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forcing Kim to embark on a three year journey
of survival to  nd her lover, who has no idea
he’s fathered a son.

Running Time 2 hours 40 minutes including
interval. Tickets here https://www.atgtickets.
com/shows/miss-saigon/edinburgh-
playhouse/

Exciting new writing is the order of the day at
The Traverse this month, where Black Hole Sign
(8-18 October), by practising NHS critical care
nurse Uma Nada-Rajah, explores the realities
and politics of our National Health Service.
When a hole appears in the roof of a crumbling
and understa ed A&E department, patients,
porters and nurses do what they must to make
it through the night.

Running time 90 minutes. Tickets here https://
http://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/black-
hole-sign-autumn-

Around the corner on Grindlay Street, the
Royal Lyceum welcomes Men Behaving Badly
and Blue Murder star Caroline Quentin to lead
an ensemble company in the  rst production
from new artistic director James Brining, The
Seagull (9 October-1 November).

A fading actress. A restless writer. A family

estate simmering with desire, ambition,

and regret. All three collide in this darkly

comic reimagining of Chekhov’s classic;

Once-celebrated actress Arkadina (Quentin)

leaves little chance for anyone else to shine.

Her playwright son, Konstantin, yearns to

escape her shadow and win the heart of

Nina. But when Nina’s gaze turns instead to

Arkadina’s lover, celebrated writer Trigorin,

egos clash with devastating consequences.

Running Time to be con rmed. Tickets here

https://lyceum.org.uk/events/the-seagull

Finally, another classic enjoying an airing

right now stops o at the Festival Theatre,

Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird (21-

October). Actor Richard Coyle returns to

this production as Atticus Finch, reprising

his role from the 2022 West End Production.

Running time 2 hours 50 minutes including

interval. Tickets here https://www.

capitaltheatres.com/shows/to-kill-a-

mockingbird/

Until next month, happy theatre-going,

Líam

Warhorse once again

depicts the horrors

of WW1 at

the Festival Theatre

Richard Coyle as

Atticus Finch in To Kill

a Mocking Bird at the

Festival Theatre