Scottish Storytelling Centre
Review – Luke Jermay: 6th Sense
There are places in Edinburgh where you definitely wouldn’t get away with calling someone a mentalist to their face – but Luke Jermay probably has the word writ large somewhere among the patchwork of tattoos that cover his body.
Review – Small Creatures
Strange Town Young Company burst onto the stage of the Scottish Storytelling Centre this week, showing that local, grass roots theatre is more than merely green shoots.
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.
Peapod Prods. Pop Out Again
Passing Through on road for fourth time:
Passing Through, Alistair Rutherford’s immersive rom-com for Peapod Productions sets out on tour again this week, starting at the Scottish Storytelling Centre tonight (Thursday).
It’s Burns, Jamie, but not as we know him
Popping up at the Scottish Storytelling Centre for one night only on Friday, as the opening event of BurnsFest 2013, is Donald Smith’s somewhat controversial take on Scotland’s bard.
Review – Tightlaced Double Bill 2012
Charlie and My ’45 ★★☆☆☆ I Promise I Shall Not Play Billiards ★★★☆☆ Scottish Storytelling Centre Review by Thom Dibdin Quietly cynical and tantalisingly brief, Tightlaced Theatre’s pair of plays at the Storytelling centre until Saturday delve into the past in two quite contrasting fashions. Opening the evening, Robert Howat’s Charlie and My ’45 is […]
Review: The Barkin House
★★☆☆☆
There is a hollow sense of despair to Wilma G Stark’s one-hander, The Barkin House, which had its world premier at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on Thursday night.
Review – Passing Through
★★★☆☆
Pouring cold water over the exploits of an actor is not unheard of for a theatre critic. Pouring cold water over the lead actress by personal request – proper cold water in a watering can – is another matter entirely.
A Passing touch of Magic
Peapod Productions sets out on tour with Passing Through By Thom Dibdin You wait all year for a play in a pub to come along, and then two arrive at once. Grid Iron have just sent their mighty Barflies out on tour, and now Peapod Productions has Passing Through, opening at the Scottish Storytelling Centre […]
Review – The Last Five Years
★★★☆☆ Flying start:
The fledgling Green Room production company has got off to a flying start with this elegantly staged production of Jason Robert Brown’s modern musical, The Last Five Years.
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