his first new show for six years and, without doubt, a different show to the one he might have been planning on staging before Covid.
The Sound of Music
★★★★☆ Melodic
The steeply-raked seats of the Brunton are alive with the Sound of Music this week as Musselburgh Amateur Musicals Association bring the singing Von Trapp family to Musselburgh.
Listings: Mon 2 – Sun 8 May 2022
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week…
A select collection of entertainments for your theatre pleasure this week, with Derren Brown at the Playhouse, the Makers being Earnest at the Churchill and the opening of Red Ellen at the Lyceum.
