Written by Harry Michaels and Allan Stewart With Additional Material by Grant Stott and Jordan Young Directed by Ed Curtis ★★★★ Hiya pals, now - the first thing you might have noticed is that we seem to be in a new home. While the Lady of Leven Street has a slumber, her younger sibling is … Continue reading Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs – Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/tT4wiCasRBk Created and Choreographed by Natasha Gilmore ★★★★★ In a time of instant gratification and over-stimulation, we overlook the humble pleasantries of receiving nothing - nothing except the finest gift of all; an opportunity to use our imagination. There are few excitements which re-ignite the imagination than those blurred festive bulbs twinkling on that morning … Continue reading The Gift – The Studio, Potterrow
Written by Poppy Smith Directed by James Beagon ★★★ It’s every parent’s nightmare; the school nativity. Well, sort of. Taking the Michael, Poppy Smith’s original script warps the Nativity into a social comedy of the hierarchies and headaches of producing the annual school showcase, where everyone has to have a part, whether they want to or … Continue reading A Christmas -Michael- Miracle – Scottish Storytelling Centre
Written by John Somerville Directed and Choreographed by Mandy Black Musical Direction by Barrie Simcock ★★★★ Now this is a proper pantomime. There is an undoubtable poignancy with the Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s return to the stage following their hibernation over lockdown periods. Babes in the Wood, opening last week at the Churchill Theatre, is a fitting piece for … Continue reading Babes in the Wood – Churchill Theatre
https://youtu.be/UxxnL26CGpY Written by Ross Mackay Directed by Jordan Blackwood ★★★★★ Rifling through the pages of a well-loved story: there’s nothing better, is there? Seeking fortunes, solving mysteries, standing toe-to-toe with Dark Lords, and saving distant lands – the storybook is a gateway of limitless potential, and for some, it’s a lifeline, a friend. And where … Continue reading Treasure Island – The Lanternhouse, Cumbernauld
Written and Directed by Morag Fullarton Musical Direction by John Kielty ★★★★ The heat lamp’s aff, the pie-munching punters are seated, the colours are lurid, and there’s something crooked aboot – and it’s no the bar tab. The annual Òran Mór Panto makes a triumphant return to an eager crowd who are ready to boo, … Continue reading Rab Hood & The Sheriff Of Shettleston – Òran Mór
Written and Directed by John Binnie Musical Direction and Piano by Tommie Travers ★★★ Ahoy landlubbers, it’s time to return to the Brunton Theatre to sail the high seas (well, the Firth of the Forth) with Sinbad and crew as audiences venture from the Honest Toun to lands unknown in the pursuit of treasure. It’s … Continue reading Sinbad: The Pantomime – Brunton Theatre
From the Novel by Charles Dickens Adapted and Directed by Tony Cownie ★★★★ The ghost of an idea. This is how Dickens described his significant contribution to the literary and cultural world, particularly as we enter the final days of the year. A story which takes the spectres of remorse, redemption, and guilt and channels … Continue reading An Edinburgh Christmas Carol – Royal Lyceum Theatre
Book by David Ives and Paul Blake Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin Directed by Ian Talbot ★★★ It’s what we’ve been dreaming of, a White Christmas, an all-time classic of the festive season which branches out into a stage adaptation to warm the frosted edges of our hearts. Quite literally, as the cosey winter-wonderlands make … Continue reading White Christmas – Edinburgh Playhouse
Written by Robert Alan Evans Directed by Gill Robertson ★★★★ This time of year is complex. For as much as we adore Christmas and suffered with the break from traditional Festive gatherings and parties (well, some of us did…) - one cannot blame those who perhaps wish that Christmas was cancelled. From the busy schedules … Continue reading Christmas Dinner – Royal Lyceum theatre
