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REVIEW Moulin Rouge! The Musical Moulin Rouge The Musical UK at Edinburgh Playhouse alledinburghtheatre.com/moulin-rouge-t… "★★★★☆ Can-Can do" says Martin Gray, "it’s about the song and the dance, the colour and the light. And so far as that goes, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is hard to beat."

NEWS: The Brunton panto and four shows at the Traverse Theatre The Lyceum and Summerhall on the shortlist for this year's CATS, the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland. alledinburghtheatre.com/brunton-panto-…

REVIEW: Quiz from Leitheatre at the Church Hill Theatre Edinburgh: alledinburghtheatre.com/quiz-leitheatr… "★★★★☆ Strong" says Tom Ralphs. "encourages audiences to think not just about this case but also about what plays into our belief on innocence and guilt more generally."

REVIEW: Accidental Death of an Anarchist from Arkle Theatre Company at the Hill Street Theatre: alledinburghtheatre.com/accidental-dea… "★★★★☆ Timely" says Rebecca Mahar: "John Lally’s direction of this timely farce is tight and careful". 📸Rob Shields

REVIEW: KELI from National Theatre of Scotland & Lepus Productions at The Lyceum then Dundee Rep, Perth Theatre and Concert Hall & Tramway, Glasgow alledinburghtheatre.com/keli-lyceum-nt… "★★★★☆ Affecting" says Hugh Simpson. "There is still much to recommend the production that has huge heart and real skill behind it."

REVIEW: Wee Man from Barrowland Ballet @ Capital Theatres: Festival, King’s & Studio Studio Theatre alledinburghtheatre.com/wee-man-barrow… "★★★★☆ Powerful" says Sophie Good of an "engaging and powerful show with a lot of heart and tenderness, which makes you ache for the young men under the pressures that are depicted."

REVIEW. Threepenny with LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME at Church Hill Theatre Edinburgh alledinburghtheatre.com/lord-arthur-sa… "★★★★☆ Accomplished" says Hugh. "Every look, gesture and inflection is polished, the accents are impeccable, and everything has been thought out with the utmost care."

REVIEW: F-BOMB THEATRE @fbombtheatre.bsky.social with the MONUMENTAL walking tour alledinburghtheatre.com/monumental-f-b… "★★★★☆ Momentous" says Rebecca Mahar of a show which is "an outstanding success."

REVIEW: Ballet Black with their double bill SHADOWS at the Capital Theatres: Festival, King’s & Studio Festival Theatre... alledinburghtheatre.com/ballet-black-s… "★★★★☆ Haunting" says Suzanne O'Brien of "a darkly compelling exploration of the psychological and the surreal."

REVIEW: Sylvian Productions' BLINDED BY THE LIGHT at Traverse Theatre & touring to the @Byre and Macrobert Arts Centre: alledinburghtheatre.com/blinded-by-the… "★★★★☆ Heartfelt" says Hugh of "a deeply felt and very well performed piece with clear links to the community that inspired it."

REVIEW: GROWN UPS (Grote Mensen) from Cie Barbarie at the Imaginate UK Edinburgh International Children's Festival. alledinburghtheatre.com/grown-ups-edin… "★★★★★ Silly" says Sophie Good. "Grown Ups is absurd. And silly. And the most fun imaginable."

PRODUCTION NEWS: "U Fur Coffee?" Original cast to revive legendary sitcom The High Life in new National Theatre of Scotland musical, after sitting in the waiting room for 30 years. alledinburghtheatre.com/the-high-life-… It will tour Scotland in Spring 2026, including dates at Capital Theatres: Festival, King’s & Studio Festival Theatre.

REVIEW. stserfsplayers with THEY CAME FROM MARS AND LANDED OUTSIDE THE FARNDALE AVENUE CHURCH HALL IN TIME FOR THE TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD’S COFFEE MORNING at Inverleith St Serf’s... alledinburghtheatre.com/they-came-from… "★★★☆☆ Enjoyable" says Hugh of this "ludicrous and charming piece".

REVIEW "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Scintillating" for THE MERRY WIDOW from Scottish Opera at Capital Theatres: Festival, King’s & Studio Festival Theatre alledinburghtheatre.com/the-merry-wido… "a scintillating new adaptation" says Rebecca Mahar "bringing its setting into the twentieth century, & its sensibilities into the twenty-first."

Review: The Mountaintop by Katori Hall at the The Lyceum alledinburghtheatre.com/the-mountainto… "★★★★☆ Vital" says Hugh Simpson of "an enthralling, beautifully performed examination of history and humanity" that is "more timely than ever". Pics: Mihaela Bodlovic

PRODUCTION NEWS Dita Von Teese to bring her Nocturnelle show to Edinburgh Playhouse in 2026 alledinburghtheatre.com/dita-von-teese… 🎟️ prf.hn/l/9ODOYE1/

REVIEW: Lear from Ramesh Meyyappan for Raw Material & National Theatre of Scotland at Traverse Theatre alledinburghtheatre.com/lear-ramesh-me… "⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Magnificent" says Hugh Simpson. "A stunning piece of work – raw and delicate, disciplined and chaotic, frightening and beautiful." 📷 Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Now for Strawmoddie Theatre Company’s FEET OF CLAY at the Cymera Festival One of Terry Pratchett’s finest. On AllEdinburghTheatre reviewing duty. I do like my job!

NEWS: Edinburgh International Book Festival brochure launched. alledinburghtheatre.com/cutler-tribute… We have all the Theatre-adjacent events listed. Including Val McDermid’s brand new play And Midnight Never Come and an Ivor Cutler tribute from Hamish Hawk...