Book, Music & Lyrics by Lionel Bart Directed by Lewis C. Baird ★★★★ Think you know the tale of the young Orphan left behind to fend for themselves in the workhouse? Not a chance. Pull up a seat, pour yourself a gin or three, and get ready for a telling of the story with the … Continue reading Oliver! – Forth Children’s Theatre
Book By Bob Martin and Don McKellar Music & Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison Directed by Jo Heinemeier ★★★ A quiet evening with brandy and our favourite record – idyllic, no? Why, for this Man in the Chair, that’s the regular course of an evening spent listening to his favourite musical – perhaps … Continue reading The Drowsy Chaperone – Church Hill Theatre
https://youtu.be/z_RMZURPGQ8 Book by Jessie Nelson Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles Directed by Diane Paulus ★★★★ The kitchen. The hub of the home where secrets are spilt, wine is poured, and all the best parties happen. A chore for some, the escape of cooking is a (literal) lifesaver for others, a place to have autonomy … Continue reading Waitress – Edinburgh Playhouse
https://youtu.be/Q3SEXLIUlrE Music and Lyrics by Roddy Hart and Tommy Reilly Directed by Cora Bissett Adapted by Douglas Maxwell ★★★★ A city without another of similar ilk, Glasgow sees layers of history, strife and raucous wonderment collide in a myriad of uninhibited pitches – almost a living, breathing paradox of a city. Nowhere more evident than in Peter Mullan’s … Continue reading Orphans – King’s Theatre
https://youtu.be/P5TkbXqRB2U Book and Lyrics by Tom Eyen Composition by Henry Kreiger Direction and Choreography by Casey Nicholaw ★★★★★ Everyone has a dream. For some, it’s a shiny new Cadillac, for others it’s something more simplistic; approval – and for some, this form of acceptance manifests as the desire we all strive for secretly – fame. … Continue reading Dreamgirls – Edinburgh Playhouse
Book, Music & Lyrics by Jim Steinman Directed by Jay Scheib ★★★★★ Roaring into Edinburgh, the streets may never be the same again. It'll certainly take a while to remove the tire tracks. Enveloping the Playhouse with its leather-clad embrace – Bat Out of Hell lands to thunderous applause and revelry. A dystopian fairy-tale, a manipulated and … Continue reading Bat Out of Hell – Edinburgh Playhouse
Creative Team: Dominic Lewis, Felicity Halfpenny, Finlay Turaball, Andrew Layton & Annie Stoner Video Produced & Edited by Mark WIlson ★★★★ Where better to begin, than with a touch of Cabaret. Live, from The Three Sisters, or gracing your digital screens with their filmed rehearsals, Rory McKeon’s Wilkommen sets things off with a bang - and how … Continue reading We Belong – Bare Productions
Books, Music & Lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe Directed by Andy Fickman ★★★★ Dear Diary; This evening, a glorification of suicide, loss, slut-shaming and high-notes were woven into a musical extravaganza – capitalising on the peak interest of nostalgia, and every second of it was mean-spirited, snappy, and sheer perfection. Heathers, the cinematic classic, … Continue reading Heathers The Musical – Edinburgh Playhouse
Composition and lyrics by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice Book by Linda Woolverton Directed & Choreographed by Matt West ★★★★★ Sharing its name and narrative from the hegemonic version of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s version of the fairy-tale, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has been a glittering, shining rose for the lives of children and … Continue reading Beauty and the Beast – Edinburgh Playhouse
Book, Music & Lyrics by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey Directed by Nikolai Foster ★★★★ It’s 1959 - and who knows what the sixties will bring. In the states, Rock, Pop and Motown rule the roost with their intense and addictive tracks, while Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley have a lot to answer for with … Continue reading Grease – Festival Theatre
