Archive for August, 2018
Rocky Horror Show for Playhouse
45th Anniversary Tour: Playhouse dates
The sweet transvestites of transexual Transylvania are on the prowl again, for what will be the 45th anniversary tour of Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show.
A Joke
★★★★☆ Funny, peculiar:
There is a masterclass in comic nous to be had in A Joke, Universal Arts and Scene Change Productions’ reworking of last year’s Fringe hit by Dan Freeman.
A Good Enough Girl?
★★★★☆ More than good enough:
Scene Change Productions, Greenwich Theatre and Nutshell Theatre’s co-production A Good Enough Girl? is enjoyable, involving and deceptively important production.
Gie’s Peace
★★★☆☆ Peaceful zeal:
Gie’s Peace, Morna Burdon’s political song and spoken word performance, has an intimate feel but a core of steel.
Ganymede
★★★☆☆ Timely reworking:
Ganymede, TypeCast Productions’ reworking of Shakespeare at Paradise in Augustines, is an intriguing production that uses the spirit of the Bard to cast light on contemporary concerns.
Corydon Ovium
★★★☆☆ Not baad:
Corydon Ovium, Nightmare Productions’ comedy horror anthology downstairs at the Newsroom, is a decidedly hit-and-miss affair that makes up in gleeful energy for what it lacks in polish.
At the Book Festival
Theatre news from the EIBF:
The Edinburgh International Book Festival continues to offer many events designed to appeal to theatre-goers.
Twa
★★★★☆ Vital questions:
Twa, the collaboration between writer Annie George and visual artist Flore Gardner at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, is a lucid and involving production. At times stark and disturbing, it is nevertheless a depiction of hope that has an ultimately transcendent quality.
Tynecastle drama extends run
Extra dates for A War of Two Halves:
The site-specific production of A War of Two Halves at Tynecastle Park has added eight extra performances across four dates for its 2018 edfringe run due to the demand for tickets.
The Tumbling Lassie & Fergus of Galloway
★★★★☆ Jaunty:
Edinburgh Studio Opera renews its association with Alexander McCall Smith and Tom Cunningham with this double bill, marrying new work The Tumbling Lassie with 2013’s Fergus of Galloway.
