Assembly Roxy
Merchants of Little Venice
Pre-WW2 setting for EUSC:
Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice is to get a new production this week which uses the play’s problematic issues of anti-semitism to explore intolerance and racism in 1930s Britain.
Fair Intellectuals
Lucy Porter’s witty comedy returns:
Something of a sleeper hit at last year’s Edinburgh fringe where it sold out in the Assembly Rooms, The Fair Intellectual Club returns for a two night stay at the Roxy Arthouse.
Clowning Chrimbo
New language of clowning for Roxy performance:
Saras Feijoo brings a new theatrical performance to the Assembly Roxy this weekend with Blooming Surprise, a piece of modern clowning aimed at an adult audience.
Clowning scratch night
Clown Cabaret Scratch Night:
Edinburgh-based clowning theatre companies Plutot la Vie and CloWnStePPing are hosting a scratch night of clowning this Saturday at Assembly Roxy.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
★★★☆☆ Hilarity unfettered
There is plenty of talent on stage in the EUTC’s vibrant, crowd-pleasing production of the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which is upstairs at the Roxy to Friday evening.
Scrapyard Callout
Theatre artists of all disciplines sought:
Scrapyard, the innovative project which helps theatre-makers make risk-taking theatre, is looking for participants in its next event, Scrapyard Manifesto, at the Assembly Roxy.
Blackout
✭✭✭✭✩ Devastating accuracy
The set is stark and simple for the opening of Blackout, a play from New Room Theatre showing at the Assembly Roxy until Saturday, writes Susan Lowes.
Mercury Fur
RIOT Productions of St Andrews have shown commendable ambition in staging Philip Ridley’s controversial Mercury Fur at the Assembly Roxy.
The Astronaut’s Chair – Review
✭✭✭✩✩ Breathing thin air
Stepping out over the edge of the atmosphere into space might be a dream for most, but it is one which high-flying aviator Renee Coburg feels is already within her grasp.
The Mikado – Review
✭✭✭✩✩ Flirting with celebration:
A hundred productions down the line, and the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group returns to the Mikado, the show which launched the company back in 1961 under the guidance of John Burgess.
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