And… And… And…
★★★★☆ Captures the essence
Strange Town Touring Company’s And… And… And… takes time out from its tour round Edinburgh’s schools, to play the Traverse for two nights only, proving that Isla Cowan’s script is worth a wider audience.
Les Mis for Glasgow Hydro
Oct 2024 dates for Les Misérables arena spectacular
Tickets have gone on sale for the Glasgow leg of the Les Misérables Arena Spectacular world tour, which will be playing the SSE Hydro Arena, Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 October 2024.
Still Waiting…
Sequel to Waiting in the Wings for Church Hill
Still Waiting in the Wings, a charity concert to raise funds for brain tumour research, is taking place at the Church Hill Theatre this weekend, with an evening performance on Friday 13 and Saturday matinee on 14 October 2023.
Listings Mon 9 – Sun 15 Oct 2023
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week…
Welcome to a top week of on-stage entertainment, with two big theatrical events at either end of the production values spectrum, the second and final week of Peter Arnott’s latest, and the return of Waiting in the Wings, the benefit for brain tumour research.
Inclusivity award for Cap Theatres
Capital Theatres heads Scottish winners at UK Theatre Awards
Capital Theatres’ “pioneering and ambitious” dementia-friendly programme, started in 2015, has won the Excellence in Inclusivity award at this year’s UK Theatre awards, held in London’s Guildhall on Sunday, 8 October 2023.
Wake Up
★★★★☆ Audacious
Solar Bear’s triple bill of short plays, brought together under the title of Wake Up and playing for one night only at the Studio near the start of a Scottish tour, is a resounding and entertaining success.
Listings Mon 2 – Sun 8 Oct 2023
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
Plenty, is the answer! The Lyceum opens its 2023/24 season, Sister Act is at the Festival, the Traverse has an urgent new play from Stellar Quines, the Studio has a triple bill of deaf-driven drama, there’s another triple bill (of Tennessee Williams short works) at the Roxy, and, and, and Strangetown is at at the Traverse, showcasing a work that is otherwise touring schools.
Jude for the West End
Edinburgh Oscar winner in Enfield Haunting
Edinburgh school student Jude Coward Nicoll has been cast alongside Catherine Tate and David Threlfall in The Enfield Haunting, playing in London’s West End at the Ambassadors Theatre for a limited season.
Showcase 2023 – Up Where We Belong
★★★★☆ Nuanced
Showcase, the annual concert in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief, can certainly say it is “Up where we belong”, in the words of the Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warner number that gives this year’s show its title.
SB’s Cinders! surprise
Male Cinderella for Scottish Ballet Xmas production
Scottish Ballet’s new show, Cinders!, which comes to the Festival Theatre in January 2024, is to feature gender-swapped roles for Cinderella and Charming – but only in half the performances.
