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 Philip Differ Directed by Sally Reid ★★★★ There’s only one Barrie Hunter. From the Byre to the Lyceum, to Perth, and the Rep, Barrie Hunter’s presence has a renowned knack for lifting those around, for cutting to the heart of something with minimal effort and emanating a beloved charm. So, imagine the surprise as a … Continue reading Smile – Dundee Rep
Written and Directed by Morag Fullarton Musical Direction by John Kielty ★★★★ The heat lamp’s aff, the pie-munching punters are seated, the colours are lurid, and there’s something crooked aboot – and it’s no the bar tab. The annual Òran Mór Panto makes a triumphant return to an eager crowd who are ready to boo, … Continue reading Rab Hood & The Sheriff Of Shettleston – Òran Mór
Directed, Composed and Written by Andy McGregor ★★★ Parenthood’s a bit like a dance. Just as you think you’ve got all the steps down - you end up on your arse. And no matter how hard you try not to compare, it looks like everyone else is just getting the beats faster than you, better … Continue reading A New Life – Traverse Theatre
Directed, Composed, and Written by Andy McGregor ★★★ In Millport, there’s a rock shaped like a Crocodile. Spoilers, that’s where Andy McGregor gets the title for their comedic and heartfelt musical from. And this rock, projected onto Kenny Miller’s set dressing, hides Stephen Arden, star of this musical extravaganza, as he waits to share his … Continue reading Crocodile Rock – Traverse Theatre
Written by Writer Tony Roper Directed by Becky Hope-Palmer Songs by Dave Anderson ★★★★ Hogmanay in the fifties. But we’re not in our glad rags partying it up in the high rises and tenements, no, Tony Roper’s firm Scottish classic The Steamie finds us throwing on a pinny and getting our hands into the basin … Continue reading The Steamie – Dundee Rep
Written by JD Stewart Directed by Kenny Miller ★★★ Commendable, a word tossed around often with little weight or relevance, but in the words of the Traverse; "The Show Goes On". And after two of Daniel Getting Married’s cast members are down with Covid, Emily Winters and Michael Dylan arrive with a commendable call to action, and … Continue reading Daniel Getting Married – Play, Pie & Pint
