Wee Red Bar
This Is Memorial Device
★★★★☆ Phantasmagoric realism
The Lyceum’s extraordinary run of success at this year’s festivals continues with This Is Memorial Device, their collaboration with the Book Festival.
Creeping Beauty
★★★★☆ Fairy dust:
In the midst of panto season, Edinburgh’s Pretty Knickers grassroots company get their mitts on the genre, give it a twist the traditionals and plump it slap back down in the 21st century as Creeping Beauty.
The Understudies
★★★☆☆ Amusing. Hopefully!
Before the start of Magic Door Productions’ improvised musical show, The Understudies, each audience member is asked to write down the title of any musical, one of which will become the title of that date’s production.
1902
★★★☆☆ A game on stage:
It’s 2016. Hibernian F.C. haven’t won the Scottish Cup since 1902. Now, four guys in their early twenties would do anything to see the final against the Rangers…
Cat O’Casting Call
Cat O’Nine Tales casting call for November show:
Edinburgh grass-roots theatre company Cat O’Nine Tales has put out an open casting call for new play, The Ballad of Melvin Byrne, to be staged at the Wee Red Bar in November 2017.
Mine Ain Fowk
★★★☆☆ Vibrant:
Raw and potent, if somewhat under-formed, My Ain Fowk at the Wee Red Bar, is a fascinating take on contemporary politics and never less than fun with it.
Bob
★★★☆☆ Work in progress:
Setting off with a torrid regard for its roots, G&T Productions’ latest twist on Shakespeare is Bob, seen here as a work in progress at the Wee Red Bar until Thursday.
For the Love of Cousins
★★★☆☆ Fiesty:
Zipping along with a fiery energy and a nice turn in family backchat, For the Love of Cousins provides an entertaining hour in the immersive confines of the Wee Red Bar.
One, Two, Three, Yippee
★★★☆☆ Brutal:
Brutal, witty and sharply observed, Jack Elliot’s new play about small town violence in Midlothian is bundled into the Wee Red Bar with no little elan by Blazing Hyena.
Sophie Wu is Minging, She Looks Like She’s Dead
✭✭✭✩✩ Gently amusing
Angst-ridden adolescence bubbles through Sophie Wu is Minging, She Looks Like She’s Dead, part of the PBH Free Fringe at Edinburgh Art College’s Wee Red Bar.
