Review: The Music Man – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

May 23, 2024May 26, 20241 Comment

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Meredith Willson Story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey Directed by Fraser Grant Tickets from £25.50 ★★★★ Riding on the high-flying success of last year's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Southern Light Opera still finds themselves in the Festival Theatre, looking to raise the rafter with musical splendour and community cheer. And in Meredith Willson’s 1957 musical The Music Man, they find another winner. The tale … Continue reading Review: The Music Man – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: Cyrano de Bergerac – Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh

April 25, 2024Leave a comment

Adapted by Glyn Maxwell from Edmund Rostand Directed by Phil Barnes Tickets: £15.00 ★★★★ Unconditional love is a bounty of limitless possibilities - chiefly pain and euphoria. There’s no wonder why it is the rhyme & reason of many a poet and performer. Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac underpins the values of loyalty and forms of expressive love with that of a … Continue reading Review: Cyrano de Bergerac – Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh

Cinderella – Portobello Town Hall

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023Leave a comment

Written & Directed by Lewis Baird Choreographed by Aidan O'Brien & Amy Campbell Musical Direction & Original Music by Tommie Travers Tickets from £15.50 ★★★ With the Portobello Town Hall once more erupting with a thriving sense of life and community (following the group's critical success with Oliver!) Stage Door Entertainment sets its eyes on casting magic … Continue reading Cinderella – Portobello Town Hall

Snow White and the Seven Maws – Oran Mor, Glasgow

December 11, 2023Leave a comment

Written by Johnny McKnight Directed by Martin McCormick ★★★ It’s hard enough getting one maw a gift for their Christmas, let alone seven. So thank heavens that the Òran Mór's Winter Pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Maws, from Scotland’s panto maestro Johnny McKnight, makes the perfect pre-stocking stuffer for audiences in Glasgow and Scotland. … Continue reading Snow White and the Seven Maws – Oran Mor, Glasgow

Alice in Pantoland – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh

December 7, 2023Leave a comment

Written and Directed by Sheryn Ali Music Arranged by James McCutcheon Tickets: £16.50 ★★★★ Who needs to trek themselves all over the country to catch as many pantomimes as possible when they’re all here, under one banner, in a terrifically smashing and collective production of Alice in Pantoland! From the fairest in the land to the … Continue reading Alice in Pantoland – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh

Bring It On! The Beyond Broadway Experience – Festival Theatre

July 31, 2023July 31, 2023Leave a comment

Music by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda Lyrics by Amanda Green and Lin-Manuel Miranda ★★★★ Rival squads, cheerleading-comedy hi-jinks, and enough late noughties references and melodrama to fill a locker room, Bring It On! takes the cultural zeitgeist of the Kirsten Dunst film, shaped it and emerges as a Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda musical fan favourite … Continue reading Bring It On! The Beyond Broadway Experience – Festival Theatre

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Saughton Park

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023Leave a comment

Written by William Shakespeare Produced and Directed by Helen Schofield ★★★★ Among the Pea blossoms and the Midges, a secret awaits Edinburgh audiences. Those lucky enough to take a stroll through the Saughton Italian Garden cross the barriers of the betwixt and between the realm of wonderment, magic, fae-folk and arcane hijinks as William Shakespeare’s … Continue reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Saughton Park

Copenhagen – Assembly Roxy

May 22, 2023May 22, 20231 Comment

Written by Michael Frayn Directed by Ross Hope ★★★★ Spectres linger in Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen, which received a strong reception from audiences at the Assembly Roxy last week. Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group utilise their usual pedigree to translate a tricky play with competence and intellect. Opening, in quite the contrary way to a performance so … Continue reading Copenhagen – Assembly Roxy

The Lady Vanishes – Churchill Theatre

May 13, 2023May 13, 2023Leave a comment

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

H.M.S. Pinafore – Bedlam Theatre

April 5, 2023April 6, 2023Leave a comment

Libretto & Music by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan Directed by Fraser Grant Choreography and Assistant Direction by Sally Franks Musical Direction by Kathleen Davie ★★★★ Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group reimagine the well-known and loved Gilbert & Sullivan classic H.M.S Pinafore as a light-hearted comedic cabaret. The cast, crew and musicians take the audience on a … Continue reading H.M.S. Pinafore – Bedlam Theatre