Royal Lyceum Theatre Archives

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Creditors

Ben Reiss 07/05/2018

Creditors is an exploration of sex and sexuality, of power and weakness in men and women, of how partners can...

9. Rhinoceros. Photography by Mihaela Bodlovic.

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Rhinoceros

Ben Reiss 28/03/2018

In a nondescript town, a lot like yours or mine, people are changing. They’re behaving in ways you can’t understand,...

The Belle's Stratagem Photo credit Mihaela Bodlovic

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The Belle’s Stratagem

Ben Reiss 19/02/2018

To send us skipping into spring with a smile on our lips, Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre has put on The Belle’s...

The Arabian Nights Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

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The Arabian Nights

Ben Reiss 04/12/2017

he stories within stories within The Arabian Nights is an immensely appealing theatrical concept, offering a wealth of opportunities to...

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Cockpit

Ben Reiss 13/10/2017

You British don’t understand about Europe, spits a character at the hapless Captain Ridley, a statement seemingly as true now...

What Shadows Birmingham Rep _credit Mihaela Bodlovic

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What Shadows

Ben Reiss 14/09/2017

The Birmingham Speech. That is what Enoch Powell termed his diatribe better known to most by the moniker ‘Rivers of...

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Rhinoceros

Marine Furet 12/08/2017

With this new production of Rhinoceros, Zinnie Harris and Turkish director Murat Daltaban reaffirm the political potency of Ionesco’s fable...

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A Number

Ben Reiss 12/04/2017

Genetically, you are 30% the same as a lettuce. You are 98% identical to a chimpanzee.

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Hay Fever

Ben Reiss 16/03/2017

he world of Hay Fever is split in two. On one side is the Bliss family, fabulous and Bohemian, smoking...

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Ben Reiss 04/12/2016

lice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a tale that has been told many times. It tells the story of a bored...

Reviews

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shakespeare Revisited

The Christmas Thing

Treasure Island

Interviews

Pavel Šporcl’s Magic Touch

Scholars, Poets, Lovers: The Invention of Love

Malicho Vaca Valenzuela in conversation with Thibault Elie

157th Anniversary of Pirandello’s Birth

Features

Fiddler on the Roof

Rigoletto

Your Lie in April

In Conversation with Matt Hartley

Festivals

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shakespeare Revisited

The Christmas Thing

Treasure Island

Creditors

Rhinoceros

The Belle’s Stratagem

The Arabian Nights

Cockpit

What Shadows

Rhinoceros

A Number

Hay Fever

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland