The Forth Act

Merry Crisis! A Comedy in Carols

Merry Crisis! A Comedy in Carols

★★★★☆ Memorable

The Forth Act’s festive offering: Merry Crisis! A Comedy in Carols, is a heartfelt new one-act with music, good cheer, holiday family drama, and a thorough dusting of joy – all wrapped up in a neat bow.

Dec 14 2024 | By | Reply More
Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

★★★★☆ Spectral

Up-and-coming local amateur company The Forth Act has boldly taken on one of Noël Cowards best-known and oft-produced plays with strong success.

Nov 22 2024 | By | Reply More
Xmas Carol Casting Call

Xmas Carol Casting Call

The Forth Act gets Dickensian for Christmas

Edinburgh amateur theatre company The Forth Act, is set to stage an adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at St Salvador’s Church in Stenhouse in the second week of December 2023.

Sep 27 2023 | By | Reply More
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

★★★★☆ Accomplished

In a wood, a league without the Old Town, the players of the Forth Act have set out their stall in an accomplished and highly entertaining al-fresco production of Shakespeare’s great comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Jun 23 2023 | By | Reply More
StagEHd Fest Details

StagEHd Fest Details

Full programme for 2023 edition revealed

StageEHd the open-access, free-to-attend festival of theatre is to return to the Ross Bandstand on the weekend of Saturday 10/Sunday 11 June 2023 with a dozen pieces from Edinburgh’s independent, grassroots and community theatre companies.

May 10 2023 | By | Reply More
Al Fresco Midsummer Night’s Dream

Al Fresco Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Forth Act to stage Shakespeare’s Dream in Saughton Park

This midsummer, new Edinburgh grass-roots theatre company, The Forth Act, is set to perform Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the open air arena of the Italian Garden in Saughton Park.

May 9 2023 | By | Reply More