Simon Cotton

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

★★★☆☆ Reassuring mystery

The touring production of Murder on the Orient Express from Fiery Angel at the Festival Theatre is a reliable whodunnit, well performed and staged with commendable ambition. Not everything about the staging convinces, but the result is pleasing.

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An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls

★★★★☆ Searching

Stephen Daldry’s extraordinary production of JB Priestley’s classic play, An Inspector Calls, originally created for the English National Theatre, returns to Edinburgh this week and is no less powerful for being staged in the cavernous Festival Theatre.

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