Archive for May, 2025

They Came From Mars…
★★★☆☆ Enjoyable
They Came From Mars and Landed Outside the Farndale Avenue Church Hall In Time for the Townswomen’s Guild’s Coffee Morning, performed by the St Serf’s Players at Inverleith St Serf’s, is a ludicrous and charming piece, even if it does not always completely come off.

The Watsons
★★★★☆ Intriguing
The Watsons, from Edinburgh People’s Theatre at the Church Hill, is an attractive production of a clever (if distinctly odd) literary adaptation.

The High Life hits the high notes
“U Fur Coffee?”
Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson’s The High Life is to get a musical makeover in 2026, after thirty years in the waiting lounge in a new production from the National Theatre of Scotland.

Ballet BC
★★★★☆ Dynamic
Ballet BC’s double bill showcases the company’s range and cohesion through two very different pieces: Crystal Pite’s enigmatic Frontier, and Johan Inger’s theatrical and emotional Passing.

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
★★★★☆ Accomplished
Perfectly poised and beautifully staged, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime by Threepenny Theatricals at the Church Hill is great fun.

Monumental
★★★★☆ Momentous
Up-and-coming feminist theatre company F-Bomb Theatre presents Monumental, an innovative piece of historical site-specific theatre, in the form of a walking tour around Edinburgh.