Archive for September, 2022

The People Woke Up

The People Woke Up

Chilling verbatim theatre

The People Woke Up finds ice&fire theatre company using contemporary verbatim accounts to focus its long-running Actors for Human Rights project on the 2020 election crisis in Belarus and its fallout.

Sep 30 2022 | By | Reply More
549 Scots of the Spanish Civil War

549 Scots of the Spanish Civil War

★★★★☆ Rousing

Wonder Fools theatre company return to its 2019 hit, 549 Scots of the Spanish Civil War, in a re-written, updated and expanded version which hits its mark with much greater accuracy.

Sep 29 2022 | By | Reply More
PPP: Break My Windows

PPP: Break My Windows

★★★☆☆ Vigorous

Having your heart in the right place does not always lead to compelling drama. The political messages in Break My Windows, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Oran Mor at the Traverse, may be muddled, but there is a lively comic capability on display.

Sep 27 2022 | By | Reply More
Æ writer wins EdFringe award

Æ writer wins EdFringe award

Suzanne O’Brien wins Fringe Society’s Young Writers Award 2022

Congratulations to Suzanne O’Brien who has won the Fringe Society’s Young Writers Award for her contributions to All Edinburgh Theatre as part of our reviewing team at #EdFringe 2022.

Sep 27 2022 | By | Reply More
Lyceum 2023 Spring Season

Lyceum 2023 Spring Season

Lyceum announces four-strong spring Season

The Lyceum has announced a Spring season 2023 of four female-led productions with shows written or adapted by Zinnie Harris, Ahlam, Isobel McArthur and Lesley Hart.

Sep 27 2022 | By | Reply More
As If We Never Said Goodbye…

As If We Never Said Goodbye…

★★★★☆ Celebratory

Showcase, the annual portmanteau production of showtunes and classics in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, returns to the Church Hill Theatre in fine fettle after its enforced three year hiatus.

Sep 23 2022 | By | Reply More
The Osmonds: A New Musical

The Osmonds: A New Musical

★★★★☆ I hear music

They were whipping out their Osmond fan club scarfs in the front row of the Festival Theatre on opening night of The Osmonds: A New Musical. It’s that sort of show.

Sep 21 2022 | By | Reply More
PPP: Sally

PPP: Sally

★★★★☆ Worryingly funny

The uneasy relationship between politics and theatre is laid comically bare in James Ley’s Sally, the first in the new run of A Play, A Pie & A Pint from Oran Mor at the Traverse.

Sep 20 2022 | By | Reply More
EMT go 9 to 5

EMT go 9 to 5

Open call for Edinburgh Music Theatre’s Spring Show

Edinburgh Music Theatre has announced details of the welcome meeting and audition dates for its Spring production of 9 to 5: The Musical, playing the Church Hill Theatre April 4 – 8 2023.

Sep 20 2022 | By | Reply More
The Herd

The Herd

★★★☆☆  Ruminating

There is plenty to chew over in Threepenny Theatricals studied production of The Herd, by Rory Kinnear, at the Church Hill Theatre until Saturday.

Sep 16 2022 | By | Reply More