Book by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner Directed by Taylor Doig Musical Direction by Roisin Caulfield Review by Dominic Corr Broughton High School ★★★★ Raise your voice, grab a cheese-steak, say a few hail-mary’s and get ready to be possessed by a spirit which screams louder than anything else: Soul. And there’s a particular sparkle … Continue reading Review: Forth Children’s Theatre: Sister Act – Broughton High School, Edinburgh
Book by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie Music by Tom Snow Directed by Clare Wotton Review by Laurie Kimmett ★★★★ There is something delightfully rebellious about watching a theatre full of Edinburgh audiences attempt not to dance in their seats, and Footloose at Church Hill Theatre makes that restraint feel like an Olympic sport. Edinburgh … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Music Theatre’s Footloose – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
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.
https://youtu.be/TfJhAowLXyE Text by Josephine Eusebius Directed by Matthew Lenton Review by Dominic Corr The Tron Theatre ★★★★ Life and Death play chess at The Tron Theatre, as Vanishing Point and Teater Katapult come together with a commanding piece of slow-burn, spoke word rich production What I’m Here For. Announcing itself, quite often, with a devastating … Continue reading Review: What I’m Here For – Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Review by Dominic Corr ★★★★ There’s something remarkably special occurring – while at the same time, something horrific. In the wake of the rolling back of rights, the threat of not just re0emerging barriers, but new ones for Queer communities – art often flourishes as one of the view autonomous spaces left. Some shows arrive … Continue reading Review: Bedrock – Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Performed and Written by Alys Williams Directed by Andrea Heaton Review by Dominic Corr The Traverse Theatre ★★★★ Hope is a fragile thing, but The Light House at The Traverse Theatre treats it with the kind of care usually reserved for rare glassware, holding it up to the light, turning it gently and letting its cracks become part of the beauty. … Continue reading Review: The Light House- The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Directed by Sophie Davis Review by Dominic Corr ★★★★ There are certain groups you can always count on to deliver excellence. Edinburgh University Footlights is one of those rare few. There’s something uniquely thrilling about watching this group of performers assemble onstage with nothing but the barest scaffolding of a narrative and the promise of … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh University Footlights Present Talk It Out- The Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
Just when you thought the news from Pitlochry Festival Theatre was about to halt; here they go rolling out another big hitter for Alan Cumming’s inaugural season — and this time it’s Beckett. The Theatre has announced that Siobhán Redmond (currently starring alongside Cumming, Forbes Masson in The National Theatre of Scotland’s The High Life … Continue reading Have a Gander at Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days – Siobhán Redmond Digs Into Beckett’s Bleak Brilliance at Pitlochry
Pitlochry Festival Theatre is limbering up the ankles and clearing the floor, because this October the town’s in for a stoater. The UK première of CEILIDH, a new musical steeped in Scotland’s favourite communal chaos ritual, will take over Pitlochry Town Hall from 7–17 October — and it’s arriving with some serious creative heft behind … Continue reading Have a Gander at CELIDH – Pitlochry’s Set for a Right Good Knees-Up
https://www.flickr.com/photos/204241173@N04/55175773286/in/dateposted-public/ Written by Eilidh Smith Songs by Rona Johnston Review by Dominic Corr ★★★★ Bathed in fury; burning with feminine rage and lyricism; there’s an undeniable thrill in watching a piece of theatre lean into its own fury with such gleeful theatricality, and with newly debuted Witches Corner at The Scottish Storytelling Centre, it does so … Continue reading Review: Witches Corner – The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
