The Studio at Festival Theatre

Heroine

Heroine

★★★★☆ Raw
Hilarious and chilling by turns, Heroine – Mary Jane Wells’ one-woman show at the Studio of Festival Theatre – tells a compelling story while digging deep into subjects so raw they are still taboo.

Apr 4 2017 | By | 1 Reply More
Science Festival Theatre

Science Festival Theatre

Theatre puts Science in the Spotlight:
With more performance than in any year since it was set up in 1989, the 2017 Edinburgh International Science Festival, running from 1 to 16 April, has the makings of a feast of theatre for adults and children alike.

Apr 3 2017 | By | Reply More
A Ghostly Sunshine

A Ghostly Sunshine

New Musical set for Autumn premiere:
The Sunshine Ghost a new musical written by Andy Cannon and Richard Ferguson, is to be staged by Edinburgh-based Scottish Theatre Producers and the King’s and Festival Theatres this autumn.

Feb 28 2017 | By | Reply More
Too Many Penguins?

Too Many Penguins?

★★★★★ Not too many:
Clever, intriguing and thoroughly engaging for its target audience of pre-school toddlers, Too Many Penguins? returns in a form that is even better than before.

Dec 16 2016 | By | 1 Reply More
The Man Who Followed His Legs

The Man Who Followed His Legs

★★★★☆ Truthful:
Heartbreaking and uplifting – sometimes at the same time – The Man Who Followed His Legs, follows a couple of young Edinburgh miners, Hearts fans, who join up for McCrae’s Battalion in the first world war.

Nov 2 2016 | By | Reply More
Leaf by Niggle – junior review

Leaf by Niggle – junior review

★★★★★ Amazing:
Niggle is a painter. He is an unsuccessful painter. He is an unsuccessful painter because he has his mind set on only one thing – a picture of a tree.

May 1 2016 | By | Reply More
Dolly West’s Kitchen

Dolly West’s Kitchen

★★★★★ Feisty fighting:
Dolly West’s Kitchen tells the tale of war: war between countries, war within families and the personal wars everyone fights. Leitheatre’s production at the Studio is feisty, fun and it certainly grips and entertains.

May 29 2015 | By | 1 Reply More
Takin’ Over The Asylum

Takin’ Over The Asylum

✭✭✭✭✩ Loonies in tune

Blurring the boundaries between stage and audience in the most suitable of ways, Leitheatre’s fine production of Takin’ Over the Asylum seeps out into the auditorium of the Festival Theatre Studio.

May 16 2014 | By | 1 Reply More
Edinburgh Am Dram Rising

Edinburgh Am Dram Rising

Fans of Edinburgh’s amateur theatre and musical scene are having a thrillingly diverse week of it, with three productions opening tonight and tomorrow: August: Osage County, Me and My Girl, and Takin’ Over the Asylum.

May 14 2014 | By | Reply More