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Saturday, August 24, 2024

Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: L'Addition / Long Distance / The Sun, the Mountain and Me by David Kettle

From meta-theatrical mayhem to dreams of freedom and escape in three shows from the Fringe's closing days L’Addition, Summerhall ★★★★ 

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 12:54AM
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: REVENGE: After the Levoyah / Puddles and Amazons by David Kettle

Jewish gangsters and ice-cold adolescents in two strong shows at Summerhall REVENGE: After the Levoyah, Summerhall ★★★★★ 

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:18AM
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Òran / This Town by David Kettle

Two solo shows merge poetry, rap, spoken word and theatre to compelling effect Òran, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ 

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 01:48AM
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Ni Mi Madre / Bi-Curious George: Queer Planet by David Kettle

Boys playing girls playing boys in two joyful queer shows at the Pleasance Dome Ni Mi Madre, Pleasance Dome ★★★★ 

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:03AM
Monday, August 19, 2024

Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Bellringers / Suitcase Show by David Kettle

A troubling take on the climate emergency and a pile of suitcases containing tall tales in two intimate shows at Summerhall Bellringers, Roundabout @ Summerhall ★★★★ 

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:06AM
Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: The Sound Inside / So Young by David Kettle

Unexpected twists in relationships mark out two dramas at the Traverse Theatre The Sound Inside, Traverse Theatre ★★★★★

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:53AM
Saturday, August 10, 2024

Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: In Two Minds / My English Persian Kitchen by David Kettle

Mental health and food form the themes behind two strong dramas at the Traverse Theatre In Two Minds, Traverse Theatre ★★★★ 

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:43AM
Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: The Mosinee Project / Gwyneth Goes Skiing by David Kettle

Two strong Fringe shows merge truth with fiction - to very different ends The Mosinee Project, Underbelly Cowgate ★★★★ In May 1950, a small US town awoke to hammer-and-sickle flags…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 12:27AM
Saturday, August 3, 2024

Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Heartbreak Hotel / The Gummy Bears' Great War / The Ceremony by David Kettle

From post-breakup blues to sweet-shop conflagrations in three early Fringe shows Heartbreak Hotel, Summerhall ★★★★ 

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:30AM
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Ragnarok, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh review - moving miniature apocalypse by David Kettle

End-of-days drama from centimetres-high clay figures, in a powerful collaboration from Scottish and Norwegian companies In terms of conveying monumental events using small-scale means, Edinb…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 01:48AM
Saturday, February 10, 2024

Many Good Men, Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh review - daring but flawed provocation by David Kettle

A shocking attack kicks off an audacious experience that makes its audience complicit, in Clare Duffy's ambitious but patchy show There’s been an incident in Edinburgh. Right near the Scot…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:42AM
Thursday, January 18, 2024

Jekyll and Hyde, Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh review - audacious contemporary resonances by David Kettle

Gothic excess mingles with more modern themes in a one-man transformation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novella Evil walks among us. But it doesn’t arrive courtesy of mad scientists, bubblin…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:06AM
Friday, December 15, 2023

Same Team, Traverse Theatre Edinburgh review - shamelessly unseasonal Christmas cheer by David Kettle

Grit, authenticity and raucous comedy in a five-woman soccer show You can keep your Cinderellas, your Aladdins, your wannabe Lord Mayors of London. The way forward with Christmas shows is cl…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:24AM
Thursday, November 2, 2023

FLIP!, Summerhall Edinburgh review - sassy, satirical parable by David Kettle

A Faustian fable of online influence crackles with energy and attitude You can almost feel the energy blazing off the stage in this fast, furious and fiercely funny two-hander from writer Ra…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:06PM
Monday, October 16, 2023

Dracula: Mina's Reckoning, Festival Theatre Edinburgh review - audacious and entirely convincing by David Kettle

An all-female spin on Stoker's classic horror from the National Theatre of Scotland dares to challenge stereotypes An all-female production of Bram Stoker’s Dracula – well, kind of – t…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:43PM
Monday, October 9, 2023

Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh review - a maze of ideas by David Kettle

The Scottish independence referendum is just one of the strands that Peter Arnott attempts to weave together in an unconvincing Chekhovian drama The title of Peter Arnott’s new play – a …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:03PM
Saturday, August 26, 2023

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: CHOO CHOO! / Blood of the Lamb by David Kettle

Intrusive thoughts and US abortion policy come under scrutiny in two Fringe shows CHOO CHOO! (Or... Have You Ever Thought About ****** **** *****? (Cos I Have)), Pleasance Dome ★★★★

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:25AM
Friday, August 25, 2023

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Distant Memories of the Near Future / Soldiers of Tomorrow by David Kettle

Government-mandated coupledom and intractable conflicts in two Fringe shows at Summerhall Distant Memories of the Near Future, Summerhall ★★★★

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:25AM
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Dark Noon / Concerned Others by David Kettle

A brutal history of America and an intimate examination of Scottish drug-related deaths in two powerful shows Dark Noon, Pleasance at EICC ★★★★★

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:55AM
Monday, August 21, 2023

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: The Insider / Sensuous Governing by David Kettle

Two strong shows in the Fringe's #DANISH strand offer financial temptation and otherworldly interactions The Insider, ZOO Southside ★★★★

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:33PM
Sunday, August 20, 2023

Dimanche, Edinburgh International Festival 2023 review - troubling and bewildering by David Kettle

Climate change gets an exquisitely beautiful, gently humorous treatment by two Belgian puppetry and mime companies A toy car – in fact, a mobile home with comically enormous antenna on top…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:33PM
Saturday, August 19, 2023

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Maureen / Common Dissonance by David Kettle

Warm-hearted wisdom from an 80-something plus ambitious circus at House of Oz Maureen, House of Oz ★★★★

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:07AM
Friday, August 18, 2023

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: PLEASE LEAVE (a message) / Shadow Kingdom by David Kettle

Communicating with the far future and dream-like shadows for children in two contrasting shows PLEASE LEAVE (a message), Underbelly, Cowgate ★★★★

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:13AM
Thursday, August 17, 2023

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Without Sin / An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World / Two Strangers Walk into a Bar... by David Kettle

Three one-on-one shows offer absolution, advice and a choreographed blind date With its throbbing crowds and its performers baying for attention (and for audiences), the Edinburgh Fringe can…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:13AM
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: The Grand Old Opera House Hotel / YOU ARE GOING TO DIE by David Kettle

A patchy operatic send-up and an unflinching examination of dirt and degradation in two very different shows The Grand Old Opera House Hotel, Traverse Theatre ★★★

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:13AM
Monday, August 14, 2023

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Adults / Bacon by David Kettle

Illicit gay encounters form the themes of two provocative shows - with contrasting results Adults, Traverse Theatre ★★★

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:13AM
Saturday, August 12, 2023

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Casting the Runes / The Return / Woodhill by David Kettle

Sinister supernatural forces, a broken Balkan childhood and a scream of fury for prison reform in three varied shows Casting the Runes, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:13AM
Friday, August 11, 2023

Trojan Women / Thrown, Edinburgh International Festival 2023 reviews - passionate all-women productions by David Kettle

Overwhelming power in a hybrid of Eastern and Western traditions, though a more modern take on female identity issues struggles to convince Trojan Women, Festival Theatre ★★★★★

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:33AM
Thursday, August 10, 2023

Edinburgh International Festival 2023 reviews: FOOD / Dusk by David Kettle

Our compulsion to consume and our acceptance of outsiders investigated in two visually impressive shows FOOD, The Studio ★★★ There’s no denying it: Los Angeles-born Geoff Sobelle …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:13AM
Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Heaven / Lie Low / After the Act by David Kettle

Three outstanding shows at the Traverse Theatre tackle unexplored life choices, uncertain trauma and Section 28 Heaven, Traverse Theatre ★★★★★

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:13AM
Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Stuntman / Beautiful Evil Things / What You See When Your Eyes Are Closed... by David Kettle

Male violence, Greek myths and a modern-day cyclops in three strong shows Stuntman, Summerhall ★★★★★

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:19AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime