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
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
Produced by Dance Consortium Review by Marina Funcasta ★★★★ Canada’s leading dance company, Ballet British Columbia, has been touring two pieces, Frontier and Passing, choreographed by Crystal Pite and Johan Inger, respectively. Though critics have seemed to strongly prefer one over the other, I can certainly say that both pieces were far-reaching and spoke to … Continue reading Review: Ballet BC – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
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
Written by Arthur Miller Directed by Jemima Levick Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £18.50 ★★★★ When a text’s relevance continues to pierce through to the contemporary world, the necessity to ‘update’ or bring the piece’s setting to the modern day can often feel hollow or listless. For Jemima Levick’s superb opening production for The … Continue reading Review: A View from the Bridge – The Tron 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
Written by Huw Turnbull Directed by Minnie Cross Review by Gabriel Rogers ★★★★ In Huw Turnbull's Venison, directed by Minnie Cross, Bedlam Theatre transforms into an intimate dining room where audience members become unexpected dinner guests at a macabre murder mystery that would make Agatha Christie proud. Despite the winter chill, the show's talented designers create … Continue reading Review: Venison – Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh
Produced by Moonlight Review by Marina Funcasta Tickets from £23.00 ★★★★★ Lying on a secluded New Town corner, St Vincent’s chapel emerges as a glimpse into a Scotland from long ago. Strewn with candles and families chatting over hot cocoa, the quiet congregation set the precedent for an intimate evening. Brought to life by pianist … Continue reading Review: ‘A Burns Night Hootenanny – Tam O’ Shanter’- St Vincent’s Chapel, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/wiyhsnuUWnY Produced by and Co-Created by Cameron Mackintosh Original Music & Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman & Robert M. Sherman Book by Julian Fellowes, After P.L. Travers Original Stories Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £25.00 ★★★★★ In a world of stuffy, stunted, and bushy-browed bankers and men, the spontaneity of colour, frivolities, song, and … Continue reading Review: Mary Poppins – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Written by Penelope Skinner Directed by Tate Jackson and Rex Elliot Review by Gabriel Rogers ★★★★ Penelope Skinner’s Eigengrau focuses on the lives and relationships of four young Londoners living in separate flats. Mark (Nial O’Mara) is a male manipulator in marketing, of course, who shares his flat with Tim (Finn Elliot), a grief-induced slob … Continue reading Review: Eigengrau – Putney Arts Centre, London
