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Monday, April 3, 2017

Northern Stage Edinburgh project enlists theatres in Hull, Leeds and Manchester by Thom Dibdin

Northern Stage is teaming up with theatres in Hull, Leeds and Manchester for its Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme at Summerhall this year.

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Sunday, April 2, 2017

OFFSIDE " Touring by Thom Dibdin

Offside, Futures Theatre's touring production at the Traverse, is a heartfelt, energetic and ultimately uplifting play about women's football that explores wider issues with humour and intel…

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THE NETHER " Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Problematic, simply because of its subject matter, The Nether is given a solid and suitably powerful production by student company Paradok Theatre at Checkpoint to Saturday. Set in the near …

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Saturday, April 1, 2017

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST " Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Wilde's comedy of love, class, secret lives and imaginary invalids needs little introduction. Countless numbers who have never seen the play, or witnessed Edith Evans, know exactly how she p…

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Friday, March 31, 2017

HATCHES, MATCHES AND DISPATCHES " Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Written by the late Alan Cochrane, a stalwart of Edinburgh People's Theatre, the piece is a sequel to his Ne'er The Twain (which Saughtonhall presented in last year's Fringe) and is probably…

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

ANITA & ME " Touring by Thom Dibdin

Seventies teenager Meena lives in Tollington, a former mining village in England's Black Country in Anita and Me. Meena is a thoroughly British Asian, but mum Daljit and dad Shyam have a dif…

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

The 8th Door and Bluebeard's Castle review at Theatre Royal, Glasgow " 'intense and moving' by Thom Dibdin

The 8th Door, Matthew Lenton and Lliam Paterson’s new companion piece to Bartok’s Bluebeard's Castle, is powerful, intense and utterly moving. A

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

NEWS: King's Theatre Edinburgh set for £25m refurbishment by Thom Dibdin

The complex plans involve work on both the front of house facilities and back stage. The redevelopment is expected to take 18 months, it would start in 2021 and be timed to "mitigate" impact…

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Saturday, March 25, 2017

TWLFTH NIGHT " Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Solidly performed and cleverly directed, there is much to enjoy about Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company's lucid production of Twelfth Night at Teviot House to Saturday.

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Friday, March 24, 2017

Underbelly extends Edinburgh dominance with Hogmanay coup by Thom Dibdin

Edinburgh Fringe venue operator Underbelly has won the contract to run Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebration, adding to its control of the city's Christmas

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RUDDYGORE " Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

This is not the best-known Savoy Opera, and (perhaps unfairly) was deemed a flop on first production, coming after the all-conquering Mikado. It tells of young farmer Robin Oakapple, who pla…

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Saturday, March 18, 2017

9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL " Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Rollicking and rumbustious, but with surprisingly deep reservoirs of emotion, the Bohemians' production of 9 to 5 The Musical at the King's is a definite hit. There can be no denying that th…

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Friday, March 17, 2017

King's Theatre Edinburgh reveals £25m redevelopment plans by Thom Dibdin

A major £25 million redevelopment of Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre is being planned, with aims to start building work in 2021. The plans

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HAY FEVER " Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Solidly acted but only sporadically funny, the Lyceum and the Citizens Theatre co-production of Hay Fever is entirely serviceable but all too forgettable. Noel Coward's 1925 comedy features …

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT " Touring by Thom Dibdin

It's nearly 50 years old but Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat doesn't need to be mothballed.

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Hay Fever review at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh " 'light as froth' by Thom Dibdin

Dominic Hill’s production of Hay Fever for the Lyceum (also touring to the Glasgow Citizens) has plenty of laughs but occasionally stutters

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Friday, March 10, 2017

CUTTIN' A RUG " Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

As the middle section of the trilogy that begins with The Slab Boys, some may expect this to provide problems of accessibility as a stand-alone piece. However, it tends to amplify rather tha…

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Glasgow Citizens redevelopment gets £2.5m boost by Thom Dibdin

Glasgow Citizens’ multimillion-pound redevelopment project has received a £2.5 million grant from the Scottish government. The money, from the government's regeneration cap…

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Thursday, March 9, 2017

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES " Touring by Thom Dibdin

High kicks and high camp dominate La Cage Aux Folles, at the Playhouse, as it explodes in a glorious melange of sequins, feathers and a timely political message wrapped up in an over-sugared…

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Ayr Gaiety Theatre fears closure after council funding cut by Thom Dibdin

The Gaiety Theatre in Ayr has had a third of its council funding cut, in a move that the venue has said

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Friday, March 3, 2017

ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD " Edinburgh (not the one with Daniel Radcliffe!) by Thom Dibdin

Tense, byzantine and thoroughly hilarious, the EUTC's production of Tom Stoppard's breakthrough play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, at Edinburgh's Bedlam to Saturday, is a properly e…

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Death of a Salesman review at Dundee Rep " 'compelling and powerful' by Thom Dibdin

The power of this production of Death of a Salesman comes from its understanding of the little things. A lone flautist’s melody,

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Thursday, March 2, 2017

ALLAN STEWART'S BIG BIG VARIETY SHOW " Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

It's Allan Stewart's Big Big Variety Show at the King's this week. Or maybe it's the Big Big BIG Variety Show. It's hard to keep these things straight…but it's fair to say it's big.

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Ex-Summerhall boss in public row with Edinburgh Fringe venue over '£27k debt' by Thom Dibdin

Edinburgh venue Summerhall is embroiled in a dispute with former artistic director Rupert Thomson over an alleged debt of £27,000. Thomson was

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Creative Scotland gives £100k to ghost story musical by Thom Dibdin

A new Scottish musical based on a 1935 film has attracted a £99,769 grant in Creative Scotland’s latest round of Open Funding, in which

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Thursday, February 23, 2017

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME " Touring by Thom Dibdin

The portrayal of how maths whizz Christopher attempts to solve the mystery of the killing of a neighbourhood dog, instead discovering buried secrets about those around him, continues to thri…

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Assembly returns to live work at Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms by Thom Dibdin

Edinburgh fringe producer Assembly will stage live performance at the city’s Assembly Rooms for the first time since 2010. It follows a

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

TITANIC THE MUSICAL " Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Southern Light Opera returns to the King's Theatre this week with its 120th annual show, a mammoth production of Titanic The Musical that the company hopes will get right into the soul of th…

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Monday, February 20, 2017

OLIVER! " Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

A pair of very fine interpretations, backed by a company intent on performing at the peak of their abilities, mark out an Oliver! which aims high but suffers from the constraints of its own …

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MADE IN INDIA " Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Combining thought-provoking intelligence and the genuinely moving, Made In India at the Traverse is a very fine production.

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Sunday, February 19, 2017

THE WINTER'S TALE " Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Lucid and engaging, the Lyceum's Scottish-set production of The Winter's Tale has much to recommend it, even if it does not quite convince.

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