FringeGuru's review of this venue

Offshoot of the much-respected Hill Street Theatre, the newish Universal Arts Theatre gloriously occupies the Grand Lodge of Scotland, slap-bang between the Assembly Rooms and the Book Festival in Edinburgh's New Town.

The Masonic hall itself hosts the larger performance space, Majestic. The conversion to a theatre sadly hides much of the grandeur, but there are plenty of details to enjoy while waiting for the hall to fill: busts in niches, torches on the walls, Masonic insignia in the centre and, above it all, a magnificent glassy dome. The stage is huge, but the venue still manages a surprisingly intimate feel.

The second space, Mysterious, is down in the basement. The tiled approach corridor is perhaps too reminiscent of a public bath - but the room itself is another large, grand space, all fancy carving and wooden pillars. The stage is quite shallow, so not everyone gets a great view of the action; if it's busy, try the back half of the room, where the seats are gently banked to give sightlines over the forest of heads.

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