Reviews
Spamalot
★★★★☆ Joyous
The moment Josh Wood’s 17-strong band strikes up, it is obvious that Happy Sad Productions are not here to mess around. To play, certainly, but Spamalot at Portobello Town Hall is a show with polish, intent and purpose.
Lear
★★★★☆ Compelling
Lear at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre is a powerful production, with Maureen Beattie’s towering central performance backed up by an excellent cast.
The Effect
★★★★☆ Compellingly performed
The Effect by Northern Assignment, upstairs at Assembly Roxy as part of a series of one-nighters in Edinburgh and Glasgow, is an intelligent production, staged with care and performed with distinction.
The Burns Project
★★★★☆ Nuanced
The Burns Project, by James Clements (in collaboration with the National Trust for Scotland) at the Lyceum, is an engaging, beautifully performed piece full of both vitality and subtlety.
The Table
★★★★☆ Questioning
Set out for a short run at the Traverse, Lung Ha’s The Table is a curious hybrid of immersive theatre, dance, spoken word and imagery. A hybrid that draws you in and leaves you asking more.
The Karate Kid – The Musical
★★★☆☆ Nostalgic
The Karate Kid – The Musical at the Festival Theatre is one of those shows that is touring ‘ahead of its West End debut’. While there are many things to like about the production, there are also reasons to suspect that a long London run is unlikely.
Lyceum at Home on Stage
★★★★☆ Inviting
The Lyceum’s At Home on Stage provides an affecting series of performances, losing a little when divorced from their original settings, but convincing nevertheless.
Inexperience
★★★★☆ Human
Inexperience, the new play by Douglas Maxwell at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre Studio, is a stimulating production full of life and emotion.
PPP: The Hen Night
★★★★☆ Excellent ensemble
The Hen Night by Debbie Hannan, the last in the current season of A Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at Assembly Roxy, is a wonderfully performed piece that is great fun as well as deceptively serious.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
★★★★☆ Beautifully funny
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, ‘the world’s foremost gender-skewering, comic ballet company’ return to Edinburgh for two nights at the Festival Theatre. And they bring fun and a high standard of dance.
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