Presented by Royo & Curve Book by Harvey Fierstein Music and Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper Review by Mhairi Sime ★★★★ *You change the world when you change your mind.* Royo & Curve bring Harvey Fierstein’s story of acceptance, love, and absolutely fabulous shoes to the Glasgow stage with a star-studded cast and high-energy performances. It … Continue reading Review: Kinky Boots – The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meeham Music by Marc Shaiman Lyrics by Scott Wittman Writer by John Waters Directed by Paul Kerryson and Brenda Edwards Review by Annie Aslett Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★ “Hey there, King’s Theatre, Glasgow, don’t change that channel! ‘Cause it’s time for the 2024/25 Hairspray tour! Brought to you by … Continue reading Review: Hairspray – The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
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
Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tim Rice & Chad Beguelin Directed and Choreographed by Casey Nicholaw Review by Annie Aslett Tickets from £20.00 ★★★★ The touring production of Disney’s Aladdin is basically a panto with a blank chequebook. Although there are few dames (at least with speaking parts – more on this later), this … Continue reading Review: Aladdin – The Theatre Royal, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/m4iWTvcEqD4 Book and Lyrics Robyn Grant and Daniel Foxx Music by Tim Gilvin Directed by Robyn Grant Tickets: £17.00 ★★★★★ Do you hear it? Not those harsh, horrific tones from Scuttle the Seagull. Nor the circling Disney lawyers scratching their heads in frustration. No, it’s a filthy, bold, and queer-as-hell siren call echoing out of … Continue reading Review: Unfortunate – The Glasgow Pavilion
Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Glenn Slater Book by Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner Directed by Bill Buckhurst Review by Annie Aslett Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★ Walk into the King’s Theatre, and you’ll be greeted by disco balls glinting off the walls and disco fever in the air as the audience waits for curtain-up on Sister Act, the 'divine musical comedy’ touring the … Continue reading Review: Sister Act The Musical – King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Direction by Bex Anson MHz Movement Artists - Philip Alexander McDonald, Rita Hu, and Suzi Cunningham ★★★★ Easily earning itself the most influentially abstract of the Manipulate Festival 2024 pieces, Bex Anson MHz’s highly visual expressive dance performance Ruins (performed by Suzi Cunningham, Rita Hu, and Philip Alexander McDonald) commands an entire spectrum of life. Three beings, the last humans on Earth, become … Continue reading Review: Manipulate Festival 2024 – Ruins at The Studio, Edinburgh
Direction by Alex Bird Original Direction by Ross MacKay and Arran Howie Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★★ Under the gaze of the one-eyed deity, the world below is changing. A golden age of peace and prosperity - infected with avarice, hatred, and endless aggression. Winter has failed to ebb, and the sun hangs low in the sky, … Continue reading Review: Manipulate Festival 2024 – Ragnarok at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Directed by Nicolas Alline and Dorothée Saysombat Tickets from £13.00 ★★★ Mercifully, theatrical expressions and writings surrounding colonial conquest are prying open the locked eyes of ignorance with growing abundancy: Enough of Him, Blood and Gold, Meaning of Zong, the National Theatre of Scotland’s Ghosts, and at the previous Festival Fringe there was tremendous success with Dark Noon. A conversation and discussion often … Continue reading Review: Manipulate Festival 2024 – La Conquête at The Studio, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/IfePa4DHrq0 Adapted and Directed by Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney - Ockham’s Razor Devised by Alex Harvey, Charlotte Mooney, Macadie Amoroso, Joshua Frazer, Lauren Jamieson, Lila Naruse, Victoria Skillen, Leah Wallings and Nat Whittingham Choreography by Nathan Johnston ★★★★★ Ockham’s Razor, the world-class and award-winning aerial theatre company presents a simple conundrum: can you really tell a Thomas … Continue reading Review: Manipulate Festival 2024 – Tess at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
