Written by Oscar Hammerstein II Score by Richard Rodgers Directed by Fiona Main and Simon Boothroyd Musical Direction by David Lyle Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £16.00 ★★★★ It’s getting colder. And life, frankly, feels a bit less magical with everything going on. And in a sea of serious drama and never-ending news cycles, … Continue reading Review: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Broadway Cinderella – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Directed by Andy Johnston and Louise Hunter Musical Direction by Andrew Thomson and Maddy Brown Dance Direction by Louise Williamson and Jemma Crawford Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £22.50 ★★★★ Fancy a night with some of the greatest musical theatre hits of all time? What if there’s some dancing, a bit of comedy (okay, … Continue reading Review: The Gang Show 2024- The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Written by Tennessee Williams Adapted and Directed by Elizabeth Newman Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £10.00 ★★★★ Reigniting the noxious atmosphere of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece, A Streetcar Named Desire, the choking heat of New Orleans, once awakened in Elizabeth Newman’s 2023 adaptation for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, now brings the intensity, brutality, and the … Continue reading Review: A Streetcar Named Desire – Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Written by Mart Crowley Directed by Elle Catherine Willcocks and Aaron de Verés Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £7.00 ★★★★ As always, Bedlam Theatre provides a slice of excellent theatre that rarely performs outside of the venue in Edinburgh. From Translations to Mother Clap’s Molly House, they offer an opportunity to catch seldom performed … Continue reading Review: The Boys in the Band – Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/uLUBOv6VNk8 Written by Agatha Christie Adapted by Ken Ludwig Directed by Lucy Bailey Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £22.50 ★★★★ The other classic ‘whodunnit’ after Agatha Christie’s champion stage-work, The Mousetrap, Murder on the Orient Express, has found itself adapted time and again across the mediums of film, television, gaming, and stage. But one … Continue reading Review: Murder on the Orient Express – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Written by Alan Ayckbourn Directed by Andrew Panton Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★ A deceivingly gallows piece to ring the post-summer season of the Dundee Rep to life, Alan Ayckbourn’s Snake in the Grass proves to be prime material for a terrifically engaging and fun three-hander of secrets, spirits, and memorable performance, and … Continue reading Review: Snake in the Grass – The Dundee Rep
https://youtu.be/QKnHTvelqnE Written by Agatha Christie Directed by Lucy Bailey Review by Annie Aslett Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★ The touring production of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None may well have wished for a slightly smoother kickoff as the curtain goes up on the opening night of their eight-month outing around the UK. Having already missed out … Continue reading And Then There Were None – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Directed by Jennifer Dick Written by William Shakespeare ★★★★ A touch of rowdiness in the gardens isn’t anything entirely new. Still, as audiences begin to spot the balaclava-wearing mob with their Pro-Caesar flags, well, things heat up quickly for Bard in the Botanics’ al-fresco performance of Shakespeare’s tale of ultimate betrayal and power dynamic: Julius Caesar. … Continue reading Julius Caesar – Bard in the Botanics
Based on the book by Édouard Louis, translated by Lorin Stein Adapted and Directed by Nora Wardell ★★★★ Politics is a life or death game – a chess board where the hands moving the players know not the weight they wield. Surrogate production’s touring piece, Who Killed My Father, is based on Édouard Louis’ (translated by … Continue reading Who Killed My Father – Traverse Theatre
Written by Agatha Christie Directed by Ian Talbot and Denise Silvey ★★★★ Seventy years on the stage is no small feat for any production. Especially one with a secret… An old case for a new audience – the dependability of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap continues with this touring version of the long-running Westend production. A decade ago, The … Continue reading Mousetrap – Edinburgh Playhouse
