Jen Ward

The Virtuous Burglar

The Virtuous Burglar

★★★☆☆ Uproarious

A nod to British 1970s classics is a smart touch adding comic familiarity to Italian farce The Virtuous Burglar, which appears at the Royal Scots Club until 9 August.

Aug 6 2025 | By More
Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

★★★☆☆ Droll

The Forth Act return to Saughton Park with another helping of outdoor Shakespeare, transporting the Illyria of Twelfth Night to a beach town in the summer of 1967.

Jun 26 2025 | By More
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

★★★★☆ Thoughtful

That most evergreen of Christmas stories – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – is given a faithful, tuneful and carefully contemporary spin by Forth Act at Saint Salvador’s in Stenhouse.

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Odds, Broads and Frauds

Odds, Broads and Frauds

★★★☆☆ Mixed

In Odds, Broads and Frauds, St Serf’s Players bring a trio of comedies to the stage at Inverleith which make for a somewhat disparate evening-out in terms of tone, but is certainly an entertaining one all round.

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