City Guide to Edinburgh, Scotland

City Guide to Edinburgh, Scotland

Drama


Theatre: 'Too Long The Heart'

A dramatic and powerful new play by Scottish writer David Hutchison.

Wonderland, EIF 2012, Review

Wonderland EIF production

Sitting in the plush, gilded and chandeliered interior of the Royal Lyceum Theatre, a bevelled double mirror on stage is like a giant, distorting looking glass, reflecting a section of the audience and setting the tone for the questions about to be posed: Where are you? Who are you? What you are doing? Why are you doing it?

Kin Review

Dad & Donna Rutherford in Kin

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Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut Review (2012)

Casablanca: The Gin Joint 2012 production shot

The film Casablanca is part of every individual's memoryscape who is aged 50 and above.

Waiting For Stanley Review

It’s been a long time since I’ve been swept off my feet. But tonight, my heart remembered the joyous call of love. My insides were in all kinds of a flutter.

The Music Box Review

The Music Box: publicity image.

The Music Box takes us into the mind of a child who has been shielded from the outside world by an overly defensive mother.

The List Review

Maureen Beattie in The List

The old sink in the corner of the Anatomy Lecture Theatre at Summerhall is the accidental prop that reveals the relentless handwashing just off stage by Maureen Beattie’s unnamed character be

Monkey Bars Review

Monkey Bars - a scene

To take the words of children and put them in the mouths of adults makes for an exciting and revealing hour of theatre, courtesy of Chris Goo

Gulliver's Travels, EIF 2012, Review

Radu Stanca National Theatre's Gulliver's Travels

A group of actors are discovered on stage, straw tails attached to their rears, pawing the ground, whinnying and only a little cowed when an actual horse is brought amongst them.

Noel Coward 's Tonight at 8.30 Review

After the resounding success of his satirical, romantic comedy, Private Lives,  Noel Coward decided on an ambitious theatrical concept to entice an audience, not just once, but night after nig