Archive for January, 2020
Blood Brothers Returns
Playhouse dates on sale for Autumn tour:
Blood Brothers is returning to the Edinburgh Playhouse in October 2020 as part of an Autumn tour which is also booked to play the Glasgow King’s.
Oor Wullie
★★★☆☆ Sparky:
Oor Wullie, the touring musical from Selladoor, Dundee Rep and DC Thomson has moments of comic brilliance. However, it never quite coheres into a wholly convincing story.
Carr drives in to Edinburgh
Alan Carr’s Not Again, Alan! for Playhouse
Comedian Alan Carr will play the Edinburgh Playhouse and Glasgow King’s this September 2020 with his new show Not Again, Alan! as part of his first live stand-up in four years.
Manipulate is nigh!
Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival 2020:
As the year turns chillier and darker, it’s always good to have good things to look forward to warm the heart and soul if not the body.
Grogan goes Barefoot at Lyceum
Clare Grogan joins Barefoot in the Park at Lyceum:
Altered Images singer Clare Grogan is to feature in the Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Royal Lyceum Theatre’s co-production of Barefoot in the Park, playing Edinburgh in April.
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
★★★★☆ Effervescent:
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), presented by the Lyceum with the Tron, Glasgow and Blood of the Young, is a constantly surprising and endlessly entertaining affair.
Easter Play becomes Edinburgh Passion
Easter story to be told in 63 hour epic:
The Princes Street Easter Play is to be expanded this year into a city-wide community play, The Edinburgh Passion, with different groups telling the story of Jesus’s death and resurrection in real time across the city.
Assembly expands ART award
Assembly Roxy Theatre award adds extra support:
The Assembly Roxy Theatre award has been expanded with a new package of support and additional performance opportunities during the venue’s Spring 2020 season.
Hidden Door open call
Theatre proposals wanted for October 2020 event:
Hidden Door, Edinburgh’s innovative festival which uses found spaces, has put out an open call for proposals for its theatre offering when it returns, at a mystery Edinburgh location in October 2020.
Big MAMA is Back
MAMA’s Revue 2020 for Brunton Theatre:
The Musselburgh Amateur Musical Association returns to the Brunton Theatre this week for their annual musical Revue.
