Choreography from Cayetano Soto, Sophie Laplane, Peter Darrell, and Madeline Squire Review by Annie Aslett Tickets: from £14.50 ★★★★★ In his welcome in tonight’s programme, Artistic Director Christopher Hampson sums up Scottish Ballet’s repertoire as “bold new work, charged contemporary and iconic classical”. For two nights only, Scottish Ballet is at The Beacon in Greenock, … Continue reading Review: Scottish Ballet at The Beacon – Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
Created by Tina Landau Creative Direction by Dominic Lewis and Felicity Halfpenny Musical Direction by Louisa Everett Review by Annie Aslett Tickets: from £16.00 ★★★★ If the question “Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?” means anything to you, you’ll be buzzing/horrified to find out that The SpongeBob Musical is a thing now! Brought … Continue reading Review: Spongebob The Musical – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Music, Lyrics and Book by Jonathan Larson Directed by Dominic Lewis ★★★★ Though often unceremoniously relegated to a ‘vintage’ Rock Opera musical, the Pulitzer Prize-winning RENT remains a legacy production, a story of genuine friendship and companionship and the preservation of love and shared experiences in the face of cruelty and disease – both literal … Continue reading RENT – Paradise in Augustines
Music & Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin Book by Heather Hach Directed by Dominic Lewis ★★★★★ Allegro Musical Theatre sits among the very best of Edinburgh’s grassroots theatrical societies. And to refer to them as an amateur production company, while technically accurate, would somewhat diminish the quality of their latest production – Legally Blonde. … Continue reading Legally Blonde – Churchill Theatre
Directed by Dominic Lewis Musical Direction by Finlay Turnbull ★★★ And like shazam! A fun, feisty feast for the eyes, Bare Production returns to the Fringe for a musical rendition of the well-known story of acceptance, drag and some supremely sexy red boots with Kinky Boots, the 2012 musical based on the original film – … Continue reading Kinky Boots – Paradise in Augustine
Book & Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire Music by Jeanine Tesori Directed by Robert Nee ★★★ Somebody once told me… Well, it's better than once upon a time, right? For over twenty years now, DreamWorks' Shrek has taken the fairy-tale stories we all grew up with and, well, done unspeakable things with them. The tale of an Ogre … Continue reading Shrek The Musical – King’s Theatre
Creative Team: Dominic Lewis, Felicity Halfpenny, Finlay Turaball, Andrew Layton & Annie Stoner Video Produced & Edited by Mark WIlson ★★★★ Where better to begin, than with a touch of Cabaret. Live, from The Three Sisters, or gracing your digital screens with their filmed rehearsals, Rory McKeon’s Wilkommen sets things off with a bang - and how … Continue reading We Belong – Bare Productions
Produced by Dominic Lewis & Mark Wilson ★★★ This Motley crew, the Bare Productions lot, are without question one of Edinburgh’s finest rag-tag ensemble of amateur performers – and in the kindest way possible we use ‘amateur’ with gritted teeth. Camp as Christmas decks itself in the tacky tinsel and harks to the herald angels as it … Continue reading Camp as Christmas – Bare Productions
