Archive for December, 2016
Rock of Ages for Allegro
Company seek production team:
Allegro the amateur musicals company, has announced that it will be staging Chris D’Arienzo’s rock/jukebox musical: Rock of Ages at the Church Hill Theatre in the Autumn of 2017.
Too Many Penguins?
★★★★★ Not too many:
Clever, intriguing and thoroughly engaging for its target audience of pre-school toddlers, Too Many Penguins? returns in a form that is even better than before.
Figaro’s back
VoiceArc’s final dates for Le Nozze:
Edinburgh-based opera company VoiceArc is giving its production of Le Nozze di Figaro one last spin around the block, this coming Monday and Tuesday, 19/20 December 2016.
Last Christmas
★★★☆☆ Heartfelt:
Dirty Protest’s production of Last Christmas at the Traverse is an emotional and beautifully acted tale, but is not as much of an alternative to traditional Christmas theatre as it may first appear.
Edinburgh script call
Open script call by Blazing Hyena:
Edinburgh-based Blazing Hyena Theatre Company, hot from its production of Green Tea, has put out an open call for Edinburgh-set scripts.
Ladykillers Casting Call
Comedy hit for Grads late-spring show:
The Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group has issued an open casting call for its late Spring production of Graham Linehan’s Ealing Comedy adaptation: The Ladykillers.
Goldilocks pictured
EPT’s Panto in Pictures:
Edinburgh People’s Theatre is rocking the Church Hill Theatre this week until Saturday 17 December 2016, with its four star production of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Goldilocks & The Three Bears
★★★★☆ Just right:
Tuneful, funny and an utterly traditional pantomime, EPT’s Goldilocks and the Three Bears comes out with all guns blazing and satisfies completely.
Morgan & West: A (sort of) Christmas Carol Magic Show
★★★☆☆ Enjoyable:
Old-fashioned trickery and a well-known story combine with humour in A (sort of) Christmas Carol Magic Show at the Spiegeltent – a seasonal offering that does not always gel but provides a great deal of entertainment.
Bugsy Malone Casting Call
Bugsy for FCT Easter show:
Forth Children’s Theatre has put out an open casting call for its Spring 2017 production of the musical, Bugsy Malone.
