Two Cities Community Tale: The big Touring Consortium Theatre Company production of A Tale of Two Cities opens at the King's Theatre this week, but unlike most shows coming into the theatre…
A 1,400-seat theatre in Leith " which has been dark for almost 30 years " has been given a new lifeline thanks to
The Traverse Theatre is preparing for its annual Hothouse event, promoting four work-in-progress performances from Edinburgh-based companies, running this week from Tuesday 8 to Friday 11 No…
Well performed: Strong performances and notably high production values distinguish Grain In The Blood at Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre, but an initially chilling ambience is not sustained.
Cheery: Loud, hugely enjoyable and instantly recognisable to Scottish audiences from the DC Thomson comic, The Broons is every bit as much fun as you would hope.
The National Theatre of Scotland has raised £1 million more than expected towards its new headquarters, Rockvilla. The company moves into the
Highly entertaining: Pulsating and vibrant, Million Dollar Quartet provides a pleasing, high-tempo fictionalised account of one of the great jam sessions in the history of Rock'n'Roll.
There is a generosity and sincerity to Jumpy at Edinburgh's Lyceum Theatre, allied to some impressive acting, even if the end result is not as overwhelming as it might be.
Thoroughly tuneful: Very fine performances and some chorus numbers of an exceptional standard mark out Me and My Girl, EDGAS's latest foray into non-G&S material at the Church Hill, to …
Mario Pirovano had a special relationship with the late, great master of political satire Dario Fo and his wife and collaborator Franca
Ground-breaking: Anarchic, clever and hinting of ritual, Greg Sinclair's experiment with the theatrical performance of improvised live music with young people, As the Crow Flies, is a strang…
Appealing: Cheeky and rollicking, the touring production of The Full Monty also has its share of pathos and politics, and is a satisfying affair.
Edinburgh-born artistic director for National Theatre of Scotland: The National Theatre of Scotland has announced that Jackie Wylie, who was artistic director of the Glasgow Arches from 2008…
Jackie Wylie, former artistic director of the Arches in Glasgow, has been appointed the new artistic director of the National Theatre of
The inaugural Edinburgh Horror Festival is dragging a quartet of fringe Edinburgh venues down into its netherworld layer for a weekend of devilish theatre, magic, cabaret and comedy from Fri…
Sunny intervals: Tuneful and committed, Allegro's production of Sunshine on Leith at the Church Hill is almost torpedoed by some peculiar staging choices.
Blindingly Good Mice: The first rule of Mousetrap is you don't talk about Mousetrap. Well, not the ending, anyway. Since Agatha Christie's country house murder mystery debuted in 1952 the co…
A new company for emerging actors has been launched as part of a talent development initiative from Edinburgh’s Festival City Theatres. Members of the 18-strong
Substantial: There is a real emotional heft to Mischief, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint production at the Traverse, aided by impressive performances and noteworthy direction.
Scrumptious, truly: The famous car is big, gleaming and flies just as it should in the new production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, at Edinburgh's Festival Theatre until Oct 15, but the surrou…
Impressive and timeless: Poetic, political and dramatic, David Greig's new version of The Suppliant Women by Aeschylus is a striking statement of intent.
Funny: Fine comic performances and staging distinguish Breaking The Ice, the first in the latest season of A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre.
Dario Fo, the Italian Nobel Prize-winning playwright, has had to cancel his planned personal appearance at Edinburgh's Lyceum Theatre, which was to have taken place this Sunday, 9 October 20…
Dancing with Colours, Whipping with Words: Dario Fo is coming to Edinburgh. This Sunday, 9 October 2016 , the great Italian playwright, performer, comedian, painter and all-round gadfly, wil…
DC Thomson's comic strip hits the stage: The new stage production based on DC Thomson's 80 year-old comic strip, The Broons, had its press night at Perth Concert Hall last night, 29 Septemb…