Archive for April, 2017
EIFF Features McGrath
Theatre element to Film Festival:
The Edinburgh International Film Festival will contain a strong theatre element as one of its Future is History strands looks at the work of poet, playwright and all-round maverick, Tom McGrath.
Gareth Nicholls for Traverse
New associate director for the Traverse:
Gareth Nicholls will be joining the Traverse’s artistic team as associate director from 8 May 2017.
Lyceum Season 2017-18
Details of 17/18 season announced:
The Lyceum is to stage ten shows in its 2017-18 season, the second in David Greig’s tenure as artistic director and the final year in the current funding round.
Lyceum season introduction
A time to take risks:
The Lyceum’s artistic director, David Greig, talks about the background to the 2017/18 season and his reasoning behind it.
The Addams Family
★★★★☆ Slick:
Hugely energetic, reliably tuneful and packed with more fun that could reasonably be expected, The Addams Family is always going to be a great success.
The Memory of Water
★★★☆☆ Fluid:
There are some very good performances of recognisable human dilemmas in Edinburgh Theatre Arts’ production of The Memory of Water at St Ninian’s.
World Fringe Day set for July 11
International celebration of #EdFringe’s 70th anniversary
The Edinburgh fringe is leading plans for an inaugural World Fringe Day on July 11, to acknowledge the 70th anniversary of what would become the Edinburgh fringe.
Not Dead Enough
★★★☆☆ Grace notes:
Quincy meets Crossroads as the latest adaptation of a Peter James thriller, Not Dead Enough, hits the King’s Theatre. Literally.
Listings 24 – 30 April 2017
Listings for week ending Sunday 30 April 2017:
Things are calming down a bit on Edinburgh’s stages this week, after some hefty productions during the Science festival, but there is still a strong mix of big musicals, thrilles and straight theatre.
Fame calling!
Footlights seeks creatives for February show:
Edinburgh University Footlights has announced that its February 2018 production will be Fame the Musical and has put out an open call for the creative team to stage the show.
