Previews
EUSOG’s Gender-blind Jesus
Gender-blind Jesus Christ Superstar for Church Hill theatre
Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group is bringing a gender-blind casting of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s 1971 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar to the Church Hill Theatre this week.
Roman Holiday
Arbery and EGTG stage The Satyricon
A new adaptation of The Satyricon is being staged this week at the Assembly Roxy in a co-production between Arbery Productions and EGTG. We spoke to adaptor and director Martin Foreman about his project.
Leading not following
Threepenny Theatricals return with The Herd
Amateur company Threepenny Theatricals return to the Church Hill Theatre this week with four performances of actor Rory Kinnear’s first play, The Herd, from Thursday 15 to Saturday 17 September 2022.
A rock and a drama place
Full details of this weekend’s inaugural StagEHd Festival.
This weekend, Saturday 28 and 29 May 2022, the Ross Bandstand is being taken over for the first ever StagEHd Festival, Edinburgh’s newest theatre festival, which has been funded by the City of Edinburgh Council’s Community Fund.
Legally on stage
Eusog return to live with “biggest” show ever
The first of Edinburgh’s Amateurs out on stage following this coming Monday’s lifting of the audience Covid cap will be Eusog with its “biggest production ever” – Legally Blonde the Musical.
Beyond the Revolution
First hand experience of Arab Spring brought to stage
December 2010 saw the start of what was to become known as the Arab Spring, as revolution spread across the Middle East. Mariem Omari was in Iraq at the time working in a humanitarian role and saw events unfold first hand. Now she has brought her experiences to the stage in Revolution Days.
Quantum in BGT semi
Kevin Quantum in BGT semi-final this Saturday:
Edinburgh magician Kevin Quantum has made it to the semi-final stage of Britain’s Got Talent and will be appearing on the show airing on Saturday 26 September 2020 from 8pm on STV.
A Garden Zoom
Big Mind bring Havel play to Zoom:
Vaclav Havel’s absurdist comedy, The Garden Party, is to get three live Zoom performances by Edinburgh-based Big Mind Theatre over the next three evenings.
Weekend Wonders
Edinburgh folk on the Wild World Web…
There’s still plenty happening online for those still caught up in Lockdown shielding with some Edinburgh performance peeps who are involved in some very fine work over the weekend to take your minds of those allowed to socialise.
Complicite’s Encounter goes online
2015 EdIntFest hit to get free YouTube streaming:
Simon McBurney’s hit show The Encounter for Complicité theatre company, which premiered at the 2015 Edinburgh International Festival, is to get a free online streaming from this Friday, 15 May 2020. It will remain online for a week.
