News | Previews

Risqué goings on up Morningside way

A dark and dangerous love story in a shocking production is promised up at the Church Hill Theatre this week, when the Bohemians take on the musical version of Jekyll and Hyde

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Previews

Footlights’ finger-clickin’ Morningside Story

Edinburgh University Footlights open their new production of West Side Story at the Church Hill Theatre tonight, Tuesday 29 February.

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News

Lion King prowls into Edinburgh for Christmas

Disney’s touring production of The Lion King has been booked into Edinburgh’s Playhouse for its Scottish premier dates this autumn. It will play for three months from 12 October to 18 January 2014.

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Pleasance Theatre | Reviews

Review – Into The Woods

A giant to end all giants stamps its way onto the Pleasance Theatre stage this week, in Eusog’s excellent – if occasionally wavering – production of the Stephen Sondheim favourite, Into The Woods.

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Church Hill Theatre | Reviews

Review – The Wedding Singer

Packed with bounce and swaggering with confidence, Allegro’s production of the Wedding Singer is a hearty – and slightly unexpected – treat up at the Church Hill Theatre all week.

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Church Hill Theatre | Reviews

Review – Oliver!

A great children’s chorus and some top performances of the big set pieces make the Balerno Theatre Company’s production of Oliver! – at the Church Hill Theatre till Saturday – well worth the ticket. If you can get a ticket for the sell-out run, that is.

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EdFringe | Reviews

Musical review – Once on this Island

There is a gentle sensitively to the performances of the Forth Children’s Theatre company in Once On This Island, enhanced by a tingle of magical realism to the production itself.

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Playhouse | Reviews

Review – Footloose

While most of the world was glued to the box last night for the multimillion pound opening spectacle of the Olympics, a packed Edinburgh Playhouse witnessed a sparkling, thrilling and, ultimately enthralling opening night of Footloose.

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George Watson's College | Reviews

Review – Rent (School Edition)

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George Watson’s College Review by Thom Dibdin

Back row (l-r): Phoebe Weller, Jeni Philp, Duncan Murray-Uren, Erin Ramsey, Ayesha Quigley.Bottom row: Laura Cruickshank, Tom Mullins, Nile Lashley-Johnson, Scott Cruickshank.

Mature performances and excellent staging mark out the production of Rent (School Edition) staged by George Watson’s College.

And maturity is certainly

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Reviews | Scottish Storytelling Centre

Review – Ordinary Days

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Scottish Storytelling Centre

Review by Thom Dibdin

Green Room’s Ordinary Days. Photo Ian Fallon

Witty and poignant, Green Room’s sparse Scottish premiere of Ordinary Days marks a strong return to the Scottish Storytelling Centre for this young musical theatre company.

The show, by Adam Gwon, is a nicely poised little chamber

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