Pleasance
The Taming of the Shrew
★★★★☆ Lively
Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company’s production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Pleasance is a witty and intelligent take on an endlessly troubling play.
Fire Signs
★★★☆☆ Relatable
Fire Signs from the Edinburgh University Theatre Company at Pleasance Courtyard until August 15, is a celebration of the intensity of friendships at university.
EdFringe has 2020 contingency plan
EdFringe prepared if Covid-19 restrictions lifted
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced that it has contingency plans to support venues and artists in the unlikely occurrence that restrictions due to Covid-19 are lifted in time for an event to take place in August 2020.
Snowflake by Mark Thomson
★★★☆☆ Ambitious:
Snowflake from The Network – The Pleasance Theatre Trust’s partnership with the Scottish Drama Training – is an ambitious exploration into the lives of Generation Y.
Footlights wants Sisters
Open #EdFringe casting call for Sister Act:
Edinburgh University Footlights will return to the Fringe this year, 2017, after a 20 year hiatus and has issued an open call for auditions for its production of Sister Act.
The Year of the Hare
✭✭✭✩✩ Emotional rollercoaster
Young critic scheme review:
Creative, absorbing, and very wacky, the Finnish Ryhmateatteri Ensemble’s version of Arto Paasilinna’s popular book, originally published in 1975, certainly leaves an impact.
University companies cover classics
A pair of under-performed classics from either end of the 17th century are to get rare performances from Edinburgh University companies this week with EUSC’s Coriolanus and ESO’s King Arthur
On Edinburgh’s Stages this week: Sun 25 Nov – Sun 2 Dec
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week: With most of the theatre world girding its loins for panto mayhem, there are still a couple of pre-Christmas biggies to whet the appetite for live theatre this week.
Review – Into The Woods
A giant to end all giants stamps its way onto the Pleasance Theatre stage this week, in Eusog’s excellent – if occasionally wavering – production of the Stephen Sondheim favourite, Into The Woods.
EdFringe Day 2 – Here comes the Sun
Sunny Saturday in Edinburgh and time for a bit of voyeuring in Peep, a first glimpse of Assembly’s South African season in the Sewing Machine and an execrable football-skills show before the haar came in and I went off to FTC’s rejuvinating Once On This Island
