https://youtu.be/flgN-VMpcT8 Book, Music, and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein Directed by Christopher Ashley Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £29.00 ★★★★★ “Welcome to the Rock if you’ve come from away” sings Nicholas Pound to the audience, open-armed as the mayor of Gander, Newfoundland. Get ready to be immersed in the experience of the … Continue reading Review: Come From Away – The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein Directed by Christopher Ashley Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £29.00 ★★★★★ Welcome to The Rock, folks. We have a feeling you might like it here. It’s common for a musical to generate a sense of community; it’s rare for it to succeed to this … Continue reading Review: Come From Away – The Edinburgh Playhouse
Music from Christina Aguilera, Sia, Diane Warren, Todrick Hall and Jess Folley Directed by Nick Winston Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★★ Some of us might be digging out the winter wardrobe, but at The King’s Theatre, Glasgow, they’re giving a lot more by wearing a little less as the Scottish premiere for Burlesque takes to the city with an intensive … Continue reading Review: Burlesque The Musical – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Written by Ins Choi Directed by Esther Jun Review by Greta Abbey Riverside Studios: Tickets ★★★ Kim’s Convenience, written by and starring Ins Choi, is a brisk and cheering eighty minutes that touches on themes of racial stereotypes, biases, and parent-child relationships. It is told through the lens of the Korean-Canadian Kim family. It focuses … Continue reading Review: Kim’s Convenience – Riverside Studios, London
Written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss Directed by Lucy Moss Review by Annie Aslett Garrick Theatre: Tickets ★★★★ For Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, creators of the veritable musical phenomenon Six, the difficult second musical fear was intense. Why Am I So Single? is the sophomore offering from the writing pair, a self-aware show … Continue reading Review: Why Am I So Single? – Garrick Theatre, London
Review by Dominic Corr Just the Tonic at The Caves ★★★★ More than many recent years, the ties of spoken word and storytelling have found themselves at the heart of the Festival Fringe’s theatre/comedy circuits, winning awards and accolades. Storytelling is Theatre. And Theatre is storytelling. Writer, performer, and stand-up Edward Tripp delves into the … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Edward Tripp: No Man is an Ireland
Written by David Finnigan Review by Dominic Corr Pleasance Dome ★★★★ Well, this is one way to get your five a day… With a name that captures the imagination, 44 Sex Acts in One Week at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe deconstructs the boundaries and playfulness of conventional theatre—given life by Fringe First winner David Finnigan, this … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – 44 Sex Acts In One Week
Written by Charlotte Anne-Tilley, Review by Dominic Corr Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose ★★★★ Any audience with a passing familiarity with Charlotte Anne-Tilley’s writing will have expectations of some cleverly balanced humour and a whole heaping dollop of clowning antics. Serious Theatre from Serious People, despite the name, delivers whole-heartedly on the satirical comedy, with an appropriately … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Serious Theatre from Serious People
Review by Greta Abbey Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★★ Ania Magliano’s hour of flawless stand-up is a masterclass in balancing intelligent storytelling and laugh-so-hard-you-pee-your-pants-comedy. Magliano gives equal weight to moments of comedic hilarity and the more touching, emotive aspects of her stand-up hour. A particularly hilarious bit about an industrial vibrator stands out, ending with the audience … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Ania Magliano: Forgive Me, Father
Directed by Annabel Mutale Reed Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Review by Annie Aslett Greenside @ George Street ★★★★ Directed by Annabel Mutale Reed, the cast of this production of Into the Woods is the first cohort to come through the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art's (LAMDA) Masters … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Into the Woods: LAMDA
