Shakespeare
Brave MacBeth
✭✭✭✭✩ Foot-tapping treason
Something wicked this way comes to the Famous Spiegeltent in St Andrews Square this fringe. As part of their Did Not Deserve to Die series, Captivate Drama, present the grisly Scottish Play.
The Tempest – Review
✭✭✭✩✩ Bristles with physicality
Roaring out onto the Pleasance Theatre’s specially constructed thrust stage, this is a Tempest which bristles with physicality and thrills knowingly with contemporary twists.
Review – Invokation of Lady Macbeth
The opening image of Invokation is an arresting one. A large black pentagram is marked out on the floor, inhabited by two strange figures, one masked like a Venetian carnival figure and the other shrouded in black lace. A doom-laden soundscape heralds the beginning of some kind of black mass.
Review – Julius Caesar
Thought-provoking and challenging, Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group’s Julius Caesar is an intriguing if ultimately somewhat uneven production.
Review – Romeo and Juliet
Vibrant and driven, Bard in the Botanics’ Romeo and Juliet bursts and bounces about the stage in this touring production which is at Summerhall for three nights only.
Review – As You Like It
There are no tricks or real surprises in Arkle Theatre Company’s As You Like It at The Royal Scots Club, but this accessible, pacy production would be an ideal introduction for Shakespeare novices.
Review – Coriolanus
Bloody retribution, a few slit throats and a mother’s surprising influence make sure that there are few uneventful moments in Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company’s starkly 80s take on Shakespeare’s great tragedy of Coriolanus.
University companies cover classics
A pair of under-performed classics from either end of the 17th century are to get rare performances from Edinburgh University companies this week with EUSC’s Coriolanus and ESO’s King Arthur
Review – Richard III
★★☆☆☆ Macabre:
Vile and unrepentant, Richard Godden’s take on Richard III is an uncompromising one in this fascinating production of from the Grads – at St Brides until Saturday.
ETA Take Scots Macbeth to Stratford
The Scottish Play in Scots to play Shakespeare’s birthplace By Thom Dibdin Edinburgh Theatre Arts’ production of Macbeth in Scots has been chosen to take part in the Open Stages Showcase at the RSC in Stratford in July. The world premiere production of Robin Lorimer’s translation from Shakespeare was performed by ETA at St Ninians […]
