Assembly Rooms
Sandcastles
★★★☆☆ Endearing
Sandcastles, Steve McMahon’s warm and thoughtful new play is brought to life by a charismatic cast, directed by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir, in this Brite Theatre production at the Assembly Rooms.
Tartuffe
★★★★☆ Great comic timing
Young Critics Scheme review
Tartuffe at the Assembly Rooms is Liz Lochead’s new, shortened version of her adaptation of Moliere’s 17th century play into Scots.
Ivory Wings
★★★★☆ A soaring success:
Ivory wings at the Assembly Rooms is a beautifully written and performed new one woman show by Susie Coreth, which explores Alzheimer’s and the effect music can have on memory.
Gregor Fisher at Assembly
Rab C. Nesbitt star launches biography:
Gregor Fisher made his household name as BBC Scotland’s Rab C. Nesbitt, now he is launching a biography at the Assembly Rooms which reveals his early life.
Doors Open!
Theatre buildings open this weekend:
For anyone heading off for a peak behind Edinburgh’s normally closed doors this weekend, 25/26 September 20915, a half dozen theatre buildings are taking part in Doors Open Day.
Jane Austen’s Persuasion
✭✭✭✩✩ Resilient:
The resilience of the Chamber Opera of Chicago is never in doubt as the company stick at their operetta adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion to the end, working hard to bring in at just under three hours.
It’s Desire Lines day!
Workshop event at Assembly Rooms, 3 Feb:
The second round of public events around the Desire Lines project is held today when participants will debate six key topics which have emerged as “desire lines” for Edinburgh’s cultural future.
New Desire Lines event
Assembly Rooms to host debates on Edinburgh’s cultural future:
The next phase of the Desire Lines strategy to crowd-source input to Edinburgh’s cultural strategy has been announced for Tuesday February 3.
13 Sunken Years
✭✭✭✭✩ River of emotion
Intriguingly stark, elusive and completely human, Stellar Quines and Lung Ha’s co-production of 13 Sunken Years has a poetic and mysteriously gripping quality.
A Split Decision
✭✭✩✩✩ Lacking conviction
Some satirical humour can be found in Keir McAllister’s referendum comedy A Split Decision in Studio Two at the Assembly Rooms, but overall it must be counted as a missed opportunity.
