The High Life musical revisits beloved Scottish characters with humor and charm, celebrating nostalgia while delivering engaging performances, vibrant staging, and delightful music, ensuring an entertaining experience.
Category: Musical
Review: One Day: The Musical – The Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/rcnYUO6plaM Book by David Grieg Directed by Max Webster Music and Lyrics by Abner and Amanda Ramierz Additional Lyrics by Jeremy Sams Review by Dominic Corr Tour Dates ★★★★ In what may be The Lyceum Theatre’s pinnacle production of their anniversary year; the long-awaited (and inevitable) stage-adaptation of David Nicholl’s adored novel, One Day, brings … Continue reading Review: One Day: The Musical – The Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Review: Matilda – The Musical at The Edinburgh Playhouse
https://youtu.be/jsNv2XH1VXA Book by Dennis Kelly Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin Directed by Matthew Warchus Review by Dominic Corr The Playhouse ★★★★★ The city is over-run with revolting children; as a riot of colour and imagination bursts across the stage of The Playhouse Theatre as Matilda- The Musical arrives in Edinburgh with a flourish, a production so visually sumptuous and emotionally generous that it … Continue reading Review: Matilda – The Musical at The Edinburgh Playhouse
Review: Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical at The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/5frtd3m_1WA Book by Stephan Elliot and Allan Scott Directed by Ian Talbot Review by Dominic Corr The King's Theatre ★★★★ There’s plenty of glitter, leg kicks, splits, cakes in the rain, and fizz to be had in Glasgow this week. And that’s before we even get to the theatre…Few touring musicals arrive with as much … Continue reading Review: Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical at The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Review: Here & Now – The Steps Musical at The Edinburgh Playhouse
https://youtu.be/sf_faDcrLQ0 Book by Shaun Kitchener Directed by Rachel Kavanaugh Review by Dominic Corr The Playhouse ★★★ Here & Now, the official Steps musical, bursts into The Edinburgh Playhouse with a high‑octane blend of 90s nostalgia, supermarket melodrama, and glitter‑laden choreography. Set in the seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, the musical follows Caz, whose well‑ordered life … Continue reading Review: Here & Now – The Steps Musical at The Edinburgh Playhouse
Review: EUSOG’s Into The Woods – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Directed by Tai Remus Elliot and Hunter King Review by Dominic Corr Church Hill Theatre ★★★★ There’s a particular thrill in watching a student‑led company tackle Sondheim. His music is famously intricate, his lyrics unforgiving, and his storytelling a labyrinth of tonal shifts and moral ambiguity. Yet … Continue reading Review: EUSOG’s Into The Woods – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Review: Rocky Horror Picture Show – The Edinburgh Playhouse
Created by Richard O’Brien Directed by Christopher Luscombe Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £23.00 ★★★★ Time may be fleeting, but some classics remain a celebration of queer culture, camp, and chaos. Edinburgh Playhouse welcomed back the cult phenomenon The Rocky Horror Show this week, and it’s clear why this musical remains a beloved staple of theatre. From … Continue reading Review: Rocky Horror Picture Show – The Edinburgh Playhouse
Review: Hamilton – The Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Book, Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda Directed by Thomas Kail Review by Dominic Corr Theatre Royal ★★★★★ Hamilton at the Glasgow Theatre Royal arrives not as nostalgia but as proof: Lin‑Manuel Miranda’s revolutionary musical remains one of the most powerful pieces of musical theatre in the repertoire, a work that keeps reinventing how stage music … Continue reading Review: Hamilton – The Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Review: Sunny Afternoon – The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Book by Joe Penhall Music and Lyrics by Ray Davies Directed by Edward Hall Review by Libby Hutton The King's Theatre ★★★ ‘Sunny Afternoon’, the musical retelling of the rise of the legendary rock band ‘The Kinks’, hits just where expected; an entertaining night out for all ages. This is both its downfall and its praise; … Continue reading Review: Sunny Afternoon – The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Review: The Glass Menagerie – The Dundee Rep
Written by Tennessee Williams Directed by Andrew Panton Review by Dominic Corr Dundee Rep ★★★★ A poised yet piercing revival, The Glass Menagerie at Dundee Rep (in co-production with Citizens Theatre and the Royal Lyceum) offers a production of shimmering restraint and emotional bite, balancing refinement with a raw undercurrent that keeps Tennessee Williams’ classic … Continue reading Review: The Glass Menagerie – The Dundee Rep