Written by Philip Ridley Directed by Abbye Eve Tickets: £15.00 (Con. available) ★★★★ When the programme arrives with a party bag, audiences know they’re in for an experience. But no matter what avenue one may expect Philip Ridley’s The Fastest Clock in the Universe to wander down – they're likely wrong. What initially seems to be a toxically churned production on ageing … Continue reading Review: The Fastest Clock in the Universe – Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Written by Walt McGough Directed by Hannah Bradley Coall Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★ Possession and manipulated identities, as a storytelling tool, are nothing new: spiritual or from beyond the stars. And though the science fiction element of this trope is seldom utilised on the stage, Walt McGough’s Chalk, currently being staged for its UK debut by … Continue reading Chalk – Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Written by Michael Frayn Directed by Ross Hope ★★★★ Spectres linger in Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen, which received a strong reception from audiences at the Assembly Roxy last week. Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group utilise their usual pedigree to translate a tricky play with competence and intellect. Opening, in quite the contrary way to a performance so … Continue reading Copenhagen – Assembly Roxy
Written & Directed by Martin Foreman ★★★ Who owns a story these days? Particularly a tale in which we know not the beginning, nor the end, or even most of the middle. For two millennia, The Satyricon has been picked at, adapted, added to, twisted and perverted more so than any contemporary text can fear. And it … Continue reading The Satyricon – Assembly Roxy
Written by Noël Coward Directed by Martin Foreman ★★★ Delayed on arrival, The Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group has been unfurling plans for an adaptation of Hay Fever since 2020, and now, with no more obstacles in their way, this magnificently definitive farcical drama makes its debut on the Assembly Roxy stage. Blissful. The quintessential comedy of manners, … Continue reading Hay Fever – Assembly Roxy
https://videos.files.wordpress.com/QRxl9FVR/all-catch-22_hd.mp4 Written by Joseph Heller Directed by Hannah Bradley Insidiously paradoxical, Captain Yossarian (Yo-Yo) finds himself confined by the titular catch of the airforce: those who are compos mentis enough to recognise the dangers of flying are sane enough to pass the medical. Which unfortunately means playing insane isn’t an option, as only the loons … Continue reading Catch – 22 – The Biscuit Factory
https://videos.files.wordpress.com/QRxl9FVR/all-catch-22_hd.mp4 Catch - 22 is running at The Biscuit Factory from November 12th - 16th. Tickets availble from: https://theegtg.com/2019/08/30/catch-22/ Building on their reputation for plunging head-first into tricky productions, Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group seem in safe hands with Hannah Bradley, whose directorial debut won her an award from the Scottish Community Drama Awards One-Act Festival. … Continue reading Catch 22 Interview
Written & Directed by Ryan Hay Composition & Musical Direction by Lavie Rabinovitz Design by Danielle Connally “Choose your favourite sexual abuse paintings”, this is a quotation from the website Fine Art America. Wanton Theatre Co presents A Crown of Laurels, an adaptation of Apollo & Daphne, of which the attempted rape of a Greecian … Continue reading A Crown of Laurels – Paradise in Augustines
The LarkPerformances 4th – 8th June, 7:30pm Bellfield, PortobelloTickets £12 advance, £15 on the door www.theegtg.com Written by Jean Anouilh Translation by Gill Taylor Directed by Claire Wood Cast to the flames, Joan of Arc, heroine of France, was a peasant girl who on the instruction of God was to lead a siege against the English, … Continue reading The Lark – Bellfield, Portobello
Image Contribution: EGTG The Lark Performances 4th - 8th June, 7:30pm Bellfield, Portobello Tickets £12 advance, £15 on the door http://www.theegtg.com Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group (EGTG) intend to capture the passion, ferocity and fires of Joan of Arc by staging their contemporary translation of Jean Anouilh’s The Lark in Bellfield, Portobello from June 4th – … Continue reading Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group are revitalising Joan of Arc – The Lark
