Shakespeare
Twelfth Night
★★★★☆ Cleanly put:
Solidly performed and cleverly directed, there is much to enjoy about Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company’s lucid production of Twelfth Night at Teviot House to Saturday.
The Winter’s Tale
★★★☆☆ Layered:
Lucid and engaging, the Lyceum’s Scottish-set production of The Winter’s Tale has much to recommend it, even if it does not quite convince.
Shakespeare, His Wife, and the Dog
★★★★☆ Human:
Not only is Shakespeare, His Wife, and the Dog at Summerhall a treat for all theatre aficionados, it is also clever, emotional and wonderfully acted.
Coriolanus
★★★★☆ Timely:
EUTC’s production of Coriolanus at the Bedlam is a pertinent and particularly well staged production.
Book Festival Round-up (Part Two)
More words from Charlotte Square
The script’s the thing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
As well as being the most congenial place in the whole Festival simply to hang out, the Book Festival continues to provide a great deal of interest associated with the theatre.
Midsummer frolics
QMU’s Dream for Dunbar’s Close
Queen Margaret Universitybrings its midsummer production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the Dunbar’s Close Gardens on the Cowgate for a one-off alfresco performance on Friday 24 June 2016.
Grads EdFringe Auditions
Two shows for #EdFringe2016:
The Grads have announced open auditions for their fringe 2016 productions of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Neil LaBute’s In A Forest, Dark and Deep.
Bob
★★★☆☆ Work in progress:
Setting off with a torrid regard for its roots, G&T Productions’ latest twist on Shakespeare is Bob, seen here as a work in progress at the Wee Red Bar until Thursday.
Julius Caesar
★★☆☆☆ Mid-table:
A football-themed Julius Caesar at Augustine United Church pitches Shakespeare against the world of agents, bungs and FIFA, but neither can be said to come out the winner.
King Lear
★★★☆☆ Sound:
There is a real clarity of purpose about the Edinburgh University Shakespeare society’s production of King Lear, at the Pleasance Theatre all this week.
