✭✭✭✩✩ Honourable:
A strange and mysterious 1950s New York is explored in the Consortium Theatre Company’s take on Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge, but the production fails to completely convince.
The Straw Chair
✭✭✭✭✩ Ragged glory:
There is a warm and thoughtful core to The Straw Chair at the Traverse that sometimes seems in danger of being overpowered by a particularly remarkable performance.
Chitty tours again
Producer hopeful for Edinburgh dates:
Leith-based musicals producer Music & Lyrics Limited has announced a new touring production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Birdsong
✭✭✭✩✩ Unsettling:
Emotionally uneven, Birdsong at the King’s has much to recommend it but struggles to convince fully.
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
✭✭✭✩✩ Bitty but braw:
Brecht gets a comedic turn at the Assembly Roxy this week, as the QMU students of Cobweb Theatre bring a funny and relevant production of Fear and Misery of the Third Reich.
Comedy Double Bill
✭✭✭✩✩ Well timed:
Staged with real care and featuring more than the required number of laughs, Saughtonhall Drama Group’s double bill of one-act comedies provides an enjoyable evening.
The Woman in Black
There’s a terrifying tale waiting to be told. The Woman in Black, the 1987 stage production that inspired the 2012 film of the same name, shows just how a ghost story ought to be told – delivering two hours of conflict, action and suspense.
Tartuffe
✭✭✭✭✩ Timelessly funny:
Energetic, well drilled and mining a rich seam of comedy, Edinburgh Theatre Arts’ production of Tartuffe is cleverly staged and particularly enjoyable.