Edinburgh Theatre Arts
Primrose pretensions
ETA double bill pricks cultural pretensions:
Edinburgh Theatre Arts are sending up Scottish cultural pretensions this week with a double bill of plays by contemporary playwrights from opposite ends of the spectrum.
Noises Off
✭✭✭✭✩ Not just technically funny:
Impressive on many levels, Edinburgh Theatre Arts’ production of Noises Off produces more than its fair share of laughs.
Tartuffe
★★★★☆ Timelessly funny:
Energetic, well drilled and mining a rich seam of comedy, Edinburgh Theatre Arts’ production of Tartuffe is cleverly staged and particularly enjoyable.
The Hypocrite arrives
Moliere makes a comeback this week at the St Ninian’s church hall, where Edinburgh Theatre Arts are staging Roger McGough’s adaptation of his great comedy Tartuffe.
SCDA One Acts Comp
One Act Play Competition to Church Hill:
The competition is hotting up for Edinburgh’s amateur dramatic scene, with Eastern Divisional Final of the National One Act Play Competition being held at the Church Hill Theatre this week.
Æ in the hot seat
SCDA One-Act Festival takes shape:
Plays by David Greig, Peter Quinter and Eleanor Fossey feature in this year’s one-act festival from the SCDA, playing at the Church Hill Theatre Thursday 19 – Saturday 21 February 2015.
Comedy Double Bill – Review
✭✭✭✩✩ Picked mix
A mixed bag of comedy is to be had up at St Ninian’s this week, where Edinburgh Theatre Arts are giving a decent take on one-act comedies new and old.
Review – David Copperfield
Edinburgh Theatre Arts’ staging of David Copperfield at St Ninian’s Hall is an astonishingly ambitious undertaking – from a company who rise to the challenge with spirit and skill.
Review – The Water Engine
✭✭✭✩✩ Complex St Ninian’s Mon 8 – Sat 13 April 2013 Review by Thom Dibdin Menacing and dark, Edinburgh Theatre Arts production of the Water Engine at St Ninian’s Hall, Comely Bank, finds the thrill in David Mamet’s examination of corporate greed. Set in 1934, during the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition, the play […]
ETA Take Scots Macbeth to Stratford
The Scottish Play in Scots to play Shakespeare’s birthplace By Thom Dibdin Edinburgh Theatre Arts’ production of Macbeth in Scots has been chosen to take part in the Open Stages Showcase at the RSC in Stratford in July. The world premiere production of Robin Lorimer’s translation from Shakespeare was performed by ETA at St Ninians […]
