With a song in their hearts, it's another year of Scottish, UK, and World premieres, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe continues to be a home for the musically gifted and the biggest entertainers across the globe. Here we take a look at some of the musical highlights of this August's season. From now until August kicks … Continue reading Have A Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Musical Mayhem
Returning with another year of Scottish, UK, and World premieres, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe continues to be at the forefront of the world's home of art and culture. Here we take a look at some of the theatrical highlights of this August's season. Featuring big budgets and familiar names, debut writing pieces, and a few … Continue reading Have A Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Top Theatre Trips
Written by Penelope Skinner Directed by Tate Jackson and Rex Elliot Review by Gabriel Rogers ★★★★ Penelope Skinner’s Eigengrau focuses on the lives and relationships of four young Londoners living in separate flats. Mark (Nial O’Mara) is a male manipulator in marketing, of course, who shares his flat with Tim (Finn Elliot), a grief-induced slob … Continue reading Review: Eigengrau – Putney Arts Centre, London
Written by Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse Directed by Jack Nurse Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £18.00 ★★★★★ Sometimes, what you really need to capture the sense of the season better than most is a solid story adapted by talented folks, a brilliant collection of some of the best in the biz, a strong … Continue reading Review: A Christmas Carol – Loretto Theatre, Musselburgh
Written by Gary McNair Directed by Laila Noble Music by Brian James O’Sullivan Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £10.00 ★★★★ Our noses would grow if we said that Pinocchio was anything short of brilliant. The classic tale of the ‘wooden boy’ has a new lease of life in this festive production, one of two … Continue reading Review: Pinocchio – Lanternhouse, Cumbernauld
Written by Johnny McKnight Directed by Julie Ellen Musical Direction and Composition by Alan Penman Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £22.00 ★★★ It seems Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s The Sound of Music isn’t the only visit to the rolling, singing hills that festive audiences can experience this year. In traditional Johnny McKnight fashion, this year’s … Continue reading Review: Snow White – Macroberts Art Centre, Stirling
Adapted by Alan McHugh Additional Material by Elaine C Smith and Johnny Mac Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★ Sixty years of the King’s Pantomime. A feat and a testament to the draw of the Scottish panto – armed with a fiercely loyal and vocal crowd who bring their top game to the … Continue reading Review: Peter Pan – The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Written and Directed by Johnny McKnight Musical Direction & Composition by Ross Brown Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £18.50 ★★★★★ Be still the aching sides and pass the Botox to fix these face wrinkles following this sort of evening at The Tron Theatre, with a front-row of hopped-up Brownies in the audiences, is enough … Continue reading Review: Peter Panto and the Incredible Stinkerbell – Tron Theatre
https://youtu.be/jjSF1oEblN4 Written by Philip Ridley Directed by Johnny McKnight Tickets from £15.50 ★★★★★ Just how far would you go to get onto the property ladder? Especially in today’s climate, when homeownership prospects are becoming an even more distant hope. Would you move to a new town, perhaps enter a blind bid and hope for the … Continue reading Review: Radiant Vermin – The Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Written by Paul Reakes Directed by Derek Ward Choreography by Mandy Black Musical Direction by Barrie Simcock Tickets from £15.00 (Con. available) ★★★★ In closing their 80th year of performance, Edinburgh People’s Theatre hasn’t lost a touch of their spark and enthusiasm for performance and communal theatre. Cinderella is told as a traditional pantomime, with all … Continue reading Cinderella – Edinburgh People’s Theatre, Church Hill Theatre
