The timeless power of John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi lies in its language. Poetic couplets bear poignant themes and soaring character arcs, soliloquies reveal rich and real characters who converse in equal parts realism and art....
Having been academically obliged to attend last year’s Spanish play, it was refreshing to be able to see a passionately assembled student production without worrying about the graded result. Performed at the Assembly Roxy Theatre, Ramón del...
The Girl on the Train is a story based on the best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins and Dreamwork’s film. This breathtaking yet sorrowful psychological thriller reflects the prejudices of the ‘brave new world’ in regard to perfect marriage,...
Edinburgh is a theatre lover’s wet dream…” divulges Rhiannon Williams, creative director of Bedlam Theatre’s original writing company, Candlewasters. She’s right: it’s been a particularly juicy season for student theatre in Edinburgh,...
The History Boys follows a group of bright state school pupils in the 1980s as they navigate the usual hazards of sex, friendship and self-discovery, all whilst working towards getting into Oxford and Cambridge.’ The first striking thing about...
Delightfully serene, incredibly funny and as fruity as it should be, Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic work Iolanthe meets Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group’s fantastic production team and talented cast to create one of the year’s must-see...
“If you don’t like me at my worst… then we have something in common” Theatre Paradok’s production of Deficit, directed by Maddie Flint and a part of this year’s Edinburgh Alternative Theatre Festival, comes at cataclysmic odds with the...