National Theatre of Scotland
Prudencia’s coming home
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, the pub-set, site-specific hit by David Greig and Wils Wilson for the National Theatre of Scotland is to play limited dates at Edinburgh’s Assembly Roxy theatre this March.
Rantin – Review
✭✭✭✭✩ Solidarity in storytelling
Possibilities splurge out from Kieren Hurley’s Rantin, which enjoyed a one-night stand at Summerhall while on its month-long tour around the country under the auspices of the National Theatre of Scotland.
Rantin Summerhall tix on sale
Tickets have gone on sale today (January 10) for Kieran Hurley’s Rantin, a co-production with the NTS, which plays Summerhall on February 6.
Review – Paul Bright’s Confessions of a Justified Sinner
Brilliant in its conception and meticulous in its construction, Untitled Projects’ reconstruction of Paul Bright’s Confessions of a Justified Sinner could have been made to play Summerhall.
Dunsinane
★★★★☆ Subtlety finds solid ground
David Greig’s Dunsinane, a ‘continuation’ of Macbeth with nods to contemporary events, is once again on tour thanks to the National Theatre of Scotland and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and if anything it seems like an even better play than it did last time round.
Edinburgh nominees in UK Theatre Awards
Cerin Richardson, the Learning and Participation Manager at the Festival City Theatres Trust, has been nominated in the Theatre Employee/Manager of the Year category in the UK Theatre Awards.
Review – Calum’s Road
Fine, slow-paced energy, permeates this co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland and Gerry Mulgrew’s Communicado that tells of a man’s solitary and dogged fight against bureaucracy as he makes the choice between being defeated and being defiant.
Preview of the week Mon 27 May – Sun 2 June
There’s a busy but rather bitty week ahead for theatregoers in Edinburgh with plenty of new shows opening – or arriving in town – but few on for more than a day or three.
Secrets
✭✭✭✭✩ Honest and revelatory:
Darkly obscure right up to its thought-provoking finale, the latest edition of A Play, A Pie and A Pint lands at the Bedlam Theatre in a co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland and the Confucius Institute.
Snowman & Carol extend theatre to new audiences
The Festival Theatre is to stage a one-off “relaxed” performance of The Snowman on Friday 14, to benefit children with complex additional and behavioural needs.
And a similar performance of the National Theatre of Scotland’s award-winning A Christmas Carol is to be staged in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on Sunday 16.
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