https://youtu.be/dgdNV1YKGgY Created by Theatre of Widdershins Review by Dominic Corr The Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★★★ Theatre of Widdershins’ Snow White Rose Red Bear Brown, performed at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, is a triumph of intimacy, imagination, and enchantment. In a festival bursting with spectacle, this quietly dazzling show reminds us of the elemental power of … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Snow White Red Rose Bear Brown
https://youtu.be/_LX1-xBvoRA Directed, Dramaturgy and Set Design by Stef Aerts, Joé Agemans, Thomas Verstraeten & Marie Vinck (FC Bergman) Review by Dominic Corr The Royal Lyceum Theatre ★★★★ In a festival season brimming with bold statements and theatrical invention, Works and Days by Belgian collective FC Bergman stands out as a masterwork of visual storytelling and … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2025 – Works and Days
Book by Rae Binstock Music & Lyrics by Brandon James Gwinn Direction and Choreography by Paul McGill Written by Dominic Corr Gilded Balloon - Big Yin ★★★ Midnight at the Palace, playing at the Gilded Balloon Patter House, is an unruly tribute to the legendary drag ensemble The Cockettes—those glitter-drenched, gender-bending pioneers of 1960s San … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 – Midnight at the Palace
Book by Maureen Chadwick Music & Lyrics by Kath Gotts Written by Dominic Corr Assembly Rooms - Music Hall ★★★★ In the extensive repertoire of ‘reality shows turned into musicals’, Maureen Chadwick’s Footballers’ Wives The Musical may, on reflection judgementally, not initially be on the top of most folks lists. If subtlety is your thing, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 – Footballers’ Wives The Musical
https://youtu.be/SD0YhFrzsao Directed by Sam Hardie Musical Direction by Richard Reeday Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★ Walking around the gateway to the Highlands, and arriving at the now fully-kitted out Pitlochry Festival Theatre (with some smashing new bathrooms and reference to previous productions), the Pink Lady Jacket sporting guests mingled with the eager … Continue reading Review: Grease – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Original Music by Tim Sutton, Original Lyrics by Ninian Dunnett Book by Ninian Dunnett, Michael Hoffman and Andy Paterson Directed by Michael Hoffman Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★ As much of a love letter to the nation as it is two fingers rammed high to the sky, Restless Natives firmly grasps elements … Continue reading Review – Restless Natives, Leith Theatre
Book, Music and Lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone Review by Annie Aslett Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★★ The Book of Mormon is a musical about Mormon missionaries visiting Uganda with the aim of baptizing Ugandan villagers into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – and it’s up there with Hamilton … Continue reading Review: The Book of Mormon – The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Book by Josh Logan Directed by Alex Timbers Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★★ Take a deep breath. Embrace the hedonism and sultry nature of it all, and welcome, one and all, vagabond and nobility alike, to the Moulin Rouge. The ninth production of the smash-hit musical take on Baz Luhrmann’s much-adored cinematic … Continue reading Review: Moulin Rouge The Musical! – The Edinburgh Playhouse , Edinburgh
Book, Music & Lyrics by Jim Steinman Directed by Jay Scheib Review by Annie Aslett Tickets from £15.00 ★★★ The question one must ask themselves when watching a jukebox musical is, would this have worked better as a tribute act? The answer, when it comes to Bat Out of Hell, is unclear. In a Jim … Continue reading Review: Bat Out Of Hell – The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton Story by Patricia Resnick Directed by Ellie Jackon and Max Middleton Musical direction by Benji Castella McDonald and Eric Rogers Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £12.50 ★★★★ One of musical theatre’s most beloved, performed, belted out, and toured, the Edinburgh University Footlights theatre company opened their 2025 season … Continue reading Review: 9 To 5 – The Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
