Archive for November, 2017
Tabula Rasa
★★☆☆☆ Disjointed:
Tabula Rasa at the Traverse is a collaboration between Scottish Ensemble and Vanishing Point that contains moments of heartfelt beauty but never coheres.
Blue Stockings
★★★☆☆ Fierce
There is a real sense of anger and fight to the EUTC’s production of Jessica Swale’s Blue Stockings at the Bedlam to Saturday, about the first female students at Cambridge University.
Lyceum to touch void
Lyceum announces Bristol Old Vic co-pros for 2018:
A new David Greig adaptation of Touching the Void and the return of Wils Wilson at the helm for Twelfth Night will feature in the Lyceum’s 2018/19 season.
The Ash Girl
★★★☆☆ Dark tales
Christmas theatre has come early and in the darkest of garb to the Assembly Roxy as the 3rd year MGA acting students give an intriguing account of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s The Ash Girl.
The Steamie
★★★★☆ Far from mince:
There is genuine warmth as well as hilarity in The Steamie, at the King’s until Saturday.
Rent for Shoogly summer school
Shoogly Peg Productions to stage Rent at King’s:
The Edinburgh based youth company Shoogly Peg Productions is to stage Rent the Musical as its intensive summer programme at the King’s Theatre in July 2018.
Culture Fund gets £50K
Tattoo donates £50K to council fund:
The Edinburgh city council’s Culture Project Fund, launched in January, has been boosted by a £50K donation from the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo as part of a pilot project between the two bodies.
EdFringe extends survey
Extra 10 days to take survey into staffing at EdFringe venues:
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has extended the time available to fill in its survey into staffing in Edinburgh fringe venues until Friday 10 November 2017.
It’s Leith again for Hidden Door
Pop-up Festival returns to Leith Theatre for 2018:
Hidden Door, the multi-arts pop-up festival is to return to Leith Theatre for its 2018 offering and has announced plans to run events in the nearby State Cinema building.
Rock of Ages
★★★☆☆ Codpiece rock-out:
Big and silly, much like the hair, Allegro’s production of retro Eighties soft-rock musical Rock of Ages at the Church Hill knows how to hit the highs with ease.
