Libretto and Performed by Cécile McLorin Salvant Composition by Darcy James Argue ★★★★★ There’s a regret, of sorts, in covering single-night events. Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ogresse at The Festival Theatre, part of the Edinburgh International Festival, is a shining example of the deep-panged guilt of not being able to share the experience with another the following … Continue reading Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ogresse – Festival Theatre
Directed by Helen Brown Musical Direction by John Moore Choreography by Sian Archer ★★★★ “Amid the whispering and the champagne and the stars.” No stranger to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Shrewsbury has brought original musicals to the Fringe for over 25 years. Now, they bring their talented young cast back for the Fringe's 75th anniversary … Continue reading Gatsby: A New Musical – Paradise at Augustine
Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb Book by Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse ★★★★ There are few more intoxicatingly enticing ways to begin a production than that of Chicago; “Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery and treachery…all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts.” Ebb and Bob Fosse’s Chicago places these seductive scintillations at the … Continue reading Chicago – Edinburgh Playhouse
https://youtu.be/DSCKfXpAGHc Directed by Thomas Kail Book, Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda ★★★★★ For people who never understood, indeed resented, the attention and proclaimed brilliance of Hamilton – this is the opportunity to witness the phenomenon which has, and continues to, challenge the face of theatrical culture and historical perception. The American founding fathers, among … Continue reading Hamilton – Disney +
