Archive for April, 2023
Warehouse Macbeth for Edinburgh
January 2024 dates for site-specific production
Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma are to star in a new production of Macbeth, touring to an as yet unnamed warehouse location in Edinburgh this coming January, 2024.
The Mousetrap
★★★☆☆ Dependably twisting
It’s a case of new decade – same old dependability for this touring version of the long-running West End production of The Mousetrap, which has a slightly larger feel to it than when it last celebrated a decade in town.
The Shawshank Redemption
★★★☆☆ Faithful retelling
The Shawshank Redemption at the Festival Theatre provides a dependable evening of cogent storytelling.
EIF Launches 2023 edition
First Benedetti festival asks “Where do we go from here?”
The Edinburgh International Festival has launched its 2023 programme under the title of Where Do We Go From Here? inspired by Martin Luther King Jr’s last book.
Alter Ego
★★★☆☆ Humorous
Alter Ego by Tom Casling, from Saughtonhall Drama Group at Saughtonhall United Reformed Church, is a comedy with poignant moments, performed with diligence and wit.
Pressure
★★★★☆ Energetic and intense
David Haig’s Pressure, focusing on two British obsessions: the weather and World War Two, had its world première at the Lyceum in 2014 and is now revived by Arkle at the Hill Street Theatre until Saturday.
Meteor Shower
★★★☆☆ Strong performances
Nothing is quite what it appears to be, in Steve Martin’s fractured marital comedy, Meteor Shower, being staged at St Ninian’s Hall by Edinburgh Theatre Arts until Saturday.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
★★★★★ Breathtaking
Anyone with even a passing interest in fantasy should certainly go and see The Ocean at the End of the Lane at the Festival Theatre. As should anyone who has ever suffered loss, ever been a child, or who wants to see a theatrical production whose storytelling drive is matched by its extraordinary visual power.
Fringe names new hub
Infirmary Street venue preferred for Community Hub
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has named the South Bridge Resource Centre on Infirmary Street as its preferred site for a new Community Hub, using the £7 million allocated to it in the UK Government’s spring budget.
Sean and Daro Flake It ‘til They Make It
★★★★☆ Cone-tastic comedy
Sean and Daro Flake It ‘til They Make It, Laurie Motherwell’s new cone-tastic comedy at the Traverse until Sunday 23 April, is the theatre’s first in-house production in its 60th Anniversary year.
