Previews
Venetian favourite for EdGAS
Late G&S favourite floats into town:
It’s all G&S and Gondoliers at the King’s this week as the Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society returns with an old favourite of the Savoy Opera repertoire.
Off to see the Wizard
Southern Light return to yellow brick road:
Southern Light, Edinburgh’s oldest amateur theatre company, takes to Frank L Baum’s yellow brick road again this week, with The Wizard of Oz running at the King’s, Tue 23-Sat 27 Feb, 2016.
DanceFest is Go!
Festival stage explodes with innovation:
Tuesday night looks to be an early highlight in the dance aficionado’s year as as seventeen different youth dance groups get to perform on the Festival Theatre stage.
Church Hill Lovers
Friel’s Lovers for Leitheatre:
Fans of the late great Irish playwright Brian Friel should be in for a treat this week as Leitheatre revive one of his early plays, Lovers, at the Church Hill Theatre.
Gang Show Week!
Hashtag #GangShowDay as GS hits King’s:
The return of the Edinburgh Gang Show to the King’s Theatre this Tuesday signals the turning of the season more, even, than the John Lewis Christmas advert.
Heartlands on tour
Urban Fox take Home Town Tour:
Urban Fox has announced a short tour for it’s Edinburgh fringe hit Heartlands to the home towns of its company before a short stay at London’s King’s Head Theatre as part of its #Festival45.
After Bannockburn
New play follows the Bruces to Ireland:
Thanks to Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, the world knows of Robert the Bruce’s triumph at Bannockburn – which earned Scotland her freedom. At least according to his film.
Hot Hits for MacMillan
Showcase 2015 back at the Church Hill
Not content with blowing away the King’s Theatre for its 25th anniversary production in May, Showcase is returning to the Church Hill Theatre next week for its annual show.
Proof lifts blackout
Blackout back, with Auburn’s Proof:
Amateur company Blackout Productions return to the Edinburgh stage for their second production when they bring Proof to the St Bride’s centre.
Cat-Like Pinafore
It’s Pinafore Captain, but not as we know it
Guest post from Vinca Russell:
This fringe, in amongst a host of new musicals and interpretations of hot Broadway shows, there are just two written by Gilbert and Sullivan.
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