The High Life musical revisits beloved Scottish characters with humor and charm, celebrating nostalgia while delivering engaging performances, vibrant staging, and delightful music, ensuring an entertaining experience.
Tag: Queer
Review: Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical at The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/5frtd3m_1WA Book by Stephan Elliot and Allan Scott Directed by Ian Talbot Review by Dominic Corr The King's Theatre ★★★★ There’s plenty of glitter, leg kicks, splits, cakes in the rain, and fizz to be had in Glasgow this week. And that’s before we even get to the theatre…Few touring musicals arrive with as much … Continue reading Review: Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical at The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Float
Join Astronaut Indra on a nine-month mission to the moon... but not all missions are successful. A new autobiographical solo show by Indra Wilson about the lonely, turbulent journey of experiencing pregnancy loss as a queer young person. A black hole forms when a star dies, explodes into tiny little pieces until it returns back … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Float
Review: Morag, You’re A Long Time Deid – The Byre Theatre, St. Andrews
https://youtu.be/DGm9cOXuSjk Written by Claire Love Wilson & Peter Lorenz Directed by Peter Lorenz Review by Dominic Corr Touring dates ★★★ Revisiting the history we thought we knew, or even one partially concealed brings together audiences from across oceans and generations and experiences in how familiar they can seem particularly with those in the past whose … Continue reading Review: Morag, You’re A Long Time Deid – The Byre Theatre, St. Andrews
MEMBER – Gilded Balloon Teviot: The Wee Room
Written by Ben Noble Directed by David Wood ★★★★ “You just don’t think these sorts of things happen nowadays”. How often have we heard these words from someone? Especially following a brutal attack on someone for being themselves: being gay, being black, being different and not ‘falling in line’. Switching from a present-day scenario to … Continue reading MEMBER – Gilded Balloon Teviot: The Wee Room
The Multiverse is Gay – Royal Lyceum Theatre
Written by Lewis Hetherington Directed by Sophie Howell ★★★ A vet. A psychiatrist. A sorcerer. A filmmaker or a chef. A Power Rangers villain. These were all avenues which, at one point, I seriously considered undertaking (still working on that last one). And the idea that in another universe, only marginally different to our own, these aspirations … Continue reading The Multiverse is Gay – Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Trocks: Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo – Festival Theatre
Artistic Direction by Tory Dobrin Executive Direction by Liz Harler ★★★★ What is it they say: there’s method in the madness? For The Trocks – there’s method in the laughter. For just shy of fifty years, though not looking a day over forty-nine, the all-male comedy ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has … Continue reading The Trocks: Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo – Festival Theatre
Sophie Duker: Hag – Pleasance Courtyard
★★★★ After her 2019 success with her show Venus, Sophie Duker triumphantly returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a sell-out run of her show dedicated to her fierce granny – the Hag. Have you ever wondered what happens when an individual questioning their sexuality ends up on a lesbian cruise? Well, Sophie Duker has … Continue reading Sophie Duker: Hag – Pleasance Courtyard
Wilf – Traverse Theatre
https://youtu.be/DtsX89wVO6s Written by James Ley Directed by Gareth Nicholls ★★★★★ Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Boy loves boy, boy ditches boy, boy reconnects with himself, boy hitches up and trails across the landscapes of Scotland searching for unsolicited sex in his newly christened Volkswagen…oh, you have? Perhaps, if you were lucky, you caught … Continue reading Wilf – Traverse Theatre
Sophie Duker: Hag – Pleasance Courtyard
★★★ She ain’t no Fringe rookie no more. Bringing her new show, Hag, The Fringe’s previous best newcomer and Taskmaster champion has lost no steam, even when admitting the differences in returning to the festival in a post-covid environment. This triumphant embracement of chaos is a journey through Duker’s past and present, with a sprinkling of … Continue reading Sophie Duker: Hag – Pleasance Courtyard