Tag: Southern Light Opera

Review: The Music Man – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

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Book, Music, and Lyrics by Meredith Willson Story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey Directed by Fraser Grant Tickets from £25.50 ★★★★ Riding on the high-flying success of last year's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Southern Light Opera still finds themselves in the Festival Theatre, looking to raise the rafter with musical splendour and community cheer. And in Meredith Willson’s 1957 musical The Music Man, they find another winner. The tale … Continue reading Review: The Music Man – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Southern Light Opera presents Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Festival Theatre

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Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman Adapted by Jeremy Sams Staged and Directed by Quintin Young Musical Direction by Tommie Travers ★★★★ Fresh from the success of their 125th anniversary, Southern Light Opera go from the rolling hills of Austria and take flight with the Sherman Brother’s much-loved tale of … Continue reading Southern Light Opera presents Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Festival Theatre

Southern Light: The Sound of Music – Festival Theatre

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Music & Lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II Directed by Quintin Young ★★★★ 125 years. Woolworths, Pluto's discovery and tenure as a planet, and the UK’s time within the EU: Southern Light Opera has outlasted them all. HMS Pinafore to Rose Marie. Brigadoon to, well, Brigadoon, and from The Wizard of Oz to The Sound of Music. Grassroots theatrical company Southern Light Opera … Continue reading Southern Light: The Sound of Music – Festival Theatre

Southern Light Sings for the King’s – Festival Theatre

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Directed by Andy Johnston ★★★★ One Hundred and Twenty-five years of communal magic, Southern Light Opera has called the Kings’s Theatre, the old Lady of Leven Street, home for more than a century. And how fitting that one of Edinburgh’s grassroots production companies should be the one to strike out with a continued appeal for … Continue reading Southern Light Sings for the King’s – Festival Theatre

Anything Goes – King’s Theatre

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Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman It’s that time of year again folks, time to round up the family, the friends and the dogs, cause this time we’re going on a cruise. Southern Light Opera (SLO) return to their home in the King’s Theatre with a revival … Continue reading Anything Goes – King’s Theatre