Archive for October 23rd, 2024
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.
