Born on stage at the 1997 Edinburgh Fringe before becoming a TV hit, Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill’s sitcom about old boys
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:44AMSome outstanding performances overcome a series of gimmicky directorial choices in the UK National Theatre’s touring production of A Taste of Honey at the King’s.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMIt’s not just one of us who was pleased to have Mamma Mia! back on the Edinburgh Playhouse stage – an air of expectation and excitement filled the entire auditorium for the show.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSharon Sexton owns the role of Donna Sheridan, the Greek island taverna-owning unmarried mother whose daughter Sophie (a bright and effervescent Emma
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:46AMScottish Opera brings strong emotional heft to the Scottish premiere of Mascagni’s Zanetto and some brightly played comedy in Wolf-Ferrari’s Susanna’s Secret
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMDealing with troubling questions about human interaction, the Lyceum’s adaptation of Solaris is – like all the best science fiction – not really about alien planets but about our own w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMYoung people’s theatre company Junction 25 is to close after 14 years because of the “challenging situation” in arts funding, according to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMSix plays from Òran Mór, Glasgow’s award-winning lunchtime theatre, A Play, a Pie and a Pint, are to be broadcast on the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AMBackbone, the latest touring circus show from Gravity and Other Myths, is a wonderful example of how to make something insanely difficult
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:39AMThere is an unexpected physicality to Lucy Bairstow’s splendid performance as Slug in the Herd Theatre’s immersive, relaxed production for pre-school children
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMScottish-Kenyan storyteller Mara Menzies has constructed a beautifully weighted set of nested stories for contemporary times, revealing them with a commanding sense
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMThere is a strong sense of foreboding to Ameera Conrad’s first appearance in this compelling solo show, thanks to Kathleen Stephens’ mask
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54AMMadame George, by award-winning playwright Keir McAllister at Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose on Chambers Street is a dark comedy filled with easy laughs that are tinged with a great sadness.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMApphia Campbell triumphs in Black is the Color of My Voice at Gilded Balloon Teviot. A riveting show inspired by the life and music of Nina Simone and featuring songs such as ‘I Put a Spel…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSet on the film set of Jaws as its three stars bicker and drink to pass away the interminable between-shot delays, The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:37AMThe first thing that strikes about The Happiness Project is the colours. Shocking pink and neon yellow on a plain background and plastic-grass floor.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMIn a world full of fear and worry, we all need a reminder that there’s still hope. Luckily, in The Man Who Planted Trees at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, two storytellers and their pup…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMExploring grief and the impact of trauma on memory and family relationships, Paradigm Lab’s Pink House by Madison Pollack at PQA Venues is somewhat heartbreaking and completely honest.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThunderstruck by David Colvin at Assembly Checkpoint is a deeply felt and human tale, whose relationship with its source and inspiration nevertheless makes for some uncertain moments.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMOf Mice and Men, in the Gilded Balloon Teviot Wine Bar for the full fringe, benefits from one fine performance and one exceptional one.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMNever go back, they say. Aspiring poet and English Lit student Tay finds out why when she returns home to Dundee for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMIn A Game of Death and Chance, the National Trust for Scotland’s first ever Fringe show, four characters from the 17th century – and death himself – have occupied an old Edinburgh tene…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThe roots of director and creator Bence Vagi’s most recent Cirque Danse creations are clear in Paris de Nuit, the circus evocation
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:43PMFela Kuti, the revolutionary Nigerian band leader who invented Afrobeat, was imprisoned for his anti-authoritarian music but had a decidedly dodgy attitude
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:44AMBence Vági has honed his circus acrobat troupe to a Zen-like level of movement-through-stillness in this dark and atavistic vision of masculinity
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMThe favourite tropes of kids detective fiction are given a fast-paced workout in Stef O’Driscoll’s cracking take on Nathan Bryon’s script about
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:58PMThe monumental impact of being deaf is explored in Hélène Blackburn’s physically intense choreography for 9, performed by her company Cas Public
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:09AMThere’s a whopping 27 different offerings made in Edinburgh in this year’s musicals and opera section of the fringe programme.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSassy, rude and distinctly scuzzy round the edges, the Anonymous Badger Creative’s production of Down It Fresher! in the Free Fringe is a case of writing what you know about.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMUsing her own son’s experiences of being bullied at primary school for wearing dresses and all things glitter, Annie Cusick Wood has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMAs the fringe continues to grow, so does the input from Edinburgh-based companies. This year there are an unprecedented 93 different productions in the theatre section of the Fringe programm…
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