Music by Harold Arlen Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Adapted by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams Directed by Nikolai Foster Tickets from £20.00 ★★★★ For those who thought the Edinburgh Playhouse’s fascination with the colour green had left with the departing for the smash-hit Wicked, … Continue reading Review: The Wizard of Oz – The Playhouse, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/hHL0cTv_kus Music by Jonathan Dove Libretto by Charles Hart based on an original scenario by Jurgen R. Weber Conducted by David Parry Directed by Stephen Barlow Tickets from £22.50 ★★★★ Don’t tell the Nixon (in China) fans, but the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, bushes Red for the UK premiere of Jonathan Dove’s rambunctious farce Marx in London! Which runs at the venue … Continue reading Review: Scottish Opera – Marx in London! at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/c_SyDYUZmow Directed by Sean Mathias Produced by Bill Kenwright, David Gilbery and Naomi George UK/2023/117mins Hamlet will be available on DVD, Blu-ray & Digital Download from 8th April ★★★★ Theatre sustained, perhaps, the worst damage of the art and entertainment mediums throughout the sustained days of COVID lockdowns. Production tours were cut short, their rehearsal spaces restricted, funding decimated, and their physical venues … Continue reading Review: Hamlet (2024)
Direction by Bex Anson MHz Movement Artists - Philip Alexander McDonald, Rita Hu, and Suzi Cunningham ★★★★ Easily earning itself the most influentially abstract of the Manipulate Festival 2024 pieces, Bex Anson MHz’s highly visual expressive dance performance Ruins (performed by Suzi Cunningham, Rita Hu, and Philip Alexander McDonald) commands an entire spectrum of life. Three beings, the last humans on Earth, become … Continue reading Review: Manipulate Festival 2024 – Ruins at The Studio, Edinburgh
Direction by Alex Bird Original Direction by Ross MacKay and Arran Howie Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★★ Under the gaze of the one-eyed deity, the world below is changing. A golden age of peace and prosperity - infected with avarice, hatred, and endless aggression. Winter has failed to ebb, and the sun hangs low in the sky, … Continue reading Review: Manipulate Festival 2024 – Ragnarok at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Directed by Nicolas Alline and Dorothée Saysombat Tickets from £13.00 ★★★ Mercifully, theatrical expressions and writings surrounding colonial conquest are prying open the locked eyes of ignorance with growing abundancy: Enough of Him, Blood and Gold, Meaning of Zong, the National Theatre of Scotland’s Ghosts, and at the previous Festival Fringe there was tremendous success with Dark Noon. A conversation and discussion often … Continue reading Review: Manipulate Festival 2024 – La Conquête at The Studio, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/IfePa4DHrq0 Adapted and Directed by Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney - Ockham’s Razor Devised by Alex Harvey, Charlotte Mooney, Macadie Amoroso, Joshua Frazer, Lauren Jamieson, Lila Naruse, Victoria Skillen, Leah Wallings and Nat Whittingham Choreography by Nathan Johnston ★★★★★ Ockham’s Razor, the world-class and award-winning aerial theatre company presents a simple conundrum: can you really tell a Thomas … Continue reading Review: Manipulate Festival 2024 – Tess at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Written by William Shakespeare Directed by Minna Gillett Associate Direction by Marina Funcasta Tickets from £8.00 ★★★★ The Taming of the Shrew holds a peculiar reappearing position amongst full-blown productions and grassroots community theatre. Odd, given the bleak finale and grinding boot of submission this play entrenches itself. It’s a tale in which the titular ‘shrew’, … Continue reading Review: The Taming of the Shrew – Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
As we come to the twilight moments of 2023, the Corr Blimey team have had a few drinks (and a couple of arguments) but plenty of fond memories about the best of Scottish Theatre this year. And while enormously entertaining touring productions and revivals have found their way into Scotland, this list celebrates the homegrown … Continue reading Have A Gander – Scottish Theatre 2023
Looking for an alternative to the Pantomime cheer? Feeling a touch Scroogeish over Buttons, Cloots and Cracker Jokes? Well, Scotland has plenty to offer in the alternative Christmas feasts this festive season. From some returning contemporary classics for kids, to an inspirational new Ballet, and maybe even a touch of cryptocurrency... Our team will be … Continue reading Have A Gander – Festive Shows 2023
