Produced by Loud Productions Hosted by Kevin Mclean Performed by Rick Dove, Imogen Stirling, Sarah Grant & Jack MacMillan ★★★★★ From hidden hovels and bars & pubs to lakeside recitations to the finest courts – spoken word and poetry is not only an illustrative form of entertainment and expression but both a sword and shield … Continue reading Loud Poets – Storytelling Centre
https://youtu.be/94H4DXic9CY Based on the work of C. S. Lewis Directed by Michael Fentiman ★★★★★ It has been winter for one hundred years, but now, Spring is returning. And while you may be forgiven with mistaking this land of tundra and lamplight for the brisk Scottish night, Edinburgh welcomes an entirely different realm of magic with The … Continue reading The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe – King’s Theatre
Support Act by Robin Grainger ★★★ Forty-four, back on the road and trailing a legion of fans around the country, Gary Meikle performs for the ladies (and some gents) of Edinburgh as part of his current tour - Surreal. Anecdotal, Meikle once again draws on the familiar settings of his previous performances, though skirts away … Continue reading Gary Meikle: Surreal – King’s Theatre
https://www.youtube.com/v/84lJ_gOdAvo Artistic direction and choreography by Bawren Tavaziva ★★★★ How do you explain slavery to a child? Compile histories’ abhorrent make-up of colonialism and the repugnancy of its continuation today into a sane sentence. Boy’s Khaya (meaning Servant’s House) has humble origins as the young man who once stepped out from behind their white master’s house … Continue reading Boy’s Khaya – The Studio
Creative Direction by Julius Green What’s a circus without a tent, but maintains all the wonderous surprises we would find within? Why a Berserkus of course! That’s precisely what Cirque Berserk aims to achieve with their touring production. An amalgamation of more than thirty circus stunts honed within the big tops of the world and melding them … Continue reading Cirque Berserk – Festival Theatre
Bradley 4:18 Choreography by Maxine Doyle Ripples Choreography by Xie Xin Returning to Edinburgh after a successful run at the Festival Fringe, BalletBoyz performs their current Deluxe tour, which sees two productions back-to-back. Aiming to demonstrate the all-male troupe’s ability, Deluxe introduces audiences to two different shows from considerably esteemed choreographers. Sacrificing their traditional essence of grace, with an image more … Continue reading Balletboyz Deluxe – Festival Theatre
Written by Dan Gillespie Sells & Tom Macrae From the Original Idea by Jonathan Butterall Directed by Matt Ryan Billing itself as a musical for today, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie lives up to its proclamations, centring its narrative on an authentic bedrock of diversity, inclusivity and fabulousness. And yet, while this certainly is the future of musical … Continue reading Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Festival Theatre
Written by Sally Abbott Co-directed by Kathy Burke & Scott Graham Six people, with everything, yet nothing in common, skirt on the edges of one another's lives - some of them perfect strangers, the occasional taxi ride all they may share. Others are family members – sisters who haven’t spoken in years. I Think We Are … Continue reading I Think We Are Alone – King’s Theatre
Writer: Mary Jane Wells Director: Susan Worsfold At the heart of this production, a prime example of raw, honest theatre, is the life story of Danna Davis. Adapted in a brutal, purposeful way, Heroine hasn’t been crafted by writer and performer Mary Jane Wells as a sob story, nor a hate piece – it’s a profound amalgam … Continue reading Heroine – Traverse Theatre
Written by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss Directed by Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage History is widely written by men; no wonder we didn't pay attention in school. Unless you have had the misfortune of a beheading or being pushed into a nunnery by your gout-suffering brut of a husband, Six is the concert musical sensation which … Continue reading SIX – Festival Theatre
