Choreography from Cayetano Soto, Sophie Laplane, Peter Darrell, and Madeline Squire Review by Annie Aslett Tickets: from £14.50 ★★★★★ In his welcome in tonight’s programme, Artistic Director Christopher Hampson sums up Scottish Ballet’s repertoire as “bold new work, charged contemporary and iconic classical”. For two nights only, Scottish Ballet is at The Beacon in Greenock, … Continue reading Review: Scottish Ballet at The Beacon – Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
Created by Tina Landau Creative Direction by Dominic Lewis and Felicity Halfpenny Musical Direction by Louisa Everett Review by Annie Aslett Tickets: from £16.00 ★★★★ If the question “Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?” means anything to you, you’ll be buzzing/horrified to find out that The SpongeBob Musical is a thing now! Brought … Continue reading Review: Spongebob The Musical – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Directed by Taylor Doig and Jack Nixon Musical Direction by Mark McLauchlin and Jack Gardiner ★★★★★ With a cast of over thirty-five, nearly thirty musical numbers and forty-five years under their belt upholding all which makes communal youth theatre an important opportunity, it is with great pride that we congratulate Forth Children’s Theatre on an anniversary gala … Continue reading Review: Forth Children’s Theatre 45th Anniversary Gala – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Tickets from £20.00 ★★★★★ It’s easy to become bloated with the savoury and saccharine delights on the stage right now; endlessly repetitive, though enjoyable, servings of immense shows with gooey gowns and glittering effects. But occasionally, something punctuates the noise with a reserved sense of authenticity, class, and showstopping storytelling. Folks, that something is the … Continue reading Mandy Patinkin: Live in Concert – The Lyric Theatre, London
Music by Richard Rodgers Book & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Based upon Margaret Landon’s Anna and The King Directed by Bartlett Sher Tickets From £13.00 ★★★★ Returning to Edinburgh, The Lincoln Centre Theater Production of The King and I may shrink aspects of the scale for touring reasons but sacrifice none of the spectacle or skill … Continue reading The King and I – Edinburgh Playhouse
https://youtu.be/Z_qa1EmX_UA Directed by Matthew Parker Review by Annie Aslett ★★★★★ Musicals: the Marmite of the theatre world. Love them or love to hate them, Alexander S. Bermange’s I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical is a spectacle that can be enjoyed by anyone on the love-hate spectrum. Whether you’re a casual or fanatical musical theatre consumer, … Continue reading I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical – Gilded Balloon at the Museum
Book by Allan Knee Music and Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein and Jason Howland. Directed by Jo Heinemeier Musical Direction by Hannah Fleming ★★★★ Fresh off the hugely successful run of RENT in the same venue, Bare Productions turn towards a timeless novel turned fan-favourite musical to close out their Festival Fringe run for the year. And what … Continue reading Little Women – Paradise in Augustines
https://youtu.be/K7jnJg7QRzc Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston Book by Peter Stone Directed by Thom Southerland ★★★★ Just what is the human cost to the 'dreams of progress'? One life, ten lives? Maybe one hundred, perhaps a thousand? How about numbers exceeding 1,500. With too few lifeboats (a significant number of them not yet full), and … Continue reading Titanic: The Musical – Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/mUim_5jp62o Directed by Ruthie Stephens ★★★★ To list the shows which have benefited from the talent, grace, and tremendously infectious sense of humour and decorum which exudes from Carrie Hope Fletcher, the UK stage industry's absolute darling and perpetually rising star, would take us a rather long time. Whether your first experience was Carrie’s take … Continue reading Carrie Hope Fletcher: An Open Book – Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/SDUj0904xYQ Written by Morna Young Concept by Alan B McLeod Directed by Luke Kernaghan Featuring the Songs of Runrig ★★★ What is 'home'? Is it where we feel safe, where we are from, or is it simply the land itself we inhabit? Perhaps, it’s all of these. Or maybe it's something more. The merger of … Continue reading The Stamping Ground – Festival Theatre
