When I sat down at Summerhall this afternoon, I had no intention of writing this review. As a shadowing venue tech, I was there to observe experienced technicians, and learn more about technical staging. I had the pleasure of sitting in on some great shows, but by the end of this one, I knew I... Continue Reading →
The concept is really in the name here: it’s a musical, and it’s improvised. Showstopper! The Improvised Musical takes audience suggestions and turns them into a fully fledged musical on the spot. With co-creator and director Dylan Emery taking the stage as ‘The Writer’, he receives an urgent call from ‘the producers’ requesting a brand... Continue Reading →
The Edinburgh Fringe is rife with potential material for further development, with the ability to expand into larger theatres and venture on tour or onto a London transfer. Usually that means ramping up the production scale and cast size - yet brand new musical Bliss brings a scale that makes you feel like you’ve stepped... Continue Reading →
I love a show that gets meta, and this is certainly a show about a show. There is something enjoyable about watching theatre that acknowledges it’s own theatricality, and The Spy Network makes good use of this concept to tell the story of one of Scotland’s most famous historical figures. Written by Neil Edwards and... Continue Reading →
Giving the audience the power to decide how an entire murder mystery will unfold is a bold move, but it is exactly the format Murder, She Didn’t Write takes. Now in its 12th year at the Edinburgh Fringe, Degrees of Error’s show borrows a 1930s Agatha Christie-style mystery format and puts it into the hands... Continue Reading →
Vincent van Gogh is a man who is synonymous with the idea of a tortured genius. Thus, it can become difficult to separate the man from the mythology surrounding him. Vincent van Gogh: Between Worlds written and directed by Paola Veneto, attempts to do exactly that, presenting a more complicated portrait of an artist whose... Continue Reading →
What if science finally conquered death? Lifelong, the latest collaboration between playwright Lynda Radley and Pepperdine Scotland, takes this seemingly utopian premise and asks even darker questions: who gets to decide who lives, who benefits from scientific progress, and what happens when the pursuit of a longer life comes at the cost of living freely?... Continue Reading →
What does it mean to be a young woman in our world? And what if that young woman was, in fact, a monster? For the 25 year old at the centre of Succubus, getting older means discovering she is developing not only physically, but also a hunger that cannot be satiated. She must navigate her... Continue Reading →
What starts as an internet rabbit hole you might find yourself in at 3am becomes a funny, fascinating, and surprisingly wholesome hour in Depths of Wikipedia. Internet archivist and comedian Annie Rauwerda brings her viral social media project to the stage, taking audiences on a journey through the strange corners of the world’s largest crowdsourced... Continue Reading →
Richard MacLean Smith brings his hit podcast Unexplained to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time, adapting it’s regular format for the stage. For this show, Smith explores the mystery surrounding three lighthouse keepers who disappeared from the remote Flannan Isles in the year 1900. For fans of the podcast, the show is immediately recognisable,... Continue Reading →
It’s been just over twenty-five years since Mamma Mia opened in London’s West End, since then it has become a global phenomenon. With two motion pictures, several runs on Broadway and too many tours to count, the hit jukebox musical has made its way back to the Edinburgh Playhouse for the first time in six years to play the theatre’s coveted festive season. Mamma Mia plays the Playhouse until Sunday... Continue Reading →
Au revoir! Mange tout, Mange tout as Del Boy would say. Yes, rolling into town to the Edinburgh Playhouse for one week only comes a treat for the fans of Only Fools and Horses – 'Only Fools and Horses The Musical'! Spend an evening re-living the best moments from the hit show with all your... Continue Reading →
'The SpongeBob Musical' is playing at the Churchill Theatre and the Allegro cast is ready to share a fun-fuelled two-hour extravaganza with Edinburgh. With songs written by titans of the music industry and the reputation and popularity of the show and movies creating a buzz already, Allegro is sure to make a bang this Bonfire... Continue Reading →
The Bohemians, Edinburgh’s renowned amateur theatre company presents ‘Sunshine On Leith’ at the Church Hill Theatre. Morningside’s sunny disposition just got sunnier with a wonderful rendition of the Leith based smash hit musical ‘Sunshine On Leith’. Sunshine On Leith written by Stephen Greenhorn, was originally created and produced by the Dundee Rep Theatre. The story follows two Scottish soldiers who... Continue Reading →
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