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
Written and Choreographed by Lacy Rain Produced by Ellie Street Tickets from £12.00 ★★★★ There’s only so much good-natured joy and family-friendly fun a person can take. Only so many smiling, bright-eyed wee ones cheering can scream before you start to see where Scrooge’s protestations of Humbuggery come from. It’s time for a happy ending … Continue reading Sleeping Booty – The Three Sisters, Edinburgh
Written by Andy McGregor Directed by Julie Ellen Musical Direction by Gary Cameron Tickets from £10.50 ★★★★ We’ve all had a stressful first day. Maybe with work, at school, or just our first big day out in the world. It’s Eric’s first day working in Santa’s Grotto – and though they’re excited at the opportunity, … Continue reading Eric the Elf – Macroberts Art Centre, Stirling
Written and Directed by Johnny McKnight Composition and Musical Direction by Alan Penman Choreographed by Stephanie Fulton Tickets from £24.50 ★★★★★ After your twenty-fourth pantomime experience, things can become a touch predictable. The shouts and chants are a bit wearisome. The gags are almost unbearable. But Aladdin cures all of that. It glitters with energy and creativity … Continue reading Aladdin – Macroberts Art Centre, Stirling
Songs by Kyle Falconer Book by Laura Wilde and Johnny McKnight Directed by Andrew Panton and Tashi Gore ★★★★ Music touches us in a way few other expressive mediums do: yes, even theatre. We fall in love to music; it’s our first port of call when we break up or when we’re sad or need … Continue reading No Love Songs – Traverse Theatre
Written by Nat McCleary Directed by Johnny McKnight ★★★★ The idea of everyone being so radically different should, by definition, make a superb team: diverse ranges, differing strengths and assets. Yet, in a world where we segment ourselves into various identities and social media projections, it’s becoming easier to see why a more corrosive and … Continue reading Thrown – Dunoon Queen’s Hall
Written and Directed by Johnny McKnight Musical Direction and Composition by Ross Brown ★★★★★ There’s nae place like home. And sometimes it takes a trip away to realise that all those gripes, misplaced dreams and annoyances forge who we are, where we’re going, and open us to loved ones surrounding us. But enough of that … Continue reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Tron Theatre
