Archive for October, 2024
Preview and listings: Mon 28 Oct – Sun 3 Nov 2024
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
It’s the big week for the youngsters of Edinburgh and Lothian’s Scout and Guiding movements who are in the Gang Show, which is again at the Festival Theatre – albeit unseasonably early because of a fixture builtup at the venue.
Penguin time at Gang Show 2024
Early Gang Show at Festival Theatre for third year
The Edinburgh Gang Show returns to the Festival Theatre tonight, Tuesday 29 October 2024, for its third outing at the venue while the Kings remains dark for refurbishment, with all the usual fare including a tribute to the Edinburgh Zoo penguins.
Summerhall: AMA are preferred
Preferred bidder for Summerhall confirmed as local house builder
Edinburgh based AMA Homes has been confirmed as the preferred bidder for the Summerhall arts complex, indicating it will become “mixed use”, while still “allocating a substantial proportion of the space for art, conference, entertainment and public space.”
New Theatre podcast launched
A history of Scottish Drama in six plays
Fergus Morgan, the Stage’s Scotland correspondent and theatre critic, is launching new podcast, A history of Scottish Drama in six plays, with a recording of the seventh and final episode tonight, Monday 28 October 2024, at the Traverse.
Arán & Im
★★★★☆ A winning combination
Irish writer and television documentary maker, Manchán Magan’s Arán & Im (Bread & Butter) is a fascinating piece of storytelling, slicing through Irish history, language and culture, while baking traditional Irish sourdough and churning fresh cream to create butter, live on stage. It is a winning combination.
That Feeling When
★★★★☆ Charmingly authentic
That Feeling When is a journey exploring the seasons through the eyes of Lyra’s Young Company, who are all aged 12+ from the Craigmillar and wider area, which they have devised themselves.
The Boys in the Band
★★★★☆ Engaging
The EUTC’s engaging production of Mart Crowley’s 1968, New York-set gay drama, The Boys in the Band, is a well-observed affair which is at its best when it goes past the play’s innate waspishness to find its inner anger.
Listings and Preview: Mon 21 – Sun 27 Oct 2024
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week? It’s a pretty full card of theatre this week, topped out by the PFT production of A Streetcar Named Desire opening at the Lyceum for a fortnight run (Fri – 9 Nov: tickets) and the arrival of Michael Maloney as Hurcule Poirot in Christie’s supreme thriller: Murder on the […]
Murder on the Orient Express
★★★☆☆ Reassuring mystery
The touring production of Murder on the Orient Express from Fiery Angel at the Festival Theatre is a reliable whodunnit, well performed and staged with commendable ambition. Not everything about the staging convinces, but the result is pleasing.
PPP: Detained
★★★★☆ Heartfelt
Detained, the final instalment in the Traverse’s autumn season of offerings from from Òran Mór’s Play, Pie and a Pint, is a thoughtful and incisive piece of theatre.
