Archive for April, 2026
Listings Mon 20 – Sun 26 April 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
It’s a bit of an odds and ends week, this. However there are a couple of strong (and very different) showings at the Traverse from Jessica Hardwick and Jack Docherty, while the Cold War creeps onto the Festival stage.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
★★★☆☆ Solid
The Makars give a solid account of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Church Hill Theatre, in a production which speaks to the mundanities of Tom Stoppard’s script while allowing its humour to speak for itself.
What I’m Here For
★★★★☆ Powerful
What I’m Here For, a collaboration between Vanishing Point and Teater Katapult from Aarhus, Denmark, is an intelligent and compelling piece of politically-informed drama.
Comedy Double Bill
★★★★☆ Entertaining
Edinburgh Theatre Arts’ Comedy Double Bill is a thoroughly enjoyable evening, with one half being diverting and the other half outstanding.
Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes
★★★★☆ Moody and mesmerising
The Red Shoes, Matthew Bourne’s dark and twisted tale of obsession and love, jetés into the Festival Theatre on the coat-tails of 1940s Hollywood glamour and a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale.
GUSH
★★★☆☆ Fine performance
The Traverse’s world premiere of GUSH by Jess Brodie is a considered piece of theatre, excellently performed.
The Fringe that Porty’s building
Porty Fringe for 12 day event in August
The Fringe is set to come to Portobello this summer, in the form of the first Porty Fringe, a 12 day series of events planned for Portobello Town Hall, from Wednesday 5 to Sunday 12 August.
Listings Mon 13 – Sun 19 April 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
Plenty of variety this week, including the always brilliant Vanishing Point, two top local amateurs companies, a new play at the Trav, a couple of musicals and some red-hot dance action too.
The Pillowman
★★★☆☆ Protracted
The Pillowman, by EUTC at the Bedlam for three performances only, succeeds on many levels but cannot fully overcome some obvious problems.
Sister Act
★★★★☆ Melodic
Sister Act, by Forth Children’s Theatre at Broughton High School, is a tuneful production with bags of energy, featuring some exceptionally promising performers.
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