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Festival section on EdinburghGuide.com is where our
all year round reviewers in August tell you which shows are champagne
in themselves and which require lots of whisky to forget. Archive of reviews
goes from 2000 - 2006.
Next Year's dates -
Edinburgh Fringe - 5 August and ends 27 August 2007. Some events start
earlier, few go on later.
Edinburgh International Festival - 12 August and ends 2 September 2007.
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Although every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the
information presented in these pages, no responsibility can be accepted
for any errors or omissions.
Royal
Lyceum Theatre www.lyceum.org.uk
for on line booking.
0131 248 4848.
Grindlay St off Lothian Rd to left of Usher Hall. Comfortable seats
This theatre is also home to LYT Lyceum Youth Theatre info
and reviews of past LYTshows
Concessions for RLT productions £2 off full price tickets
Tuesday - Thursday
Students & Disabled Half price any seat any performance and £2
for Sunday Matinee.
Most productions have additional events related to them and there are also
Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning theatre classes with Mike Ridings which
are very popular.
Mary Stuart - Co- production by The National Theatre of Scotland, Royal
Lyceum Theatre and The Citizens Theatre - A new version of Schiller's
play by David Harrower. Elizabeth 1 of England holds Mary Queen of Scots
in Fotheringay Castle. Both Queens try to protect themselves and their beliefs.
Vvicky Featherstone Artistic Director of the NTS directs,
Free Preview 27 Oct at 7:45pm.
28 Oct - 18 Nov Tues to Sat at 7:45pm with mats on 1, 4, 8, 11, and
18 Nov at 2:30pm.
Pinocchio - Royal Lyceum Theatre - A new version of the eternal tale
adapted and directed by Mark Thomson and aiming to keep the original's magic.
Aimed at children four and up.
1 - 31 Dec various times.
Traverse Theatre
0131 228 1404.
In Cambridge St near the Usher Hall.
Online booking and lot of info at www.traverse.co.uk
and Virtual Traverse Site.
Subterranean newly refurbished bar/restaurant with friendly staff and good
value food. Meeting place for people interested in arts even when theatre
is dark.
29 Oct - 24 Nov - The Cubed³ Season - includes three new
plays and work resulting from a residency as well as Visual Arts Installations,
Sound Installation and the Cubed³ Music Concert.
Installations.
29 Oct opens 5pm.
Music Concert.
29 Oct at 7.30pm.
The New Plays.
Tilt - Traverse Theatre Company.
White Point by David Priestley.
Opens 4 Nov at 5.30pm.
Broke by David Lescot in a version by Iain F MacLeod.
Opens 4 Nov at 7pm.
Distracted by Morna Pearson.
Opens 4 Nov at 9pm.
Fifteen Minutes - Highway Diner.
Opens 7 Nov at 8pm.
First Glimpse 1: Stone Island by Ursula Rani Sarma - Traverse Theatre
Company.
10 Nov at 7.30pm.
Traverse Cubed³ Remix 1 - Dan Williams - Music.
10 Nov at 10.30pm.
First Glimpse 2: Granuaile by Danuisa Iwaszko - Traverse Theatre
Company in association with National Theatre Studio.
11 Nov at 5.30pm.
First Glimpse 3: Metagama by Justin Young (Gaelic text by Iain F MacLeod)
- Traverse Theatre Company in association with Soho Theatre.
12 Nov at 5pm.
First Glimpse 4: Carthage Must Be Destroyed by Alan Wilkins - Traverse
Theatre Company.
12 Nov at 7.30pm.
12 Stars and The Pastels Do I Mean Anything to You or Am I Just Passing
By? by Gerald McInulty - Traverse Theatre Company.
21 Nov at 8pm.
Traverse Cubed³ Remix 2 - Torsten Lauschmann - Music.
24 Nov at 10.30pm.
The Jam House.
www.thejamhouse.com.
0131 226 4380.
5 Queen Street. EH2 1JE.
New venue which now houses the Edinburgh branch of A Play, A Pie And A
Pint lunchtime theatre seasons with e-mail booking. The Jam House is also
a music venue with a restaurant pub and used to be the BBC Scotland Studios.
A Play, A Pie And A Pint Edinburgh Autumn season 4 Sept - 25 Nov
2006. presents 12 Plays with noteable actors, directors and writers.
Tickets are £10 - this includes the play, a pie and a drink from
a choice. Doors will open Monday - Saturday at 12.30 p.m.(the play will
start no later than 1.05 p.m. and last 45 minutes maximum). Tickets can
be purchased at the door on the day of the play, or in advance through
www.thejamhouse.com.
Orange customers can again claim two tickets for the price of one every
Wednesday, offer only available on day at venue.
Angels' Wings by Grace Barnes.
23 - 28 Oct. Doors will open Monday - Saturday at 12.30 p.m.(the
play will start no later than 1.05 p.m. and last 45 minutes maximum).
The Tarot Reading by Eleanor Yule.
30 Oct - 4 Nov. Doors will open Monday - Saturday at 12.30 p.m.(the
play will start no later than 1.05 p.m. and last 45 minutes maximum).
Tequila Sunset by Elizabeth Maclennan.
6 - 11 Nov. Doors will open Monday - Saturday at 12.30 p.m.(the
play will start no later than 1.05 p.m. and last 45 minutes maximum).
Excuse My Dust by Terry Wale.
13 - 18 Nov. Doors will open Monday - Saturday at 12.30 p.m.(the play
will start no later than 1.05 p.m. and last 45 minutes maximum).
Byre Dogs by Callum Smith Lawrence.
20 - 25 Nov. Doors will open Monday - Saturday at 12.30 p.m.(the play
will start no later than 1.05 p.m. and last 45 minutes maximum).
End of the Edinburgh A Play, A Pie And A Pint Autumn season 4 Sept - 25
Nov 2006. Glasgow season goes on with 3 more plays including a panto unitl
23 Dec 2006.
Brunton Theatre,
Musselburgh New website with e-mail booking. www.bruntontheatre.co.uk.
0131 665 2240.
20 Mins by Bus from central Edinburgh with simple but tasty cafe and bar,
good sightlines
It is a receiving house, having a mix of touring, childrens and amateur
companies as well as films and music and comedy.
Mother Courage - Benchtours - Brecht's bitter and bittingly funny
play about a family caught up in a war that goes on and on.
27 & 28 Oct at 7:30pm.
Autumn Tour - Scottish Dance Theatre - With Janet Smith's Touching Zulu
and Jan De Schynkel's No Stronger Than A Flower.
3 Nov at 7:30pm.
Frozen - Rapture Theatre Company - Bryony Lavery's haunting play about
the disappearance of a 10 year old girl and its effect on those around
her. For 14 plus.
4 Nov at 7:30pm.
Me, Myself and I - East Lothian Dance Company - Directed by Dawn Hartley
and based on the themes of identity.
9 Nov at 7:30pm.
Elsewhere & real deal - Richochet Dance Productions - Two choroegraphers
new to the Uk Wally Cardona (New York) and Jan Pusch ( Germany) create
new work for this company.
11 Nov at 7:30pm.
Dick McWhittington - A Scottish spin of this traditional tale written
and directed by Liam Rudden.
25 Nov - 30 Dec 2006 at various times.
Edinburgh Festival
Theatre 0131 529 6000.
Nicholson St, with wonderful view of Surgeon's Hall. This venue has a
mix of dance, musicals and music touring productions and also hosts Scottish
Youth Theatre classes in Edinburgh details below.
Email booking + info available at www.eft.co.uk.
Ray Davies Live.
28 Oct at 8pm.
Me And My Girl - starring Dillie Kean, David frame and Sylvester McCoy
in the Musical which has the Lambert Walk and Leaning on A lampost as
well as The Sun Has Got Its Hat On.
31Oct - 11 Nov Mon to Sat at 7:30pm Mats at 2:30pm on 2 , 4, 9 and 11
Nov.
The Snowman - The Birmingham Repertory Theatre - A family Christmas treat
based on Raymond Briggs' The Snow with the music and lyrics by Howard
Blake. Suitable for +2.
13 - 30 Dec at various times.
Edinburgh Playhouse
Online booking for Current
and future shows.
0870 606 3424. (national call rate applies) or from box office
in person 10am - 6pm Mon - Sat until 8pm on performance days.
Top of Leith Walk, 2 mins from back door of John Lewis.
Check out their website for futures shows.
King's Theatre Leven
St.
0131 529 6000.
Here you get a mix of commercial and professional touring productions
and local amateur music theatre/ light opera groups.
Email booking+ info available at www.eft.co.uk.
An Hour And A Half Late - Theatre Royal Bath Productions - Just
about to go to a dinner party a couple's conversation send their life
into crisis. Starring Mel Smith and Belinda Lang.
24 - 28 Oct at 7:30pm also Wed & Sat mats at 2:30pm.
Rebecca - Nigel Havers stars in Frank McGuiness's adaptation of
Daphne Du Maurier's memprable romantic thriller.
30 Oct - 4 Nov at 7:30pm also Wed & Sat mats at 2:30pm.
Heroes - Gerald Sibleyras,s comic play which in this Tom Stoppard's
adaptation was a West End hit. Three grumpy men plot their escape from
a miltary hospital with Christopher Timothy and Art Malik.
14 - 18 Nov at 7:30pm also Wed & Sat mats at 2:30pm.
The Gang Show 2006 - A variety show from the local Guides and Scouts.
21 - 25 Nov at 7pm also Sat mat at 2:15pm.
Cinderella - The annual Panto at the Kings starring the dream team
of Andy Gray and Allan Stewart.
2 December 2006 - 21 Jan 2007. Booking now open.
Netherbow
Theatre
Storytelling Centre.
0131 556 9579.
43 - 45 High Street Theatre and Centre for Storytelling run by Church
Of Scotland The Netherbow theatre has now reopened as part of The Scottish
Storytelling Centre along with John Knox's House and a Storytelling cafe
and court. Check out their website for frequent storytelling courses in
the venue.
Edinburgh's Guid Crack Club meets at 7.30pm at The Waverley Pub in St
Mary's Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SY. The club usually meets on the last
Friday of the month but dates vary in July and December. Entry by donation.
For information contact the Scottish Storytelling Centre on Telephone
0044+ (0) 131 557 5724.
See their website for details.
North Edinburgh Arts Centre
website .
Pennywell Court (behind Muirhouse Shopping Centre).
0131 315 2151.
A new local arts centre which has a studio theatre, recording suite, performance
spaces, workshop, gallery, cafe/bar and creche. Fully wheelchair accessible.
With a range of workshops and booked in touring shows as well as local
ones. Check out their very good website for full show details.
Bedlam www.bedlamtheatre.co.uk
Box Office (0131) 225 9893 Enquiries (0131) 225 9873
11b Bristo Pl Nr Greyfriar's Bobby EH1 1EZ.
Bedlam is a converted church with red doors! Home to Edinburgh
University Theatre Co and where some of today's professionals trained
in the chaos, look for tomorrows! There are several short evening production
runs also lunchtime performances most termtime Wedensdays. During termtime
reservations are available at any time; phone 0131 225 9893 for more details
and to reserve tickets free of charge or call into the Box Office.
Theatre has mainly student productions.
The Improverts - Edinburgh's resident late-night comedy show returns for
its legendary weekly Friday night spot. A crack improv troupe perform
a one hour show of comedy scenes and sketches based only on audience suggestions
given to them during each performance. The show is completely different
every night. Tickets will sell out - the box office opens at 9.45pm -
get there early to avoid disappointment. www.improverts.com Enquiries
- info@improverts.com
During every Friday termtime at 10.30pm.
Improvisation Workshop - hosted by the Improverts - Open to everyone with
or without improv experience, this workshop goes back to the fundamentals
of creating scenes on the spot, creating characters and relationships,
and having spontaneous fun on stage. A relaxed and informal workshop,
and we all go to the pub for lunch afterwards. A great Friday night hangover
cure.
During every Saturday termtime at noon. Free.
St Bride's Centre 0131 346 1405.
10 Orwell Terrace. A local arts centre with cafe, weekly classes, films
(phone for details of these) and a wide variety of local and visiting
shows in their theatre space.
Phone venue for details.
The Bongo Club.Website.
Holyrood Road. A new venue which has a multi-functional space mainly used
for clubs. Check out their website.
Theatre Workshop
Company website.
0131 226 5425.
34 Hamilton Place Stockbridge.
Home to UK's only professional integrated theatre company, also produces
fine community plays but is only infrequently open.
Check our their website.
Churchhill Theatre Morningside Road.
Owned by The City of Edinburgh Council recently refurbishment should be
open in September.
The Hub Castlehill
0131 473 2000.
Down from Castle in the very big converted church with cafe/bar. Home
of the Edinburgh International Festival Society. Down from Castle in the
very big converted church with cafe/bar. Home of the Edinburgh International
Festival Society.
Reviews of 2000 to 2006 EIF theatre
productions.
Street Theatre and Dramatic
Tours - Events in the streets of Edinburgh.
New Tour for 2006.
The Edinburgh Literary Bus Tour.
Starting point - Waverley Bridge, nr Waverley Station and The Scott Monument
in Princes St.
Dates and Times - 2 July to 30 September, 2006, 11 am and 12.30pm daily.
Special package tickets available for Bus and Pub tour. Lasts one hour.
Review - Entertains
with stories and anecdotes.
Review
of Scottish Literary Tours Trust daily June to Sept less frequent
rest of year. Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour.
Review
of Mercat Tours daily Ghosts and Ghouls tour.
Review
of Black Hart Storytellers daily The City of The Dead Ghost Tour.
More
Info on Theatre in Edinburgh.
Interested in Edinburgh's August Festivals see Festival Section
with reviews.
The most extensive drama programmes are at Kings
| Lyceum |Traverse.
other theatre spaces in Edinburgh are
Bedlam | EFT | Playhouse | Roxy Art House | Theatre Workshop.
See Venues Guide
for more on the Edinburgh theatre spaces.
Although every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of
the information presented in these pages, no responsibility can be
accepted for any errors or omissions.
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