Archive for February, 2017
Summer Holiday
★★★☆☆ Wholesome:
There’s a suitably wholesome charm to the Loretto Youth Player’s take on Summer Holiday which is at the Brunton to Saturday.
Oliver!
★★☆☆☆ Disconnected:
A pair of very fine interpretations, backed by a company intent on performing at the peak of their abilities mark out an Oliver! which aims high but suffers from the constraints of its own conceit.
Made In India
★★★★☆ Intense and involving:
Combining thought-provoking intelligence and the genuinely moving, Made In India at the Traverse is a very fine production.
RENT
★★★☆☆ Lacks dirt:
There is plenty of energy and spectacle in Bruce Guthrie’s 20th anniversary production of Rent, at the Festival theatre until Saturday, but it is too careful and just too clean to fully persuade.
The Winter’s Tale
★★★☆☆ Layered:
Lucid and engaging, the Lyceum’s Scottish-set production of The Winter’s Tale has much to recommend it, even if it does not quite convince.
Desire Lines Hustings
Hustings event organised by cultural community”
The next Desire Lines event will be a local election hustings on March 6, at which the audience will debate six key questions of cultural issues with local politicians.
A Judgement in Stone
★★★☆☆ Not such a class act:
The Ruth Rendell murder tale A Judgement in Stone, at the King’s until Saturday, promises much but shoots itself in the foot with unbelievable characters and relationships.
A Tour with the Beatles
Beatles Show goes out on tour:
Edinburgh-based Siege Perilous productions is taking its 2015 EdFringe hit, A Life With The Beatles, out on tour.
Nine for One Act Fest
85th SCDA One Act Fest kicks off this week:
New writing and modern classic scripts will be on display this week up at the Church Hill Theatre at the 85th Scottish Community Drama Association festival of one act plays.
A Few Good Men
★★★☆☆ Clever
Tightly paced and with a solidly constructed script from West Wing writer Aaron Sorkin, Beam Theatre’s A Few Good Men has plenty to offer, at the Assembly Roxy to Saturday.
