Sherlock Holmes: The Final Reckoning, Twisted Thistle’s production for Annexe Arts Hub’s Formation Festival at the Assembly Roxy, is an intriguing and beautifully presented exploration of the characters of Edinburgh-born Arthur Conan Doyle.
Twisted Thistle’s production for Annexe Arts Hub’s Formation Festival at the Assembly Roxy, is an intriguing and beautifully presented exploration of the characters of Edinburgh-born Arthur Conan Doyle.
‘A delightful treat of a show’: FLUTTER – Touring ★★★★
Built in a flurry of snow Flutter, from Tortoise in a Nutshell and Freshly Squeezed at the Assembly Roxy and then on tour, is the charming story of young sisters who venture out into the garden after a snowstorm.
‘Everything you look for in a musical on the Fringe’: THOR & LOKI – Edinburgh Fringe ★★★★
The Norse mythology musical you’ve been waiting for, unashamedly silly and brilliantly performed – and there’s even a tap number.
‘Effortlessly accessible’: MY LEFT / RIGHT FOOT – THE MUSICAL – Edinburgh Fringe ★★★★★
An hysterically funny new musical that also makes a rather pertinent point about disability and inclusivity – the performances are top notch, and it’s effortlessly accessible.
‘Beautiful comic rhythm’: TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT – Edinburgh ★★★★
The glorious inventiveness on display in Travels With My Aunt never quite banishes the whiff of cynicism about the subject material. However, worries hardly matter when the exemplary performances and staging mean this comes highly recommended.
‘Deft intelligence’: WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT – Edinburgh ★★★
Though White Rabbit Red Rabbit could be perceived as a tad gimmicky, the marriage of form and content proves more than satisfying. Nassim Soleimanpour has got himself a winning formula here and it will undoubtedly return to Edinburgh’s stages soon.
Little Red Riding Hood’s Christmas Adventure – Edinburgh ★★★★
Think Christmas and think kids and you think panto – but not anymore. It’s not all about the dames and double entendres, thanks to Nonsense Room Productions.
THE ASH GIRL – Edinburgh
This is Cinderella by another name, and Wertenbaker goes beyond the glitter and the glib happy ending in the source to create a version which picks out the darkness and the morality of the tale.
SCRIBBLE – #EdFringe ★★★
Thought-provoking: Andy Edwards’ new play Scribble, at the Assembly Roxy, is an innovative and thought-provoking exploration of mental health.
The Girl Who Jumped Off the Hollywood Sign – #EdFringe
It’s a twee, nostalgic tale of a girl who can’t get a job as an actress and contemplates suicide. The Girl Who Jumped Off The Hollywood Sign is Peg Entwhistle, not Joanne Hartstone’s character.
Edinburgh Festival Spotlight On… When The Going Gets Duff
Next up in our Spotlight feature is When The Going Gets Duff which plays Edinburgh Festival from 2 – 27 August 2017. I caught up with writer and actor Helen Duff.
INTERVIEW: Edinburgh Festival Spotlight On… Scribble
Next up in our Spotlight feature is Scribble, which plays Edinburgh Festival from 3 – 27 August 2017. I caught up with director Amy Gilmartin.
THE LADYKILLERS – Edinburgh
Assured comedy performances and ambitious staging combine to make a success of The Ladykillers for the Grads, at the Assembly Roxy to Saturday. The classic 1955 black comedy film, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, was adapted for the stage by Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan in 2011.
A FEW GOOD MEN – Edinburgh
Tightly paced and with a solidly constructed script from West Wing writer Aaron Sorkin, Beam Theatre’s A Few Good Men has plenty to offer, at the Assembly Roxy to Saturday.
Edinburgh Fringe (junior review): Molly Whuppie
Energetic: This was a very funny and energetic show that is very suitable for three to ten year olds but older people might like it.
CARMEN – Edinburgh
For their first production in the Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh Studio Opera set Bizet’s opera of love, lust and death during the Spanish Civil War.
CARMEN – Edinburgh
For their first production in the Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh Studio Opera set Bizet’s opera of love, lust and death during the Spanish Civil War.
IN LOVE AND WARCRAFT – Edinburgh
Love is reduced to a set of rules in Beam Theatre’s fascinating and timely take on Madhuri Shekar’s quirky script, at the Roxy for a three-night stint.
THE BRUCE IN IRELAND – Edinburgh
Played out on a stage covered with squelching mud and straw, director Kolbrun Bjort Sigfusdottir ensures that there is an uneasy sense of impermanence to the whole project. The Bruce in Ireland covers the historical events which followed Bannockburn, when Robert the Bruce’s younger brother went off to Ireland to open up a second front against the English. Fighting as he was, in support of those already at war with them, it technically did not break the year-long truce agreed between Scotland and England.
Beam Theatre Open Audition
Open call for In Love and Warcraft:
Edinburgh’s youngest amateur company, Beam Theatre, is holding open auditions for its next production, In Love and Warcraft, to be staged in February 2016.
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