Youth Theatre
The Dark Up Close
★★★★☆ Stark warning
In The Dark Up Close, Strange Town’s Young Company have co-created a new play with writer Jack MacGregor foretelling a new war and mandatory conscription for young people.
EdFringe 2024: Youth & student theatre
Edinburgh-made youth and student theatre at #EdFringe 2024
There’s a big upswing in theatre from Edinburgh’s student and youth companies this year. Although the core remains the eight co-productions from the New Celts – a welcome initiative from Napier University to give their students a professional platform on the Fringe.
Everybody’s talking about… FCT
Forth Children’s Theatre announce 43rd EdFringe show
Forth Children’s Theatre has put out an open call for the teen edition of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at EdFringe 2024, which it will stage Friday 2 to Saturday 10 August at Broughton High School.
The Addams Family – a New Musical
★★★★★ Brilliant
Forth Children’s Theatre’s return to the Fringe, with The Addams Family – a New Musical at Broughton High School, is something to be welcomed. And they are as good as ever – if not better.
EdFringe 2023 Youth & Student Theatre
Edinburgh-made youth and student theatre at #EdFringe 2023
The majority of the 17 theatre productions from Edinburgh’s student and youth companies come from the co-productions with the New Celts – a welcome initiative from Napier University to give their students a professional platform on the Fringe.
Bright & Wild 2023
Lyra presents two weekends of fun
The Bright and Wild festival 2023 features four productions, commissioned and performed by the young participants at Lyra, the youth performing arts company in Craigmillar, staged at its Artspace venue.
The Multiverse is Gay
★★★★☆ Weirdly wonderful
The Multiverse is Gay, at the Lyceum Rehearsal Studio until Saturday, is written for the Lyceum Young Company with great imagination by Lewis Hetherington and directed with flair by Sophie Howell.
Beauty & the Beast: The Panto
★★★☆☆ Charming
Beauty & the Beast: The Panto, the Christmas offering from Forth Children’s Theatre, has the appeal of a traditional pantomime. Like many pantos, it lacks a little in subtlety and smoothness, but makes up for it in determination and pizzazz.
The Addams Family – A New Musical
★★★★☆ Fantastically fun
Captivate Theatre presents The Addams Family – A New Musical at the Rose theatre in Rose Street for a slightly curtailed run up to Wednesday 24.
Lionel Bart’s Oliver!
★★★☆☆ Good effort
Captivate Theatre brings Lionel Bart’s Oliver! to the Edinburgh fringe for a short run until August 16 at the Rose Theatre on Rose Street.
