Festival Theatre
Ballet Black: SHADOWS
★★★★☆ Haunting
Ballet Black’s SHADOWS, a double bill of new work seen at the Festival Theatre and then going on tour through the coming autumn, is a darkly compelling exploration of the psychological and the surreal.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
★★★★★ Exceptional
Brimming with music and whimsy, fear and wonder, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, touring to the Festival Theatre all week, is a spectacular interpretation of C.S. Lewis’s classic novel.
Jesus Christ Superstar
★★★★☆ It’s the buzz
Southern Light blaze onto the Festival Theatre stage with their production of the Lloyd Webber & Rice rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, tackling this modern classic with a monstrous cast and ambitious production values.
The Crucible
★★★★★ Visceral
Scottish Ballet’s revival of its 2019 production of The Crucible haunts the Festival Theatre with visceral intensity, translating its tale of 17th century American witch trials through the sharp storytelling of Helen Pickett’s contemporary ballet.
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
★★★★☆ Delightful
Isobel McArthur’s Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) bursts out of the servants’ stairs and into the parlour with straight-talk and song, bringing irreverent Austenian charm to the Festival Theatre on the Edinburgh stop of its current UK & Ireland tour.
Calamity Jane
★★★★☆ Wholesome fun
Musical comedy classic Calamity Jane rolls into the Festival Theatre this week all the way from the Black Hills of Deadwood, Dakota. With it’s gun slingin’, high tales and hoedowns – it’s a real fun ride through the Wild West.
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake
★★★★☆ Emotional artistry
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, at the Festival Theatre until Saturday, remains a huge draw, and with good reason.
Little Women
★★★★☆ Heart-warming
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott’s classic and well-loved tale of four sisters’ tumultuous lives during the American Civil War, arrives at the Festival Theatre this week in Anne-Marie Casey’s adaptation first seen at Pitlochry in 2022.
Ghost Stories
★★★★☆ Supernatural thrills
Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s Ghost Stories is a very successful piece of theatre, and a suitably scary excursion into the supernatural. After a successful West End run, the play’s first attempt at a tour was cut short by Covid lockdowns, but it is finally touring nationwide.
Death of a Salesman
★★★☆☆ Modern Tragedy
Arthur Miller’s enduring tragedy Death of a Salesman leaves no question of the play’s outcome in its title, or in this new production from Trafalgar Theatre Productions and Raw Material touring to the Festival Theatre.
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