Theatre
Theatre review: The Matchmaker; Brunton Theatre
THERE are a few things that could be described as quintessentially Irish: Guinness, shamrocks, the Blarney Stone, the colour green. Splinters Productions’ adaptation of JB Keane’s Letters of a Matchmaker could probably shoot for that list.
Karen Koren: Kath brings home the beef at charity gig
My lovely daughter-in-law Susan arranged a fabulous Ladies Late Summer High Tea on Sunday at Garvock House Hotel in Dunfermline. Kath Mainlan, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, was the speaker and what a good job she did.
Interview: Duncan Preston on his role in Alan Ayckbourn’s play Haunting Julia
BUSY Duncan Preston takes time off TV work to tackle playwright Ayckbourn’s dark tale
Liam Rudden: War Horse puppetry don’t you stop . . .
GERRY Anderson. Yes, I blame the Thunderbirds’ creator for my dislike of puppets. His shaky, wooden marionettes, each boasted a permanently fixed bemused expression long before Botox became popular.
Howden’s happiest in the glow of the limelight
EDINBURGH actress Kathryn Howden made her stage debut here in the Capital with Edinburgh Youth Theatre back in the 70s.
Interview: Andrew Lloyd Webber on his past musicals and a new project centred on the Profumo Affair
LORD Andrew Lloyd Webber talks Phantom and Superstar as well as telling entertainment editor Liam Rudden about his new musical, planned for 2014
Review: Good Grief, King’s Theatre
Keith Waterhouse’s Good Grief can best be described as a classic British sitcom. June (Penelope Keith) keeps her vodka on the bedside and her brandy in the cupboard.
Award-winning make-up designer Neill Gorton is master of gruesome creations
DAVROS, evil creator of the Daleks... Believe it or not, that is who Edinburgh audiences have to thank for the hideously disfigured features of the Phantom Of The Opera, currently entrancing and repulsing theatre-goers at The Playhouse.
Interview: Penelope Keith, actress
‘I’M a bit of a Scotophile. I have a house on the Black Isle, so I’m in Scotland quite a lot and think Edinburgh is just the most beautiful city. I love walking through...”
Livingston ladies leave modesty in the wings
THE ladies of Livingston Players will be hoping they have the central heating turned up full at Livingston’s Howden Park Centre next week, when they bare all in Time Firth’s bitter-sweet comedy Calendar Girls.
Review: The Phantom of the Opera, Edinburgh Playhouse
Christmas has come early for Edinburgh’s musical theatre critics this week. Two five-star shows in two nights both with very different selling points are vying for the public’s attention.
Review: The Guid Sisters, Royal Lyceum Theatre
MARTIN Bowman and Bill Findlay’s translation conveys the political weight of this play – which was written in Québécois at a time where standard French was the norm for theatre – by translating it into Scots.
Review: I Dreamed a Dream, Festival Theatre
It’s Susan Boyle’s vulnerability that captures people. The face may not quite fit the voice but the genuine feeling and expression in that voice resonates with people all over the globe.
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review: The Importance of Being Earnest, Brunton Theatre
The Importance of Being Earnest really ought to be performed at 5pm over afternoon tea. It is, after all, the zenith of urbane, Victorian high society farce and dwells at length on Lady Bracknell’s love of a good cucumber sandwich.
Theatre review: Ménage à Trois, Traverse Theatre
EVER had the desire to step into the world of the hero whose story you’re following and give some unsolicited advice?
Interview: Jane McCarry’s still game for a cracking good comedy drama
SPEAKING to Jane McCarry is a lot like talking to her famous TV character, Isa Drennan, the elderly gossip from much-loved Scottish comedy series, Still Game.
Barry Gordon: The show goes on - if you can pay, that is
EDINBURGH has always been a theatre city. We’re fortunate to have the Playhouse, Festival Theatre, Royal Lyceum and the King’s.
Interview: I Dreamed a Dream is like a ‘dark explosion’, says Elaine C Smith
RAB C Nesbitt’s Mary Doll tells Barry Gordon why she jumped at the chance to tell the story of singing sensation Susan Boyle in musical I Dreamed A Dream
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The Phantom of the Opera unmasked
CHANDELIERS, disfigured features and one of the most famous scores in musical theatre – The Phantom of the Opera is back.
Ready, steady, cook with Hardeep Singh Kohli
A FULL working kitchen will dominate the stage of Musselburgh’s Brunton Theatre on Sunday, which can mean only one thing, Celebrity Masterchef finalist Hardeep Singh Kohli is back in town.
2 commentsA jolly good show from Showcase charity team
SHOWCASE, Edinburgh’s annual fundraising concert series for Macmillan Cancer Support, always guarantees an evening of top quality entertainment.
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