Reviewer's rating Kidnapped Ben Reiss 14/04/2023After first delighting audiences three years ago with Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), Isobel McArthur returns to the Lyceum with...
Reviewer's rating Macbeth (an undoing) Ben Reiss 10/02/2023Macbeth (an undoing) is a well-meaning attempt to recentre William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy on the figure of Lady Macbeth (Nicole...
Reviewer's rating An Edinburgh Christmas Carol Ben Reiss 28/11/2022It’s been a mere three years since The Lyceum last staged An Edinburgh Christmas Carol. However, it is easy to...
Reviewer's rating Medea Ben Reiss 26/08/2022There is a moment in the National Theatre of Scotland’s production of Medea when Adura Onashile – playing the titular...
Reviewer's rating An Untitled Love Ben Reiss 24/08/2022The subject of choreographer Kyle Abraham’s new work is clear from the title. Although the dance celebrates the extraordinariness and...
Reviewer's rating Coppélia Ben Reiss 15/08/2022This modern-day reworking of Léo Delibes’ Coppélia is an eerie, propulsive, visually arresting but often infuriating ballet. While the music...
Reviewer's rating Counting and Cracking Ben Reiss 11/08/2022In Sri Lanka, in July 1983, thousands of Tamil civilians were killed during a week of vicious rioting. This horrific...
Reviewer's rating Red Ellen Ben Reiss 09/05/2022Red Ellen tells the epic story of inspiring Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson, a figure and a story that certainly deserve...
Reviewer's Rating Seven Against Edinburgh Ben Reiss 26/04/2022From a new young company of actors comes Seven Against Edinburgh – the story of the first female students to...
Reviewer's rating The Meaning of Zong Ben Reiss 17/04/2022In a massacre aboard the slave ship Zong – 132 women, men, and children perished in chains in the Caribbean sea in...
