Archive for January, 2025

Three Queens from the Opera
★★★☆☆ Viva queens!
For one night only, writer and director Michael Scott brings together three formidable queens for a preview performance of his new opera concert parody, Three Queens from the Opera.

Fringe appoints Riverside’s Lankester
Riverside Studios’ CEO Tony Lankester next head of EdFringe Tony Lankester has been named to take over from Shona McCarthy as Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, the charity which oversees the running of the Edinburgh Fringe. McCarthy announced in October 2024 that she would be stepping down from the role in March, […]

Creative Scotland doubles multi-year funded organisations
Stability assured and extra funds awarded for many companies
Summerhall Arts, Pianodrome and Tortoise in a Nutshell are among 43 Edinburgh-based companies to join those receiving three-year funding awards from Creative Scotland to cover core costs and programmes of work.

Lyceum: Coraline cancelled
Neil Gaiman adaptation cancelled after allegations of misconduct
The musical adaptation of Coraline, due to tour to the Lyceum from 26 June to 19 July has been cancelled following allegations of sexual miss-conduct against the original author Neil Gaiman.

Leith Theatre’s future consolidated
Leith Theatre Trust secure 50 year lease on building
Leith Theatre Trust has announced a significant milestone in securing a viable future for the venue as it signs a 50-year lease with Edinburgh City Council to run the building.

Mary Poppins
★★★★★ Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Blown in on her umbrella by the gusts of Storm Éowyn, the new UK & Ireland tour of Mary Poppins arrives in Edinburgh in a fashion that can only be described by the mysterious nanny’s own superlative: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

We Will Hear the Angels
★★★★☆ Intense
Magnetic North’s We Will Hear the Angels is a fascinating exploration of melancholy through speech, song, live and pre-recorded music, and movement, with these elements intertwining to create and sustain an intense and engrossing atmosphere.

The Merchant of Venice
★★★★★ Unflinching
Completing the inaugural outing of The Shakespeare Exchange, a partnership of the Lyceum with New York City-based Theatre for a New Audience, TFANA brings Arin Arbus’s unflinching production of The Merchant of Venice to Edinburgh.