Listings Mon 19 – Sun 25 Feb 2024
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
This week is all about the one-acts: the Scottish Community Drama Association’s competitive Festival of One Act Plays, in which SCDA members compete for prestige and trophies.
Listings Mon 12 – Sun 18 Feb 2024
What is on Edinburgh’s stages this week…
There’s a full card of productions on this half term week, with nearly all of Edinburgh’s major stages in use at some point or other and a quite eclectic mix of productions to choose from.
Ragnarok
★★★★☆ Dark
Tortoise in a Nutshell has brought all its considerable prowess in live animation to the stage with Ragnarok, a dark and foreboding take on an ancient Norse myth, foretelling the end of our world.
Everybody’s talking about… FCT
Forth Children’s Theatre announce 43rd EdFringe show
Forth Children’s Theatre has put out an open call for the teen edition of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at EdFringe 2024, which it will stage Friday 2 to Saturday 10 August at Broughton High School.
Invitation to Horror
Edinburgh Horror Festival 2024 submissions open
Organisers of the Edinburgh Horror Festival 2024, taking place over Halloween at the Banshee Labyrinth pub on Niddry Street, have put out an open call for submissions to this year’s event.
Jesus Christ Superstar
★★★★☆ Rock-tastic
It’s back to basics for the Regents Park Open Air Theatre’s Jesus Christ Superstar, at the Playhouse to Saturday, in a production that soars and roars in all the right places.
Listings Mon 5 – Sun 11 Feb 2024
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week…
There’s plenty to see on Edinburgh’s stages this week, with EUSC staging The Taming of the Shrew (tickets) weekday nights and the Lyceum opening Two Sisters (tickets) for previews on Saturday.
Envahisseurs (Invaders)
★★★★★ Jelly crime
It’s the little things which count in Compagnie Bakélite’s intense table-top object theatre, Envahisseurs (Invaders), at the Traverse as part of the Manipulate Festival 2024 for two performances only.
EAS adds Daytime Actors’ Gym
Morning sessions for Edinburgh Acting School’s acting workout
Edinburgh Acting School’s Actors’ Gym is piloting a new monthly daytime class in addition to its regular Monday evening sessions. The first daytime session will take place on Monday 19 Feb 2024.
Pan and Tink join Rydell High
Peter Pan to play Doody, Tink as Rizzo, in UK tour of Grease
Kieran Lynch and Rebecca Stenhouse, who starred as Peter Pan and Tink in the 2023/24 panto at the Festival theatre, have been announced as Doody and Rizzo in the UK tour of Grease, coming to the Playhouse in June 2024, with tickets already on sale here.
