Student Production

Shakers

Shakers

★★★☆☆ Funny

The EUTC make a decent fist of Shakers, at the Bedlam all week, playing to the broad comedy of the John Godber and Jane Thornton’s script but finding their best in its moments of pathos.

March 23, 2023 | By | Reply More
Translations

Translations

★★★★☆ Clear

Edinburgh University Theatre Company bring a welcome clarity to Translations, at the Bedlam to Saturday, in a production which gets inside the many shades of meaning to Brian Friel’s script.

March 4, 2023 | By | Reply More
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

★★★☆☆ Uneven

Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company’s Julius Caesar, in the Teviot Debating Hall, is as unpredictable as it is ambitious. It is by turn sublime and ridiculous, well thought out at times and inexplicable at others.

March 2, 2023 | By | Reply More
Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar

★★★☆☆ Full blast

There is one big sing on offer up at the Church Hill Theatre this week, and two big pairs of lungs which are equal to the task in the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group’s staging of Jesus Christ Superstar.

January 25, 2023 | By | Reply More
EUSOG’s Gender-blind Jesus

EUSOG’s Gender-blind Jesus

Gender-blind Jesus Christ Superstar for Church Hill theatre
Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group is bringing a gender-blind casting of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s 1971 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar to the Church Hill Theatre this week.

January 24, 2023 | By | Reply More
One Week in Magaluf

One Week in Magaluf

★★★★☆     Enthusiastic

Big, ballsy and playing at the top of their individual games, the Napier Musical Theatre Society give a hilarious yet poignant account of new 21st Century musical One Week in Magaluf.

August 19, 2022 | By | Reply More
The Weird Sisters

The Weird Sisters

★★★★☆ Special stuff

A tight production, beautifully acted, makes The Weird Sisters, from BUFF and New Celts at theSpace on the Mile, an enticing prospect.

August 10, 2022 | By | Reply More
The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

★★★☆☆ Steady

The Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group sets its heart on duty and its eye on the main prize with Edinburgh’s second production of The Pirates of Penzance in as many weeks.

April 7, 2022 | By | Reply More
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

★★★☆☆ Spacey

Brief, but never tedious, the jazz-infused production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company at Assembly Roxy is packed with great ideas and quirky detail.

March 9, 2022 | By | Reply More
The Roses of Eyam

The Roses of Eyam

★★★★☆ Unexpected insights

Disconcertingly relevant, the EUTC’s production of Don Taylor’s The Roses Of Eyam at the Augustine United Church until Sunday provides unexpected insights into our own plague years.

February 19, 2022 | By | 1 Reply More