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Edinburgh Gang Show »

Edinburgh Gang Show

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After having been performed at the King's Theatre Edinburgh since 1959, the Edinburgh Gang Show this November celebrates its 52nd anniversary. With a cast comprising of over 200 Scout members and performances ranging from a variety of dance styles to ...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Francesca Parker | Read more »

Star Quality »

Daniel Casey, Amanda Donohoe

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Star Quality is a satire on the artist’s ego and the process of creativity. The painstaking processes of producing West End theatre are seen through the insidious backbiting and disharmony of the backstage - a world away from the pristine gr...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by James Corlett | Read more »

Dr Marigold and Mr Chops »

Dr Marigold and Mr Chops

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Simon Callow has a thing for Dickens. He has written a book about him, and acted the part of the great author in the internationally successful show, The Mystery of Charles Dickens. He even managed a guest spot playing Dickens in an episode of Doctor W...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Rebecca Tamas | Read more »

The Hard Man »

The Hard Man

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Staged for the first time in 30 years, Tom McGrath and Jimmy Boyle’s stage adaptation of Boyle’s early life and infamous stretch in prison is realised in The Hard Man. Directed by Phillip Breen and featuring scenes of violence and nudity th...

Mon 09 May 2011 by Amy Taylor | Read more »

Journey's End »

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An enormous face of Lord Kitchener towers over the audience of the King’s Theatre as they gather to see the UK tour of R.C. Sherriff’s Journey’s End, a play that has become as iconic to theatre as Kitchener’s “your country...

Sun 08 May 2011 by Alexandra Wingate | Read more »

Yes, Prime Minister »

Yes, Prime Minister

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Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn bring their award-winning stage adaptation of Yes, Prime Minister to the Kings, which has seen the classic series updated and set in the present day. Directed by Lynn, the play follows the Prime Minister and his advisors as...

Mon 02 May 2011 by Amy Taylor | Read more »

Richard III »

Richard III

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Edward Hall's all-male Shakespeare company, Propeller, have created an engaging production of Richard III, that whilst not conventional, provides a certain alternative spin on the historical classic. Performed in conjunction with The Comedy of Errors, ...

Sat 23 Apr 2011 by Ali Quaile | Read more »

Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society - The Mikado »

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The Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society are an amateur dramatics group that have been in existence since 1924, with the sole aim of performing and appreciating the works of W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan. For their annual performance this year...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 by Alexandra Wingate | Read more »

The Haunting »

The Haunting

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When this reviewer was a teenager, The Woman in Black was playing in London’s tiny Fortune Theatre. It was most terrifying, and the fear of this malevolent woman appearing from nowhere made this particular writer sleep with the light on for a ful...

Wed 09 Mar 2011 by Alexandra Wingate | Read more »

Master Class »

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The operatic great Maria Callas was one of the most successful and admired opera singers of all time, whose legend still endures over thirty years since her death. Master Class, directed by Jonathan Church, gives an insight into the retired Callas as s...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 by Alexandra Wingate | Read more »

King's Theatre reduce show times »

The Festival City Theatres Trust are facing a £300,000 budget cut resulting in major reductions in show hours. These cuts come after the King’s Theatre announced last year that it would not be able to complete its planned refurbishment. Th...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 by Rebecca Low | Read more »

Twelve Questions for: Ruth Milne »

Ruth Milne as CissyFranks in Punk Rock

1. You’re from Edinburgh originally. What High School did you got to? When did you leave? Ruth Milne: Boroughmuir High School, and I left in, oh, ah, hard question, 2000...2006? 2. Did you go on to College? RM: No, I finished up at high school...

Sat 22 Jan 2011 by Amy Taylor | Read more »

Jack and the Beanstalk »

Andy Gray as King Crumble in Jack and the Beanstalk

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It’s that time of year again where booing is actively encouraged, there’s a laugh a minute, and men are dressed as women. That’s right – it’s panto time! This year King’s Theatre plays host to Jack and the Beanstalk...

Sat 22 Jan 2011 by Alexandra Wingate | Read more »

2 Pianos 4 Hands »

2 Pianos 4 Hands

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Music and theatre come crashing together in 2 Pianos 4 Hands by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt, a semi-autobiographical show that explores the two men’s love/hate relationship with the piano. A co-production between King’s Theatre Edinb...

Fri 26 Nov 2010 by Amy Taylor | Read more »

Enron »

Sara Stewart as Claudia Roe in Enron

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Things can spiral out of control in a second. But for the most part this doesn’t result in one of the world’s largest corporate bankruptcies and a 24-year jail sentence. But Jeffrey Skilling is an exception. Set in Houston, Texas, the play...

Wed 24 Nov 2010 by Hannah Clark | Read more »

Lark Rise to Candleford »

Lark Rise to Candleford

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The main problem with Flora Thompson’s Lark Rise to Candleford books is that they have little in the way of storyline; it is after all a documentary-style autobiography. However, any such narratives are completely absent from this stage productio...

Thu 11 Nov 2010 by Alexandra Wingate | Read more »

Carrie's War »

Sarah Edwardson as Carrie and James Byng as Nick in Carrie's War

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The adventures of a group of evacuee children in Second World War Wales form the basis of Andrew Loudon’s production of Nina Bawden’s classic children’s book, Carrie’s War. Painstakingly transferred to the stage, this production...

Thu 14 Oct 2010 by Amy Taylor | Read more »

Punk Rock »

Ed Franklin as Bennett Francis and Katie West as Tanya Gleason in Punk Rock

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Exam stress, self-loathing and the fear of failure form the basis of director Sarah Frankcom’s revival of Simon Stephens’ high school drama, Punk Rock. A co-production between Royal Exchange Theatre and Lyric, this is an intriguing play tha...

Wed 13 Oct 2010 by Amy Taylor | Read more »

The History Boys »

Gerard Murphy in The History Boys

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Penned as both a "confession and an expiation", Alan Bennett's The History Boys winds provocatively around his own supposed duping of the education system— getting a place at Cambridge. Never to be left out of proceedings, Bennett's own experienc...

Tue 20 Apr 2010 by Rebecca Gordon | Read more »

Dinnerladies »

Dinnerladies

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Victoria Wood’s Dinnerladies may not strike you as a particularly niche product. But, just as the Rocky Horror Picture Show attracts fishnet-wearing cross-dressers, so too does Wood’s canteen-set show trail a doting audience - of the blue-r...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Rebecca Gordon | Read more »

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