Michael Nardone
A Noble Clown
★★★★★ Essential
Michael Daviot’s A Noble Clown – Scenes From The Life Of Duncan Macrae, is on a short run at the Storytelling Centre as part of the weekend celebrating Scottish theatre linked to Edinburgh 900. If there is any justice in the world, it will be seen again very soon.
Macrae Celebrated
Edinburgh 900 goes to the theatre
As part of the Edinburgh 900 celebrations, there are a series of events at the Scottish Storytelling Centre this weekend examining the history of theatre in Edinburgh.
4Play
★★★☆☆ Comedy capers
Comedy is definitely a priority as the four members of Edinburgh playwright collective 4Play bring four pieces of new work to the Traverse stage, much to the delight of a capacity first night audience.
Pauline Knowles remembered
Scholarship fund launch at unique Knives in Hens performance:
A unique concert reading of Knives In Hens is to be staged at the Lyceum as a memorial to Pauline Knowles and an opening fundraiser for a new scholarship fund in her memory.
Macbeth
★★★☆☆ Fractured:
There is a peculiar absence of majesty at the heart of the UK National Theatre’s touring production of Macbeth, at the Festival Theatre until Saturday.
Knives in Hens
A Concert Reading from Pearlfisher
At the beginning of this one-off concert reading of Knives in Hens in memory of Pauline Knowles, playwright David Harrower related a telling anecdote about Pauline and the play in which she originated the central character.