Previews

Bedlam Festival returns
Edinburgh’s student performers mark their worth this week, with the return of the Bedlam Festival – the annual celebration performance and education in the dramatic arts.

New Amateur Musicals Company Spell It Out
Blackout Productions, Edinburgh’s newest amateur musical theatre company, opens its account on Tuesday, with the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

Preview of the week Mon 10 – Sun 16 June
Edinburgh’s theatres might be beginning to draw back from the main action, as we approach the annual hiatus before the onslaught of the Fringe, but there are still some damn fine pieces of theatre to see around town this week…

Sir Roger Moore makes Edinburgh debut
Sir Roger Moore is to make his Edinburgh stage debut this Autumn when he appears at the Festival Theatre as part of a ten date speaking tour in conversation with writer Gareth Owen.

Brunton Players debut with Arabian Nights
The Brunton Players, the adult amateur theatre group set up by the Musselburgh venue in January 2012, is to make its main stage debut on Saturday with Gerry Mulgrew’s Tales of the Arabian Nights.

Secretaries a go-go to Church Hill with EMT
Edinburgh Music Theatre is returning to the 60s with its new production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which opens at the Church Hill theatre on Tuesday.

Risqué goings on up Morningside way
A dark and dangerous love story in a shocking production is promised up at the Church Hill Theatre this week, when the Bohemians take on the musical version of Jekyll and Hyde

Footlights’ finger-clickin’ Morningside Story
Edinburgh University Footlights stage West Side Story:
Edinburgh University Footlights open their new production of West Side Story at the Church Hill Theatre tonight, Tuesday 29 February.