https://youtu.be/T8GQUmNvdgA Directed by Jonathan O'Boyle Music and Lyrics by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★★ Calendar Girls The Musical somehow still feels like a breath of fresh air in 2024, over twenty years since the real-life women of the Women’s Institute posed for their calendar in aid of charity. The Bill Kenwright LTD … Continue reading Review: Calendar Girls The Musical – The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Written by David Greig Directed by Wils Wilson Tickets from £16.00 ★★ Nostalgia is a notoriously dangerous drug: addictive, encompassing, distracting, but oh-so nourishing. It clouds judgements and fractures our ability to move from the past and adapt - entirely apparent in David Greig’s new play Two Sisters, in a co-production with Malmö Stadsteater and the Royal Lyceum, … Continue reading Review: Two Sisters – The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Written by Ross Willis Directed by Joanna Bowman ★★★★ Romulus and Remus, Mowgli, San, and now 'A'. Their upbringings were, in some ways, a touch hairy. And whilst their environments are strikingly different to the conventional manner of childhood, they nevertheless find a sense of nurture – even if only for a time with their … Continue reading Wolfie – Tron Theatre
Written by Willy Russell Directed by Martin McCormick ★★★★ A knock on the door. Well, a few knocks. A few knocks and a kick. That’s how audiences are introduced to Rita, who isn’t just barrelling down the door but opening a barrage directly into the cultural gatekeeping of class – the value and art of … Continue reading Educating Rita – Perth Theatre
