Archive for May, 2017
Oklahoma!
★★★☆☆ Tuneful:
Tender and melodic, Encore’s production of Oklahoma! at the Brunton to Saturday is marked out by some striking vocal performances and clever attention to romantic detail.
Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes
★★★★☆Beautiful and dangerous:
Love, lust, obsession and despair are given colourful and vigorous life in Matthew Bourne’s adaptation of The Red Shoes, touring to the Festival Theatre this week.
Sasha Regan’s All Male The Mikado
★★★★☆ Entertaining:
Clever, witty and tuneful, Sasha Regan’s all male The Mikado, at the King’s to Saturday, ticks the necessary boxes for a successful night of G&S operetta.
Locker Room Talk Returns
#EdFringe tix on sale now:
Gary McNair’s verbatim show, Locker Room Talk, inspired by Donal Trump’s leaked sexually aggressive comments, will play two performances in one day at the Traverse in the 2017 fringe.
Grads in a comedy killing
It’s time for the Ladykillers:
When Graham Linehan’s comedy The Ladykillers toured to the King’s in 2012, the set was so convoluted and clever that Æ pictured its design model as the review illustration.
Good Things
★★★☆☆ Heartfelt:
There are plenty of Good Things in the Makars’ production of Liz Lochhead’s play of that name, in a production that is solid if not spectacular.
Culture Shock!
Culture convenor loses seat:
Richard Lewis, the City of Edinburgh Council’s convenor of its Culture and Sport Committee, has lost his seat in the council elections to Labour.
Community Casting Call
Gorebridge takes on Annie S Swan:
East Lothian’s 3in1 Theatre has put out an open call for performers in its Gorebridge community play, Swan, a new piece about prolific Scottish author Annie Swan, who was born in Gorebridge in 1859.
Extra Running Wild
Added matinee on in-service day:
Running Wild, the adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel about a girl who is saved by an elephant from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, has added an extra matinee performance on Thursday 4 May.
Charlie Sonata
★★★☆☆ Emotionally messy:
Time, change, dependence and human frailty are explored with emotion in the world premiere of Charlie Sonata at the Lyceum.
