Written and Performed by Sinéad O’Brien Review by Dominic Corr Tickets: £15.00 (Con available) ★★★★ It takes a few minutes to realise that Sinead O’Brien has started their performance, although performance isn’t strictly the correct term here - given how authentic their storytelling ability is. There's nothing here which isn't genuine or engrossing. So naturally talented … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Hero/Banlaoch
Written and created by Joe Richter, Brian Rosenthal and Corey Lubowich Directed by Corey Lubowich Music by Nick Gage Review by Annie Aslett Assembly George Square Studios - Studio Two: Tickets ★★★★★ What if Scooby Doo got kind of dark and real for a second? Asked and answered by the Solve It Squad, a comedic … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Solve It Squad
Written & Performed by Richard Vergette Directed by Andy Jordan & Andrew Pearson Review by Dominic Corr Tickets: £15.00 (Con available) ★★★★ It's an ugly chapter of history. One so seldom spoken of, certainly outside of the States, and rarely spoken with the perspective and genuine understanding, the Vietnam War remains one of the most brutal and devastating, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Born In the USA (Leaving Vietnam)
Directed and Choreographed by Christopher Gattelli Design by Scott Pask Music and Lyrics by Jon and Al Kaplan Review by Annie Aslett Underbelly Bristo Square - Cowbarn: Tickets ★★★★★ Silence! The Musical is billed as the unauthorized parody of Silence of the Lambs, which catalogues the relationship between convicted cannibal Hannibal Lecter, and rookie FBI … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Silence! The Musical
Directed by Andrew Beckett Co-created by Nell Butler and Genevieve Welch Book and Lyrics by Sam Norman Music by Aaron King Review by Annie Aslett Underbelly Bristo Square - Cowbarn: Tickets ★★★★ Come Dine With Me: The Musical sells itself - no flyering needed; the title alone will ensure bums in seats. Based on the … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Come Dine With Me: The Musical
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Tim Rice Directed by Timothy Sheader Review by Annie Aslett Tickets from £21.50 ★★★★ The gritty, industrial staging for Timothy Sheader’s revival of the iconic Jesus Christ Superstar feels alive with the promise of religious revolution; a provocatively-upside-down cross forms a raised stage, smoke surging from its metal … Continue reading Review: Jesus Christ Superstar – King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Class Act - March featured work from Firrhill High School, Craigroyston High School, Tynecastle High School, Leith Academy as well as Intercultural Youth Scotland Class Act Ukraine in Scotland 2024 - Tickets: £5.00 (Con. available) Nurturing talents and unlocking potential for sixty years has been a core ethos for the Traverse Theatre. While many talented new … Continue reading Have a Gander: Class Act – Traverse Theatre
Based on Iolanthe by Gilbert and Sullivan Additional Lyrics by Lewis Eggeling Script by Fraser Grant and Rosalyn Harper Directed by Hunter King Tickets from £10.00 ★★★ In an age where the dying guttural roars of the past clamber onto their grip of the world, it’s only right to put faith into newer generations to … Continue reading Review: Biolanthe – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Written by Stephen Christopher & Graeme Smith Directed by Jordan Blackwood Review by Marina Funcasta Tickets from £12.00 ★★★★ For all the hullabaloo that transcends between theatre and football as arguments erupt over funding and political ‘preferential treatment’ - each receives in the eyes of the other; the pair find themselves on the same side. Whether it’s … Continue reading Review: The Scaff – A Play, Pie, and a Pint at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Directed by Philip Franks Written by Torben Betts Review by Annie Aslett Tickets from £19.00 ★★★ Murder In The Dark, a new horror play by Torben Betts, is winging its way around the UK and arrived at Glasgow’s Pavillion Theatre this week. The UK tour of Danny Robins’ smash hit 2:22: A Ghost Story will have whetted audience appetites for scares - how … Continue reading Review: A Murder in the Dark – The Pavilion, Glasgow
