Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Rebecca Herd launches Heartlands EP:
An EP of the original music written by Ayrshire-based singer-songwriter Rebecca Herd for Heartlands is being released on Thursday, with a launch event a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:23PMQuines get third Fringe First & Trav gets three:
Stellar Quines has won its third Fringe First for the Jennifer Tremblay trilogy of plays, with one going to The Deliverance.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:34AM✭✭✩✩✩ Mealy-mouthed:
Help Yourself, Foolproof Theatre’s play about injustice and self-reliance at home and abroad, has its heart in the right place …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:23AMTuesday, August 18, 2015
✭✭✩✩✩ Bakersfield missed:
Despite a great deal of care and two capable actors, Bakersfield Mist at the Royal Scots Club from Arkle Theatre Company never…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:32PMThe Mull community has elected a shadow board to the existing board of arts organisation Comar, following the sacking of Mull Theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PM✭✭✭✭✩ Interactive magic
Young critics scheme review:
Surreal, entertaining and quirky, The Voice Thief performed by Catherine Wheels takes you on an i…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:23AM✭✭✭✩✩ Mixed success:
Arkle’s Much Ado About Nothing at the Royal Scots Club overcomes a less than well thought-out central concept to deliver a so…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:26AM✭✭✭✩✩ Gets under the skin:
Young critics scheme review
After its world debut in the Avignon Festival last year, Cie du Veilieur brings Gustave Akakpo's…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:47AM✭✭✭✭✩ All in the Mind:
When two people meet on a park bench in this late-night, free fringe production, it is apparent from the blood and bruises on th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:18AM✭✭✭✭✩ Electric energy:
There is real promise – and much that is already very good – in New Celts and Mindframe’s Gagarin Way at theSp…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:40AM✭✭✩✩✩ Too limited:
There are some highly promising singers in New Celts and Lost Lock’s all-female musical Hemmed In, who are given real chances t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:40AM✭✭✭✭✩ Not just technically funny:
Impressive on many levels, Edinburgh Theatre Arts’ production of Noises Off produces more than its fair share o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, August 17, 2015
"✭✭✭✭✩ Character-driven"
Young critics scheme review:
Theatre Alba present a double bill at Duddingston Kirk Manse of Chekhov's Smoking is Bad for You…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:41PMSunday, August 16, 2015
✭✭✭✭✭ Obtrusive Masterpiece
Young critics scheme review:
Visceral images, bombarding music and the classically sorrowful plot, In Your Face Theatre imme…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:20PM✭✭✭✭✩ Ambitious history:
History is told by the writers, not the participants. That's the message at the heart of this fascinating piece from Aulos Prod…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:56PM✭✭✭✩✩ Haunting family drama:
A little girl just won't settle down in this haunting family drama from new Edinburgh company Making Light Productions, a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:13PMMatinees added to sell-out run:
As news broke of four extra weekend matinees being added to the sell-out run of Grid Iron's show Light Boxes, we took the chance to speak to the show's direc…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:11AM✭✭✭✩✩ Cleverly angled retelling:
Engaging and informative, A Life With The Beatles tells a familiar story in an unusual way.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:58AM✭✭✭✭✩ Fertile soil:
Involving, dark, human poetry is in great supply in The Deliverance at Assembly Roxy. Stellar Quines’ presentation of the thir…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:33AM✭✭✭✭✩ Love and regret:
Light Boxes is fascinating. Grid Iron Theatre Company has weaved a complex web, leaving the audience struggling to interpret what…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:07AM✭✭✭✭✭ True Excellence
Young critics scheme review:
Colourful, comical, and unashamedly camp, MGA’s production of Zanna, Don’t is a credit t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:19AM✭✭✭✭✭ Inviting and inspiring:
With so many shows on offer, it's easy to forget a lot of what you see at the fringe. But you'll never forget the way …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:48AM✭✭✩✩✩ Nostalgic radge:
Ruaraidh Murray’s Allie at the Gilded Balloon Billiard Room is spirited and energetic but ultimately somewhat empty.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:48AMSaturday, August 15, 2015
✭✭✭✭✩ Traumatic honesty:
A refreshing look at the human consequences of war is taken by newcomers, Contemporary Theatre of Scotland, who aren't afraid t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:56PM✭✭✭✭✩ Love and regret
Theatre Objektiv brings alive a story of love and hope born from the abject trauma of war. While heart-warming, there's also somet…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:38AM✭✭✭✭✭ True Excellence
Young critics scheme review:
Stepping into the underground world of Trainspotting by In Your Face Theatre, requires bravery and a …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:09AM✭✭✭✩✩ Quite funny
Junior review by Cora Dibdin:
I enjoyed this play but found it very hard to review. The play is from the book by Julia Donaldson. I…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:13AM✭✭✭✭✩ Diffuse and troubling:
SpectreTown, Stoirm Òg’s co-production with Cumbernauld Theatre, lacks focus and seems to be flying off in dif…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:34AM✭✭✭✭✩ Warm and funny:
There is nothing remotely groundbreaking about EPT’s The Fairmer Wants A Wife at Mayfield Church. What is provided is a th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:41AMFriday, August 14, 2015
✭✭✭✭✩ Truly Fantasmic!
Edinburgh Music Theatre Company presents a jam packed programme of Disney songs that are sure to put a smile on everyone's face.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:31PMLyceum celebrates 50 years with preview ticket giveaway:
Tickets for the previews of the Royal Lyceum's 50th anniversay production of Waiting for Godot go on sale on Monday morning, when th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:25AM 
