Book, Music & Lyrics by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey Directed by Katie Renton Tickets ★★★★ Yeah, so, we’ll take a dozen hamburgers, three strawberry milkshakes, a pack of smokes, a couple of diet cokes - oh, and a side order of teenage angst, tight trousers, and killer tunes. Hold the onions. That’s right, returning … Continue reading Grease – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Adapted by Derek Webb, from the novel by Ethel Lina White Artistic Direction by Fiona Main ★★★ Dipping into the endless sensibilities and prudish tropes of the 1930s English middle class, this period thriller spins itself into a spiffing evening for Baronesses and Teaboys alike. The more sinister notions of Hitchcock’s film adaptation are treated … Continue reading The Lady Vanishes – Churchill Theatre
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray Adapted by Declan Donnellan Directed by Hilary Spiers ★★★ Vanity Fair sits among the dusted tomes as a monumentally respected collection of volumes, collated, collected, and often adapted – most famously by Declan Donnellan's 1983 premiere production in Edinburgh with Nick Ormerod. Though for many it’s placed there as a ‘good … Continue reading Vanity Fair – Churchill Theatre
