https://www.flickr.com/photos/204241173@N04/55171368420/in/dateposted-public/ Words and Lyrics by Belle Jones Composition by AJ Robertson & John Kielty Directed by Stasi Schaeffer Review by Dominic Corr The Pavilion Theatre ★★★★ Once upon a time, the hunt for the ‘next big thing’ in the Scottish musical repertoire was hotly contested. There were champions, some of them brilliant, but sparse. Now, … Continue reading Review: Flora – A New Musical at The Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow
https://www.flickr.com/photos/204241173@N04/55159464511/in/dateposted-public/ Written by Onjali Q. Raúf Adapted by Nick Ahad Directed by Monique Touko Review by Dominic Corr The Festival Theatre ★★★★ 'Refugees are people who have fled their countries to escape conflict, violence, or persecution and have sought safety in another country.' - UNHCR 'People'. Some of us seem to have forgotten this. Few … Continue reading Review: The Boy at the Back of the Class – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
https://www.flickr.com/photos/204241173@N04/55155449851/in/dateposted-public/ Created by Hazel Darwin-Clements Performed by Hazel Darwin-Clements, Fay Guiffo & Mamoru Iriguchi Directed by Andy Cannon Review by Dominic Corr Independent Arts Projects ★★★★ The thing with imagination; is all it needs is a single little spark. Or a laugh. Or a shoestring of a budget and an idea. Something which every element involved in the … Continue reading Review: Ideas Jukebox – The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Written and Performed by James Clements Composed by Lisa Rigby Directed by Cora Bissett Review by Dominic Corr The Georgian House ★★★ Reinvention: it’s the necessity of survival. But for theatrical retellings of Scotland’s Bard, additional takes on Robert Burns’ turbulent life are starting to threaten to burn at both ends. In a cultural landscape … Continue reading Review: The Burns Project – The Georgian House, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/NI9YuZK887k Choreography by Hayley Earlam Produced by Isy Sharman Review by Dominic Corr Information ★★★★ With the frost departing Edinburgh, for some, the last thing on their minds would be a visit to the coolness and celebration of winter found with Brrr, an enchanting sensory installation and live performance of light, sound, and movement from … Continue reading Review: Brrr – The Studio, Edinburgh
Commissioned by Aberdeen Performing Arts, Capital Theatres and Eden Court Highlands Created and Directed by Ross MacKay and Jordan Blackwood Review by Hunter King The Studio ★★★★★ It seems every child grows up with a fictional dog who has an impact on their life. I had Scooby-Doo and Blue from “Blue’s Clues,” and more recently, … Continue reading Review: Snowy – The Studio, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/Ox0HZbJArfA Lead Artist - Ferbus Dunnet Co-Direction by Emily Reutlinger Review by Dominic Corr The Studio: Tickets ★★★ There’s a peculiar wonderment in watching a ten-foot grizzly bear brought to life, not by CGI or spectacle, but by the sweat, wit, and ingenuity of a creative and small ensemble. Tenterhooks’ Hercules the Bear takes the … Continue reading Review: Hercules The Bear – The Studio, Festival Theatre
Written by Lewis Hetherington Directed by Rosalind Sydney Set and Costume Design by Claire Halleran Review by Annie Aslett Tickets from £6.00 ★★★ This Christmas, Glasgow Kelvin College presents a great, affordable choice with their panto-lite production of Rumpelstiltskin, written by Lewis Hetherington. While not heavy on the high-camp hilarity of a proper panto, this … Continue reading Review: Rumpelstiltskin – Platform, Glasgow
Adapted by David Greig and Jackie Crichton from Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler's Book Directed by Katie Beard Tickets from £13.00 ★★★ There’s a severe lack of stories which celebrate being bad. Or rather, have fun with their baddies and ghoulies; The Baddies, from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Stickman), here adapted by David Grieg and Jackie Crichton, puts the rogues, witches, … Continue reading Review: The Baddies – The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/ds7EI97Q2Vk Written by Joe Brumm Music by Joff Bush Directed by Rosemary Myers Tickets from £18.50 ★★★★ From a gentle beginning, as the bin chickens (ibises) scuttle around the set, cawing and mewling to the audience, Bluey’s Big Play already takes a more original and gentle approach than similar television to stage adaptations. But that … Continue reading Review: Bluey’s Big Play – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
