Created by Compagnia Baccalà in association with Underbelly Review by Eve Nugent Underbelly Goerge Square - Underbelly: Tickets ★★★★ Labelled as a ‘wordless’ performance, Compagnia Baccalà’s ‘Oh Oh’ might initially appear daunting, especially to a Gen Z scroller in the audience who exclusively looks for instant gratification. Equally challenging, this new show aims to fill … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Oh Oh
Written by Terry Pratchett Adapted by Stephen Briggs Directed by Jonathan Whiteside ★★★★ Edinburgh-based Strawmoddie is back, transforming the Pleasance Theatre into the marvellously quirky and wonderous world of Terry Pratchett once again as an early part of Edinburgh’s Cymera festival, the dedicated festival to genre-based literature: a fine home for the madness of Pratchett’s … Continue reading Review: Men at Arms – Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
Looking towards a season of collaborations, bold new premieres, and the revival of some of Scotland’s recent critical hits, the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh are proud to announce one of their biggest and most interesting seasons for a while. Opening the door to audiences and partners, the theatre looks to re-affirm its status as a … Continue reading Have A Gander – The Royal Lyceum Theatre 2024/25
It's not all about long-glitzy runs, sometimes the very best in entertainment can be a fleeting moment - a single night's performance amidst the musical juggernauts which roll into Edinburgh. Few venues host a more diverse and engaging repertoire of these events than Capital Theatres at the Festival Theatre or The Studio. From some legendary … Continue reading Have A Gander – Capital Theatres: One Night Only
Written & Directed by Lewis Baird Choreographed by Aidan O'Brien & Amy Campbell Musical Direction & Original Music by Tommie Travers Tickets from £15.50 ★★★ With the Portobello Town Hall once more erupting with a thriving sense of life and community (following the group's critical success with Oliver!) Stage Door Entertainment sets its eyes on casting magic … Continue reading Cinderella – Portobello Town Hall
Written by Terry Pratchett Adapted by Stephen Briggs Directed by Jonathan Whiteside ★★★★ He’s got a list, and he’s been checking it for as long as the Discworld has been adrift on the back of that Great Turtle. If you’re good? Maybe you’ll get some rinds or back-bacon. Bad? A bag of blooded bones. A … Continue reading Terry Pratchett’s The Hogfather – Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/13LRgCTASUI Created and Performed by Sarah Rose Graber and Ruxy Cantir Co-produced by Raw Materials and Capital Theatres Tickets from £12.50 ★★★★ Love glitter? Love Christmas? Love Unicorns? Oh, well then, this is the show for you, your little unicorns, and anyone who you can bring into a magical fifty-minute showcase of movement, colour and interactivity thanks to … Continue reading Unicorn Christmas Party – The Studio, Edinburgh
Written by Andrew McHugh With Additional Material by Elaine C Smith & Johnny Mac Directed by Kathryn Rooney Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★ The people of Glaswegia don’t often get the call for a party - tricky to do this when your monarch is the cruel (though stylish) Queen Cranachan, but things are about to change. … Continue reading Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs – King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Written by Johnny McKnight Directed by Martin McCormick ★★★ It’s hard enough getting one maw a gift for their Christmas, let alone seven. So thank heavens that the Òran Mór's Winter Pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Maws, from Scotland’s panto maestro Johnny McKnight, makes the perfect pre-stocking stuffer for audiences in Glasgow and Scotland. … Continue reading Snow White and the Seven Maws – Oran Mor, Glasgow
Written and Directed by Sheryn Ali Music Arranged by James McCutcheon Tickets: £16.50 ★★★★ Who needs to trek themselves all over the country to catch as many pantomimes as possible when they’re all here, under one banner, in a terrifically smashing and collective production of Alice in Pantoland! From the fairest in the land to the … Continue reading Alice in Pantoland – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
