Amateurs
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.
The Wedding Singer
★★★★☆ Party time
Dearly beloved, we are gathered at Loretto School Theatre for The Wedding Singer, the new show from MAMA, and it is a corker.
MAMA bound for Loretto
Wedding Singer is Easter break
The Brunton might be dark but local amateurs MAMA, the Musselburgh Amateur Musicals Association, are bringing light to the town with a new production of The Wedding Singer.
Reasons to Be Pretty
★★★☆☆ Irregular
Reasons to Be Pretty, by local grassroots company Locked in Thought at the Roxy until Saturday, brings fine acting to Neil LaBute’s complex interrogation of social expectations and interpersonal trust.
Footloose
★★★★☆ Great entertainment
Edinburgh Music Theatre’s Footloose at the Church Hill is notably well-staged, energetic and highly enjoyable.
Art
★★★★☆ Thought-provoking
The EUTC’s production of Art, at the Bedlam until Saturday, is compelling. It largely succeeds in navigating the many pitfalls hidden in the ostensibly straightforward, Tony Award-winning script.
Crimes of the Heart
★★★★☆ Deep
Strawmoddie Theatre Company bring a thoroughly entertaining and emotionally direct production of Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart to the upstairs room of Assembly Roxy to Sunday.
The Ladykillers
★★★☆☆ Old school
The Ladykillers, by Edinburgh People’s Theatre (EPT) at the Church Hill Theatre until Saturday, is endearing and capably executed.
Strawmoddie go American gothic
Beth Henley’s play about fierce, complicated love is upstairs at the Roxy
This week sees the ever impressive Strawmoddie Theatre take on another piece of award-winning theatre. This time it is to the States that they turn, and Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Crimes of the Heart, playing the Assembly Roxy from Thursday to Sunday.
The Importance of Being Earnest
★★★★☆ Ambitious
The EUTC’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest at the Bedlam is careful and intelligent. It may ultimately lack a little sparkle, but makes up for it in many other ways.
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