Archive for June, 2019
Von Teese for Playhouse
2020 is Glamonatrix time:
Tickets go on sale today, Friday 28 June, for the Playhouse date in April 2020 of the ever-dazzling international Queen of Burlesque’s latest extravaganza – Dita Von Teese: Glamonatrix.
Phantom at the Festival
UK Tour plays Festival Theatre in 2020:
The Phantom of the Opera has announced a major UK and Ireland tour for 2020 which will play Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre for six weeks in September and October.
Women in Parliament
★★☆☆☆ Attic Crude:
Crude on several levels, amateur company Athens of the North’s project to stage Andrew Wilson’s new translation of Aristophanes’ Women In Parliament is both fascinating and infuriating.
Amélie The Musical
★★★★☆ Half-step Toodeloo:
Peppered with emotion and fizzing with energy, the touring production of Amélie the Musical – at the King’s to Saturday – is the sort of treat which gives musical theatre a good name.
Listings Mon 24 – Sun 30 June 2019
All the sights to see on Edinburgh’s stages:
Almost the end of term but there is a bouncing plethora of theatre to be had this week, as the Formation Festival opens at the Roxy and Amelie The Musical arrives at the King’s.
The Sideshow
★★★☆☆ In the zone:
In the week when moves to regulate AirBnB failed and it was decided to curtain Princess Street Gardens off during commercial gigs, Active Inquiry’s The Sideshow feels remarkably relevant.
Once for Playhouse
May 2020 dates for award-winning musical:
Tickets have gone on sale for the first UK tour of award-winning musical, Once, based on the film of the same name, which will play the Edinburgh Playhouse in May 2020.
Strictly Tix On Sale
Tickets for Strictly Professionals, Anton & Erin on sale:
Details of how to get ticket for the Strictly Come Dancing – The Professionals’ 2020 tour at Edinburgh Playhouse in June 2020 and the Anton and Erin Usher Hall tickets in March 2020.
Strictly dancers for Edinburgh
Playhouse and Usher Hall dates confirmed:
The Strictly Professionals tour will play the Edinburgh Playhouse in June 2020 while Anton and Erin hit the Usher Hall in March 2020.
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
★★★★☆ Intense:
The heart and soul of Louis de Bernières’ 1994 novel, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, is caught with sometimes burning intensity in this stage version, at the Edinburgh King’s until Saturday.
