Directed by Sam Hardie Written by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★ While all that glitters is not consistently gold, though with Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir’s This Is A Gift, there is a shimmeringly triumphant reimagining of the Midas myth at the heart of new writing in Scotland. Transposed to contemporary … Continue reading Review: This Is A Gift – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
The Playwrights - Jim Brown, Carolyn Lincoln, John Lamb, Brian Lincoln, Hilary Spiers, Elaine Campbell, and Rhona McAdam Directed by Liz Hare Tickets £10 - email: jamesellison@blueyonder.co.uk. ★★★★ There’s less of a grim, grinning, ghoulish haunt to this evening’s event than it first appears as the residents of Leith, living and deceased, come together to pry … Continue reading Ghosts of North Leith – North Leith Parish Church
Written by Mhairi McCall and Cal Ferguson Review by Marina Funcasta ★★★ In true Fringe Fashion, having walked into this show blind, it must be said that I had no idea what to expect from Mhairi McCall and Cal Ferguson’s ‘Salamander’. The title cannot be said to give much away, and indeed, between the singing, … Continue reading Salamander – Assembly Roxy
Written by CMF Wood Directed by Ross Hope ★★★ Love’s a bitch, isn’t it? Especially for those who sought connection during the onset of the Pandemic, where isolation crept into more homes than ever. It was a time of tremendous frustrations and loneliness – for those unable to see family, and loved ones and conduct … Continue reading frisson (in a bar) – Leith Arches
Produced by Vision Mechanics ★★★★★ A journalist, mother, gallery owner, wife, writer, child, and saviour of the world from giant reptiles – there’s a lot to take in during The Fantastic Life of Minnie Rubinski, which translates the words and thoughts of one woman’s life, now living with dementia, and turn these glinting pieces of their … Continue reading The Fantastic Life of Minnie Rubinksi – Fruitmarket
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray Adapted by Declan Donnellan Directed by Hilary Spiers ★★★ Vanity Fair sits among the dusted tomes as a monumentally respected collection of volumes, collated, collected, and often adapted – most famously by Declan Donnellan's 1983 premiere production in Edinburgh with Nick Ormerod. Though for many it’s placed there as a ‘good … Continue reading Vanity Fair – Churchill Theatre
https://youtu.be/8u7DngivXis Directed & Written by Hope Dickson Leach Written by Vlad Butucea Cinematography by David Liddell ★★★ Adapted once more, Robert Louis Stephenson’s Gothic Novella - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde is a literary juggernaut, a cultural icon with an impact that drives itself into the English language’s understanding of duality, private life … Continue reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Leith Theatre
Directed by Nathan Scott-Dunn and Sands Stirling ★★★★ There pertains this elitist myth that art and sport (specifically theatre and football) don’t share a common ground, let alone a common audience. Nonsense. Sport is theatre. Theatre is sport. And let’s be frank, a fair heft of football involves grander performances than those of the National … Continue reading 1902 – Leith Arches
Image contribution: Greg Macvean Directed by Cat Sheridan For 25 Live: The Big Birthday Show, this isn’t about the comings and goings of glitzy statement productions, this is about community. The community which has been with the Theatre, and its predecessor the Empire Theatre for 25 years and more. For as much as this may … Continue reading 25 Live: The Big Birthday Show – The Festival Theatre
