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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

★★★☆☆ Reassuring

In many ways The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at the Festival Theatre is exactly what you would expect. In other ways, it very much goes the extra mile.

June 1, 2023 | By | Reply More
Other Lyceum 23/24 shows announced

Other Lyceum 23/24 shows announced

Christmas, Stick Man, Festival and one-off productions

As well as the regular season there are a host of other shows at the Lyceum over the next 12 months.

May 31, 2023 | By | Reply More
Lyceum 23/24 season ticket launched

Lyceum 23/24 season ticket launched

Lyceum announces biggest season in years

The Lyceum has announced its 2023/24 subscription season, with the biggest programme since 2018. A strongly Scottish and literary theme is balanced by a series of collaborations with companies from Scotland, the UK and further afield.

May 30, 2023 | By | Reply More
How the Other Half Loves

How the Other Half Loves

★★★★☆ Sharp

Edinburgh People’s Theatre give How The Other Half Loves at the Church Hill a malicious comic edge, in a production whose tempo and performances are praiseworthy.

May 25, 2023 | By | Reply More
The Stamping Ground

The Stamping Ground

★★★★☆ Vibrant

The Stamping Ground at the Festival Theatre is unabashedly emotional and visually enthralling. Raw Material and Eden Court’s Runrig musical – which played successfully in Inverness in 2022 – is touring Scotland and will surely find appreciative audiences.

May 24, 2023 | By | Reply More
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

★★★★☆ Powerful

The glowing passion of this Anna Karenina comes as much from the staging as from the characters. Written by Lesley Hart after Leo Tolstoy, and directed by Polina Kalinina, the Lyceum’s co-production with Bristol Old Vic is an urgent and thoroughly contemporary affair.

May 18, 2023 | By | Reply More
Who Killed My Father

Who Killed My Father

★★★★☆ Compelling

Who Killed My Father at the Traverse mixes the personal and the political thoroughly successfully.

May 12, 2023 | By | Reply More
The Taming of the Shrew

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.

May 4, 2023 | By | Reply More
Whiteboard

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.

May 1, 2023 | By | Reply More
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

★★★☆☆ Faithful retelling

The Shawshank Redemption at the Festival Theatre provides a dependable evening of cogent storytelling.

April 25, 2023 | By | Reply More