Adapted by David Greig and Jackie Crichton from Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler's Book Directed by Katie Beard Tickets from £13.00 ★★★ There’s a severe lack of stories which celebrate being bad. Or rather, have fun with their baddies and ghoulies; The Baddies, from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Stickman), here adapted by David Grieg and Jackie Crichton, puts the rogues, witches, … Continue reading Review: The Baddies – The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/IsOEUkJtxFI Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler Directed by Susie Dumbreck Tickets from £18.00 ★★★★★ We hope you’re comfortably in attendance for the ballad of musical theatre’s cut-throat musical, the family black sheep, which revels in the macabre and Victorian-London draping surrounding it. An ambitious and hugely successful production, this isn’t … Continue reading Review: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Written by David Greig Directed by Jack Nurse Review by Dominic Corr Cumbernauld Theatre at The Lanternhouse: Tickets ★★★★ Held under house arrest for charges of human trafficking, a man who stated that women ‘bear a responsibility’ for sexual assault and recently described as an ‘important voice’ for young men, this man has over ten … Continue reading Review: The Events – The Lantern House, Cumbernauld
https://youtu.be/Wjhve8tLhQg Written by Roald Dhal Play Book by David Grieg Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman ★★★★ A wondrous world of Pure Imagination awaits audiences at The Edinburgh Playhouse for the next two weeks, as the ever-popular Charlie and the Chocolate Factory continues onward with its new UK tour after a successful stint in the Westend. By now, … Continue reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Edinburgh Playhouse
