The Manipulate Festival has returned to Edinburgh for its 19th edition, with a glorious first time collaboration with The Filmhouse to house their film events. Part of the festival was a collection of animated horror shorts from around the globe. Each had their own styles, providing an eclectic and exciting mix of new works for … Continue reading Review: Animated Horror Shorts (Manipulate Festival) – The Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt after Susan Hill’s Book Directed By Robin Herford Review by Dominic Corr The Theatre Royal ★★★★ There’s something deliciously perverse about watching a ghost story unfold in a grand Victorian auditorium, especially one as storied as the Theatre Royal Glasgow. In an age where horror is often filtered through screens, algorithms, … Continue reading Review: The Women in Black – The Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Written by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith Directed by Simon Evans Review by Dominic Corr Edinburgh Playhouse ★★★★ Notable for thriving with the unexpected: Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have, across all nine series of Inside No. 9, perfected the art of the rug-pull, the sly wink, and the gut-punch. Their stage incarnation, Stage/Fright, when … Continue reading Review: Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright – The Playhouse, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/OmhV9HrB_Fk Book, Lyrics and Original Score by Paul Whitehouse and Jim Sullivan Directed by Caroline Jay Ranger Review by Annie Aslett Tickets: from £35.00 ★★★ Roll up, roll up, get your musical-based-on-a-beloved-British-TV series here! Only Fools and Horses: The Musical joins The Great British Bake Off: The Musical in the category of “sounds like a … Continue reading Review: Only Fools and Horses: The Musical – The Theatre Royal, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/mIig4FLrwmk Written by Bruce Vilanch, Gabriel Barre, and Tricia Paoluccio With Additional Material by Jonathan Harvey Directed by Gabriel Barre Review by Annie Aslett Tickets: from £13.00 ★★★ Here You Come Again gives country legend, Dolly Parton, the “jukebox musical” treatment in this new production currently touring the UK, showing at Glasgow’s King’s Theatre until … Continue reading Review: Here You Come Again – The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Written and Directed by Ryan Simons Illusion Design by John Bulleid Review by Dominic Corr Perth Theatre: Tickets ★★★★ As the summer light fades, a nightmare unearths itself on the darkness of the stage in the form of Thunder Road Theatre’s Shock Horror: A Ghost Story. The multimedia horror show, which puts cinema right into … Continue reading Review: Shock Horror: A Ghost Story – Perth Theatre
Written by Paul Beeson Directed by Bruce Strachan Tickets: from £10.60 ★★★★ Relegation, victories, administration, war, relegation, take-overs, and relegation… It’s been a long ol’ road for the Jam Tarts, Edinburgh’s oldest and most successful football club. For those familiar with Two Halves Productions’ other notable works – A War of Two Halves and Sweet … Continue reading Review: This Is Our Story – Park, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/mIig4FLrwmk Written by Bruce Vilanch, Gabriel Barre, and Tricia Paoluccio With Additional Material by Jonathan Harvey Directed by Gabriel Barre Tickets: from £26.00 ★★★★ Pour yourself that cup of ambition, strap on those high heels to ‘look a lil taller’ and head along to the party Two Doors Down at the Edinburgh Playhouse and get … Continue reading Review: Here You Come Again – The Edinburgh Playhouse
Written by Fraser Boyle Music & Lyrics by Ali Cleland Directed by Fraser Boyle and Eric Potts ★★★★ One of the most remarkable things about live theatre, particularly Scottish, is the ability to blindside audiences - as any who wrote off Fraser Boyle’s Hen Night Horror due to the name or vibe needs their nipples … Continue reading Review: Hen Night Horror – The Dundee Rep
Looking towards a season of collaborations, bold new premieres, and the revival of some of Scotland’s recent critical hits, the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh are proud to announce one of their biggest and most interesting seasons for a while. Opening the door to audiences and partners, the theatre looks to re-affirm its status as a … Continue reading Have A Gander – The Royal Lyceum Theatre 2024/25
