Theatre
Luvos, Traverse Theatre, Review (Manipulate Festival)
Editta Braun, an influential Austrian choreographer who has been referred to as the ‘Grande Dame of contemporary dance theatre’, has been creating unconventional and unique pieces of vi
Return of the Great Puppet Horn, Traverse Theatre, Review (Manipulate)
The white screen that was to be host to the mad shenanigans of The Great Puppet Horn is quite small but managed over the hour long show to contain pretty much all the big topics of the day as seen
Appel D'Air, Traverse Theatre, Review (Manipulate Festival)
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Swallows and Amazons, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Review
A recent episode of Family Guy parodied a scene from 1987 movie The Princess Bride in which the grandson tells the grandfather he doesn’t want him to read the “stupid” fairytale b
Polaris, Traverse Theatre, Review (Manipulate Festival)
The Manipulate Festival aims to highlight the many different styles and techniques practitioners are blending together to create pieces that in
Plucked, Traverse Theatre, Review (Manipulate Festival)
The Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival at the Traverse until the weekend, is back for its fifth year with its curious mix of avant-garde visual
The Infamous Brothers Davenport, Royal Lyceum, Review
The Davenport brothers, Willie and Ira, were among the most famous of the spiritualists operating in the Victorian era.
February at the Storytelling Centre Gives Voice to All
LGBT History Month takes place throughout February, aiming to replace ignorance and prejudice with knowledge and understanding, yet those who watched BBC Three doc
Hamletmachine, Traverse Theatre, Review
Hamletmachine, written in 1977 by German playwright Heiner Muller, is loosely based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Save The Last Dance For Me, Playhouse, Review
“1-2-3, it’s so easy, it’s like taking candy off a baby”.
Sweeney and Signing go hand-in-hand for Edinburgh Musical Theatre Anniversary Production
Tickets are now on sale for EMT’s Thirtieth Anniversary production of the sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising Stephen Sondheim musical masterpiece, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival
Five-day festival of new theatre works, workshops, discussions, and other events exploring the intersection of puppetry, physical theatre and animation at the Traverse Theatre.
The King and I, EFT, Review
First staged in 1951, Rogers and Hammerstein “The King and I” is based on Margaret Landon's novel, “Anna and the King of Siam”, which was inspired by two volumes of memories
The Lost Sock Princess, Traverse Theatre, Review
This two person show performed by the two lovely girls complimenting each other, like a modern day Snow White and Rose Red, with their dark and fair hair and smiley positivity, is a relaxed and cas
The Tree of Knowledge, Traverse Theatre, Review
Tree of Knowledge is an attempt to bring its audience face to face with the contradictions of philosophy, or rather the contradictions of two philosophers – Adam Smith and David Hume.
Cinderella, King's Theatre, Review
Everyone loves a good panto, and it doesn’t get any better than the traditional Edinburgh panto at the King’s Theatre.
Beauty and the Beast, Royal Lyceum, Review
Stuart Paterson’s Beauty and the Beast masterfully spins the threads of dark fantasy, pantomime slapstick and a romantic ‘happily ever after’ ending to create a production that su
We Will Rock You, Playhouse, Review
Not just shaken, stirred but most definitely rocked!
The Curious Scrapbook of Josephine Bean, Traverse, Review
The stage set is suitably neat and compact for the extremely neat and compact, clever wee show that is The Curious Scrapbook of Josephine Bean, from award winning puppeteer, Shona Reppe, whose comp
Lyceum to Open 2012-2013 Season With Guid Sisters
The Royal Lyceum Theatre will open its 2012-2013 season in September with a co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland of Michel Tremblay's The Guid Sisters, translated by Martin Bowman an

