Archive for October, 2024
Lung Ha at 40: Spotlight on… Naomi Dickie
Lung Ha at 40
To mark its 40th anniversary, Lung Ha theatre commissioned a series of portraits of the 25-strong company from Edinburgh-based photographer Peter Dibdin. We are publishing a new portrait every fortnight. Today our spotlight is on Lung Ha actor Naomi Dickie.
The Book of Mormon
★★★★☆ Something incredible
“Africa is nothing like the Lion King,” laments naïve, egotistical, nineteen year old Mormon missionary Elder Price, after having his dreams of spending his two year mission in Orlando Florida shattered, replaced by mud huts, AIDS, and a murderous general.
Dangerous Corner
★★★★☆ Absorbing
The Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group’s production of J.B. Priestley’s Dangerous Corner, upstairs at the Assembly Roxy until Saturday, is a tense affair, well staged and compelling.
Preview and listings: Mon 14 – Sun 20 Oct 2024.
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
The big opener this week comes from amateur company EGTG who are staging J B Priestley’s tense psychological drama Dangerous Corner at the Assembly Roxy. But there is also plenty on for October Week and more…
PPP: Lost Girls / At Bus Stops
★★★☆☆ Excellent performances
Lost Girls / At Bus Stops, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse, is a rather sweet take on a time-honoured dramatic dilemma.
Brining gets Lyceum AD post
James Brining takes over from David Greig
James Brining, who is currently Artistic Director at the Leeds Playhouse, has been appointed as the successor to David Greig at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh. He will take up the role of Artistic Director and co-CEO in April 2025.
Scotsman curbs arts coverage
Previews and Scotsman Sessions dropped
We understand that a story we ran yesterday about The Scotsman’s arts coverage is “both inaccurate and damaging”.
In the mix
Nicholas Bone on Magnetic North’s quarter century Edinburgh’s Magnetic North theatre company, creators of some a clutch of quite brilliant pieces of small scale work – and facilitators of even more – is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. We asked company founder and artistic director Nichola Bone, about the company and its work, which […]
To Save the Sea
★★★★☆ Defiant hope
Sleeping Warrior Theatre Company presents To Save the Sea at the Traverse and on a Scottish tour, a new musical capturing the efforts of Greenpeace environmental activists to prevent the disposal of Shell’s Brent Spar oil storage facility at sea in 1995.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
★★★★☆ Dark and epic
There’s a ghoulish and classic Penny Dreadful atmosphere to this epic tale of revenge, as Blackout Productions bring new life to Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, at the Church Hill Theatre until Saturday.
