Youth Theatre
Generation Z: The Future is Unwritten
★★★☆☆ Hybrid drive
Life changes – and the more it changes the more it stays the same. This conundrum – truism – lies at the heart of Generation Z: The Future is Unwritten the Strange Town youth theatres’ imaginative and compelling lockdown project which has a hybrid live performance at Out Of The Blue this weekend.
Sister Act
★★★★☆ Nun better:
Sisters are doing it for themselves – and packed houses – at the Brunton this week as Our Lady of Loretto Youth Players aim for the heights in an ambitious production of Sister Act.
Summer on Stage 2019
A Midsummer Night’s Dream & Teechers
LYT turn to potent comedy for this year’s Summer on Stage at the Lyceum with a two night double bill of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Godber’s Teechers.
Legally Blonde – The Musical
★★★★☆ Absolutely Fabulous:
Big and vibrant, the Beyond Broadway Experience’s summer school production of Legally Blonde the Musical, at the King’s to Saturday, is a glorious mix of huge ensemble numbers and strong solo performances.
Wake up!
Strange Town looks to the future for its tenth anniversary:
Edinburgh youth company Strange Town is taking to the Traverse stage this week with a pair of new plays loosely inspired by the theme of The Future, but both going in very different directions.
Whistle Down The Wind
★★★☆☆ Solid:
Forth Children’s Theatre put in a solid production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman’s musical version of Whistle Down the Wind, at the Edinburgh Academy until Saturday.
Strange Town’s New Patron
Youth company marks tenth year:
Edinburgh’s Strange Town youth theatre is marking its tenth anniversary year with the announcement of actor Tallulah Greive as its Patron.
A.R.T. call out
Annexe Arts’ open audition for youth company:
The Annexe Repertory Theatre is holding open auditions for performers aged between 16 and 25 to join the company for its autumn term 2018.
The Wizard of Oz
★★★★☆ Force of nature:
There’s plenty of passion, commitment and many nuggets of true talent at the end of the rainbow of the Beyond Broadway Experience’s production of The Wizard of Oz, at the King’s to Saturday.
The Oz Experience
Wizard of Oz at King’s this week:
The ruby slippers, Yellow Brick Road and Emerald City are all in place at the King’s, ready for the many students of this summer’s Beyond Broadway Experience to go over the rainbow with The Wizard of Oz.
