Theatre
Medea
★★★★☆ Furious
A millennia-old depiction of revenge is given contemporary urgency in the Bard in the Botanics’ Medea. The award-winning 2022 production is at the Traverse for two performances only, as part of a tour in association with Raw Material, supported by Macrobert Arts Centre.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
★★★☆☆ Clear
New grassroots company Gutter Theatre give a commendably solid showing for their inaugural production: Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, playing upstairs at Assembly Roxy to Saturday.
Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts
★★★★☆ Pleasing
The touring production of Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts at the Festival Theatre will certainly please any fans of the grumpy detective, but is also an impressive, intelligent piece of theatre in its own right.
Head. Heart. Hand.
★★★★☆ Heady, heartfelt, handsome
Head. Heart. Hand. at the Traverse until Saturday, is a fitting celebration of a local institution but should be of interest to everyone, being an excellent piece of theatre by any standards.
Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
★★★★☆ Tight
Mischief Theatre go back to basics in their adaptation for the stage of the 2017 smash hit TV show, Christmas Carol Goes Wrong at the Festival Theatre to Sunday. And their greatest creation, the Cornley Drama Society, are all the better for it.
Romeo and Juliet
★★★☆☆ Expansive
Romeo and Juliet, from the Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company at the Pleasance, is a production on a grand scale. There is much about it that is praiseworthy, but in the end its ambition does prove a disadvantage.
Auntie Empire
★★★☆☆ Splenetic
Auntie Empire, at Summerhall for two nights as part of Manipulate, is a thoroughly dark piece of satirical clowning. It is deliberately messy and unfocused, but perhaps that lack of focus is ultimately a disadvantage.
The Raft of the Crab
★★★★☆ Inventively emotional
The Raft of the Crab, at the Studio Theatre for one performance only as part of Manipulate, is an engaging, human and wonderfully performed piece from Scotland-based Ninon Noiret, detailing her diagnosis of cancer, her treatment and recovery.
Size Matters
Paragraph
★★★☆☆ Whimsical
Size Matters, at the Traverse as part of the Manipulate festival, is an inventive if uneven production.
The History Boys
★★★★☆ Intelligent
Energy, fine acting and a great deal of thought characterise The History Boys at the Bedlam, where it runs through to Saturday.
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