Archive for March, 2017
The Nether
★★★☆☆ Morally contentious
Problematic, simply because of its subject matter, The Nether is given a solid and suitably powerful production by student company Paradok Theatre at Checkpoint to Saturday.
Offside
★★★★☆ Inspiring:
Offside, Futures Theatre’s touring production at the Traverse, is a heartfelt, energetic and ultimately uplifting play about women’s football that explores wider issues with humour and intelligence.
The Importance of Being Earnest
★★★☆☆ Judicious:
There is a studied air to Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest that pays dividends, but also brings disadvantages.
Hatches, Matches and Dispatches
★★★★☆ Beautiful timing:
There is genuine warmth in Saughtonhall Drama Group’s Hatches, Matches and Dispatches, adding to a real drive and considerable understanding of comedy.
Anita and Me
★★★☆☆ Indistinct:
Seventies teenager Meena lives in Tollington, a former mining village in England’s Black Country in Anita and Me, on at the King’s until Saturday.
Being Earnest
EPT play Wilde at the Church Hill:
Edinburgh People’s Theatre is bringing one of the best loved and best known plays in English (outside Shakespeare), back to the Church Hill Theatre.
Wanted: A Warbucks
Captivate casting for #EdFringe Annie:
Captivate Drama is seeking a performer with a strong tenor voice to play Daddy Warbucks in its fringe 2017 production of Annie, which will run Thurs 3 – Mon 14 August.
King’s set for £25M refurb
CEC orange lights £25M King’s Theatre project:
Plans by the Festival City Theatre’s Trust for an extensive £25 million redevelopment project at the King’s Theatre have passed their first hurdle with the City of Edinburgh Council.
EdFringe Gin Time
Casting call for new amateur theatre company:
New Edinburgh-based amateur theatre company Gin & Chronic has put out a casting call for its first production, Elegy for an Echo, to be staged at the fringe in 2017.
Hibs Play for #EdFringe
Strange Town post casting call for Hibs Play:
Easter Road stadium is to become a venue at the 2017 fringe, staging a new community play about the history of Hibernian Football Club.
