Theatre

Mother Clap’s Molly House

Mother Clap’s Molly House

★★★★☆ Gloriously vulgar

The EUTC deliver a fully frank and deliciously frivolous take on Mother Clap’s Molly House, Mark Ravenhill’s dark comedy with songs, which plays the Bedlam to Saturday.

Mar 15 2024 | By | Reply More
Escaped Alone

Escaped Alone

★★★★☆ Environmental dystopia

Following its Scottish premiere at The Tron earlier this month Escaped Alone, Caryl Churchill’s dystopian play that had its UK premiere at the Royal Court in 2016, comes to the Traverse for five performances only.

Mar 14 2024 | By | Reply More
PPP: Starving

PPP: Starving

★★★★☆ Nutritious

Starving by Imogen Stirling, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint at the Traverse from Òran Mór in collaboration with Raw Materials, is a potent and fascinating piece.

Mar 13 2024 | By | Reply More
Drama at the Depot

Drama at the Depot

Script in hand performance

Drama at the Depot, a new bi-monthly evening of short plays performed script-in-hand launched at Leith Depot on Monday. Playwright Andy Moseley was there and files this report.

Feb 15 2024 | By | Reply More
Many Good Men

Many Good Men

★★★★☆ Troubling

Many Good Men, from Civic Digits, Stellar Quines and Stories Untold at Heart of Midlothian’s Tynecastle Stadium, is an urgent and timely production, hard-hitting yet sympathetic.

Feb 9 2024 | By | Reply More
Plinth

Plinth

★★★☆☆ Horrors of war

Writer and performer, Al Seed’s latest creation, Plinth, produced by his own company and Vanishing Point and touring to Manipulate, opens with Seed standing on a plinth giving a live rendition of a series of poses found in military statues.

Feb 5 2024 | By | Reply More
Acaste Wanted!

Acaste Wanted!

ETA urgent call-out for April production

Edinburgh Theatre Arts has put out an urgent cast call for an actor with the playing age of 20 – 40 years old to play the role of Acaste in its April 2024 production of The Misanthrope.

Jan 27 2024 | By | Reply More
Macbeth

Macbeth

★★★★☆    High impact

There’s plenty to mull over in the high concept, high impact, high-everything modern dress production of Macbeth touring to a quartet of created theatre spaces – and this month spending a fortnight at the Royal Highland Centre.

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Jekyll & Hyde

Jekyll & Hyde

★★★★☆ Atmospheric

The Lyceum’s presentation of the Reading Rep Theatre production of Jekyll and Hyde features an ingenious adaptation by Gary McNair and a powerful performance by Forbes Masson.

Jan 17 2024 | By | Reply More
Cinderella

Cinderella

★★★★☆ A ball

Pared-down panto doesn’t mean squeezed entertainment as the Brunton Theatre’s annual family fun fest is staged at Loretto School this month.

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