Archive for May, 2023
Who Killed My Father
★★★★☆ Compelling
Who Killed My Father at the Traverse mixes the personal and the political thoroughly successfully.
EdFringe 2023 Call Out
Calling all Edinburgh-based theatre makers performing at this year’s fringe
As the latest round of EdFringe tickets is announced, it is time for All Edinburgh Theatre to step up to the mark again, and attempt to compile a full listing of all theatre shows “Made in Edinburgh”.
Strictly Ballroom: The Musical
★★★★☆ Ballroom bliss
Strictly Come Dancing comes full circle at the Edinburgh Playhouse this week as ‘Kevin from Grimsby’ stars in Strictly Ballroom: The Musical.
StagEHd Fest Details
Full programme for 2023 edition revealed
StageEHd the open-access, free-to-attend festival of theatre is to return to the Ross Bandstand on the weekend of Saturday 10/Sunday 11 June 2023 with a dozen pieces from Edinburgh’s independent, grassroots and community theatre companies.
Al Fresco Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Forth Act to stage Shakespeare’s Dream in Saughton Park
This midsummer, new Edinburgh grass-roots theatre company, The Forth Act, is set to perform Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the open air arena of the Italian Garden in Saughton Park.
Howden Park faces closure
Protest as “underused” West Lothian venue under threat
The Howden Park Centre in Livingston could be fully closed as early as 31 August 2023, if a report from West Lothian Leisure is agreed by the West Lothian Council at its meeting on Tuesday, 9 May 2023.
The Taming of the Shrew
★★★☆☆ Suspiciously old-fashioned
The Edinburgh Makars’ production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, at the Church Hill until Friday, is an apparently traditional version of the play which may well be more quietly subversive than many modern revisions.
Teviot Row House revamp
Iconic Fringe venue to go dark for 18 months
Teviot Row House, the Edinburgh University student union on Bristo square which is run by Gilded Balloon during the Fringe, is planned to go dark for 18 months from late October 23 until Spring 2025.
Whiteboard
★★★☆☆ Engaging
Whiteboard, from Anonymous Badger Creative upstairs at the Assembly Roxy for one night only, is an intriguing and graceful exploration of teenage life.
