Archive for April, 2024
Preview and Listings: Mon 15 – Sun 21 April 2024
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
The big news is the opening of The Girls of Slender Means at the Lyceum (ends Sat 4 May, tickets) in a week which is otherwise surprisingly, well, slender, on new shows.
Jojo gets Kinky at Playhouse
Johannes Radebe to star in Kinky Boots tour coming to Playhouse
A new production of Kinky Boots the Musical, staring Johannes Radebe as Lola and Dan Partridge as Charlie Price, will tour to Edinburgh’s Playhouse and the Glasgow King’s in February 2025.
The Misanthrope
★★★★☆ Well judged
Edinburgh Theatre Arts’ production of The Misanthrope at St Ninian’s Church Hall is a clever and thoroughly enjoyable piece of theatre.
The Addams Family
★★★★☆ Finger clicking good
Edinburgh Music Theatre have a beautifully concise production of The Addams Family at the Church Hill Theatre to Saturday. It hits its mark bang on, from the very first finger click of that iconic introduction right up its full blown love-in finale.
Preview & Listing: Mon 8 – Sun 14 April 2024
What is on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
Musical theatre or straight theatre? The choice is yours this week, with plenty of both on offer and a couple of juicy one-off events thrown in for good measure.
MAMA pulls annual revue
M.A.M.A Spotlight Awards postponed
Rising costs and low ticket sales have forced the Musselburgh Amateur Musical Association to postpone its planned revue, the M.A.M.A Spotlight Awards at Portobello Town Hall.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
★★★★☆ Shining
Young grassroots company Court Jester Theatre give an entertaining take on Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray in a nicely twisting new version which isn’t precious about its vocabulary.
FCT 45th Anniversary Gala
★★★★★ Array of talent Church Hill Theatre: Thurs 4 – Sat 6 Apr 2024 Review by Hugh Simpson Forth Children’s Theatre’s 45th Anniversary Gala at the Church Hill is a fitting tribute to a mainstay of the Edinburgh stage, and as enjoyable a show as you could find anywhere. The original publicity for the […]
Chicago razzles back
Playhouse dates for Feb 2024
The latest UK tour of Chicago has announced new venues, including a week at both the Edinburgh Playhouse (Tue 4 – Sat 8 Feb 2025) and the Glasgow Kings (Mon 18 – Sat 23 Aug 2025).
Biolanthe
★★★☆☆ Inventive
The Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group has created an inventive updating of Gilbert and Sullivan in Biolanthe, running in the intimate Tech Cube 0 at Summerhall for three performances only.
