Author: Sophie Good
Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes
★★★★☆ Moody and mesmerising
The Red Shoes, Matthew Bourne’s dark and twisted tale of obsession and love, jetés into the Festival Theatre on the coat-tails of 1940s Hollywood glamour and a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale.
Snowy
★★★☆☆ Puppy fun
Loveable pup Snowy tumbles into the Studio Theatre until the end of December in a delightful production aimed at children under seven.
Mamma Mia!
★★★★☆ Super Douper
Mamma Mia!, the ABBA jukebox musical, shimmies its way from a small Greek island into the Playhouse where it it will stay over the Christmas season and into the New Year.
The Snow Queen
★★★★☆ A magical adventure
The Snow Queen from the Scottish Ballet brings a flurry of icy magic to the Festival Theatre this November before touring to Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Miss Saigon
★★★★☆ Epic
Miss Saigon, the tragic and epic tale of love and loss during the Vietnam war, sweeps into the Playhouse this week in a dazzling new production from Michael Harrison in association with Cameron Mackintosh.
Hercules the Bear
★★★☆☆ Gentle giant
Tenterhooks’ Hercules the Bear is an entertaining piece of physical theatre based on the extraordinary and true story of a bear and his human “parents” who lived with him in Sheriffmuir in the 1980s.
Grease
★★★★☆ Slick
The EU Footlights student cast and crew hand jive their way through the 1950s-set musical Grease in an energetic and fun production at Paradise in Augustine’s for the last full week of the Fringe.
#KaraokeKarma
★★★☆☆ Fresh
Epona Productions bring some fresh and funny new writing to Leith Depot with #KaraokeKarma, an entertaining karaoke comedy drama exploring workplace politics and mental health.
Plague, Poo n’ Punishment
★★★★☆ Ghoulish fun
Edinburgh Storytellers Ltd bring to life (or afterlife) the horrible histories of Edinburgh in Plague, Poo n’ Punishment, an entertaining romp of some of the city’s hidden secrets at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
The Truth About Trees
★★★☆☆ Sweet
Edinburgh-based Apropos Theatre bring The Truth About Trees, a charming new work of nature storytelling to the fringe, sharing the inner life of trees to the Assembly George Sq for children aged over five.
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