Archive for February, 2024
Guys and Dolls
★★★★☆ Exuberant
Visually and aurally impressive, Edinburgh University Footlights’ production of Guys and Dolls at the Pleasance is buoyant and extremely enjoyable.
Listings Mon 12 – Sun 18 Feb 2024
What is on Edinburgh’s stages this week…
There’s a full card of productions on this half term week, with nearly all of Edinburgh’s major stages in use at some point or other and a quite eclectic mix of productions to choose from.
Ragnarok
★★★★☆ Dark
Tortoise in a Nutshell has brought all its considerable prowess in live animation to the stage with Ragnarok, a dark and foreboding take on an ancient Norse myth, foretelling the end of our world.
Everybody’s talking about… FCT
Forth Children’s Theatre announce 43rd EdFringe show
Forth Children’s Theatre has put out an open call for the teen edition of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at EdFringe 2024, which it will stage Friday 2 to Saturday 10 August at Broughton High School.
Invitation to Horror
Edinburgh Horror Festival 2024 submissions open
Organisers of the Edinburgh Horror Festival 2024, taking place over Halloween at the Banshee Labyrinth pub on Niddry Street, have put out an open call for submissions to this year’s event.
Many Good Men
★★★★☆ Troubling
Many Good Men, from Civic Digits, Stellar Quines and Stories Untold at Heart of Midlothian’s Tynecastle Stadium, is an urgent and timely production, hard-hitting yet sympathetic.
Jesus Christ Superstar
★★★★☆ Rock-tastic
It’s back to basics for the Regents Park Open Air Theatre’s Jesus Christ Superstar, at the Playhouse to Saturday, in a production that soars and roars in all the right places.
Listings Mon 5 – Sun 11 Feb 2024
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week…
There’s plenty to see on Edinburgh’s stages this week, with EUSC staging The Taming of the Shrew (tickets) weekday nights and the Lyceum opening Two Sisters (tickets) for previews on Saturday.
The Taming of the Shrew
★★★★☆ Lively
Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company’s production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Pleasance is a witty and intelligent take on an endlessly troubling play.
Envahisseurs (Invaders)
★★★★★ Jelly crime
It’s the little things which count in Compagnie Bakélite’s intense table-top object theatre, Envahisseurs (Invaders), at the Traverse as part of the Manipulate Festival 2024 for two performances only.
