Festival Theatre
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.
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.
Dracula
★★★☆☆ Jukebox Ballet
Big Live sweep onto the Festival Theatre stage with a limited engagement of Dracula: Ballet at its Darkest, a new adaptation of the classic Bram Stoker horror. Promising lavish Gothic visuals and visceral storytelling, this is a ballet simmering with potential which is not yet fulfilled.
The Marriage of Figaro
★★★★☆ Delightful
Scottish Opera’s The Marriage of Figaro kicks off a limited engagement at the Festival Theatre in style, delivering a revival of Sir Thomas Allen’s 2010 production full of flair, humour, and outstanding performances.
Guys and Dolls
★★★★☆ Accomplished
Southern Light’s take on Guys and Dolls at the Festival Theatre is beautifully sung, acted with comic glee, and falls only just short of greatness.
The Ballad of Johnny and June
★★★☆☆ Heartfelt
The Ballad of Johnny and June at the Festival Theatre is a big-hearted, tuneful musical guaranteed to please country fans.
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
★★★☆☆ Solid
The touring production of The Spy Who Came in From the Cold at the Festival Theatre is taut and stylish, but lacking in real excitement.
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.
The High Life
★★★★★ Flying
Reviving a 30-year-old sitcom as a stage musical might seem a safe bet, or an exercise in nostalgia. This is far from the case with The High Life. The touring production is vibrant, joyous and utterly hilarious.
The Constant Wife
★★★★☆ Enormously entertaining
The RSC’ production of The Constant Wife, by Laura Wade based on the comedy by W Somerset Maugham at the Festival Theatre until Saturday as part of a UK tour, establishes its tone immediately.
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