Review: The Music Man – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

May 23, 2024May 26, 20241 Comment

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Meredith Willson Story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey Directed by Fraser Grant Tickets from £25.50 ★★★★ Riding on the high-flying success of last year's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Southern Light Opera still finds themselves in the Festival Theatre, looking to raise the rafter with musical splendour and community cheer. And in Meredith Willson’s 1957 musical The Music Man, they find another winner. The tale … Continue reading Review: The Music Man – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: Cyrano de Bergerac – Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh

April 25, 2024Leave a comment

Adapted by Glyn Maxwell from Edmund Rostand Directed by Phil Barnes Tickets: £15.00 ★★★★ Unconditional love is a bounty of limitless possibilities - chiefly pain and euphoria. There’s no wonder why it is the rhyme & reason of many a poet and performer. Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac underpins the values of loyalty and forms of expressive love with that of a … Continue reading Review: Cyrano de Bergerac – Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: The Addams Family – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh

April 13, 2024April 16, 2024Leave a comment

Written by Hannah McGregor Directed by Niall King Tickets: £18.50 (Con. available) ★★★★ Without so much as a prompt, the audience clicks their fingers in this infamous beat. There isn’t a person in the room (alive or long departed) who doesn’t know what ghoulish treats are awaiting them. Reinventing themselves time and time over, fending … Continue reading Review: The Addams Family – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: Forth Children’s Theatre 45th Anniversary Gala – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh

April 8, 2024Leave a comment

Directed by Taylor Doig and Jack Nixon Musical Direction by Mark McLauchlin and Jack Gardiner ★★★★★ With a cast of over thirty-five, nearly thirty musical numbers and forty-five years under their belt upholding all which makes communal youth theatre an important opportunity, it is with great pride that we congratulate Forth Children’s Theatre on an anniversary gala … Continue reading Review: Forth Children’s Theatre 45th Anniversary Gala – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: Biolanthe – Summerhall, Edinburgh

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024Leave a comment

Based on Iolanthe by Gilbert and Sullivan Additional Lyrics by Lewis Eggeling Script by Fraser Grant and Rosalyn Harper Directed by Hunter King Tickets from £10.00 ★★★ In an age where the dying guttural roars of the past clamber onto their grip of the world, it’s only right to put faith into newer generations to … Continue reading Review: Biolanthe – Summerhall, Edinburgh

Review: Carrie The Musical – Buchanan Lecture Theatre, St.Andrews

March 26, 2024Leave a comment

Book by Lawrence D. Cohen Lyrics by Dean Pitchford Music by Michael Gore Directed By Elise Siddiqui ★★★★ High school is hard enough. But for Carrie White, the titular character and horror icon of Stephen King’s 1974 novel, brought to life with Sissy Spacek’s exemplary performance in the 1976 film, things are a lot tougher. Her home life is a den of crucifixes … Continue reading Review: Carrie The Musical – Buchanan Lecture Theatre, St.Andrews

Review: All Who Wander – Magnusson Centre, Edinburgh

March 24, 2024Leave a comment

Directed by Abigail Halperin Musical Direction by Eric Rogers Tickets from £10.00 ★★★★ Fancy a trip to Arendelle? Or maybe the sun-drenched coastlines of Ancient Greece? What about the dark depths of the Woods? Maybe - just maybe - audiences are looking to join in on that long journey down the tracks to Hades… But … Continue reading Review: All Who Wander – Magnusson Centre, Edinburgh

Review: The Taming of the Shrew – Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024Leave a comment

Written by William Shakespeare Directed by Minna Gillett Associate Direction by Marina Funcasta Tickets from £8.00 ★★★★ The Taming of the Shrew holds a peculiar reappearing position amongst full-blown productions and grassroots community theatre. Odd, given the bleak finale and grinding boot of submission this play entrenches itself. It’s a tale in which the titular ‘shrew’, … Continue reading Review: The Taming of the Shrew – Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: David Suchet Poirot and More, A Retrospective – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

January 29, 2024February 4, 2024Leave a comment

https://youtu.be/YiBRh4L0Bxc?list=PLcTlv1bn0wwfJd5F0YG5gbrHRGpb-FO-- Created by David Suchet, in Collaboration with Liza McLean, and Sheila Suchet Hosted by Geoffrey Wansell ★★★★ Dig out your perfectly preened moustaches and nothing but the sharpest and finest of gear for the man himself as the Festival Theatre, and Edinburgh at large, are thrilled to spend an evening in the company of tremendous … Continue reading Review: David Suchet Poirot and More, A Retrospective – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: Protest – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

January 27, 2024February 4, 2024Leave a comment

https://youtu.be/SPCToZqauLU Written by Hannah Lavery Directed by Natalie Ibu Tickets from £9.00 ★★★★ It feels only fitting that in returning with Protest, Hannah Lavery continues presenting a significantly resounding voice for younger generations – when all too many of them (and their productions) tend to become lost amidst the singular, louder, voices of discouragement. Initially premiering … Continue reading Review: Protest – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh