It’s been just over twenty-five years since Mamma Mia opened in London’s West End, since then it has become a global phenomenon. With two motion pictures, several runs on Broadway and too many tours to count, the hit jukebox musical has made its way back to the Edinburgh Playhouse for the first time in six years to play the theatre’s coveted festive season. Mamma Mia plays the Playhouse until Sunday... Continue Reading →
Blackout Productions return to the Church Hill Theatre this week with the breathtaking hit Broadway & West End musical - ‘Come From Away’. The award-winning musical is set in Gander, Newfoundland during the events of 9/11, with book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, highlighting acts of kindness from the people of... Continue Reading →
Come From Away took the world by storm upon its opening on Broadway on 12th March 2017. Since then it has toured the world and musical theatre super fans have streamed the hell out of the soundtrack (myself included) so when Captivate announced they were doing a production of it at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025... Continue Reading →
Settling into my familiar seat in the Pleasance Grand, 70 minutes of pure entertainment magic awaited as 750 excited viewers took their seats in anticipation. Having seen this show before many times, Showstoppers is one I make sure to catch each year at the fringe, as it is yet to disappoint. The story of this... Continue Reading →
‘The Book of Mormon’ (the nine-time Tony Award and four-time Olivier Award-winning Best Musical) is in town at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow, and what a delight it is. A provocative, powerful production which encourages the audience to look beyond its mocking nature and find true meaning in it’s commentary. Be warned, the musical will... Continue Reading →
You can’t help but be gobsmacked as you take your seat in the Edinburgh Playhouse - admiring the sheer eccentric beauty of the stage in this production of Moulin Rouge. I was personally going into this, having never seen the iconic 2001 Baz Luhrmann film, completely blind. And wow, am I glad I did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm2E-jaxLYg... Continue Reading →
This week is going to be a good week and here’s why….Dear Evan Hansen blows us away with roaring applause at His Majesty’s Theatre Aberdeen from 5th-8th March 2025! Let me introduce you to Evan Hansen: A shy high school kid who struggles with crippling anxiety and has just one wish- to fit in. The... Continue Reading →
Dear Evan Hansen hits the stage of Glasgow's King's Theatre to bring the house down with the renowned and popular musical, running until Saturday 1st March 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W24yLM_jCtg The performance from the off was full of life and energy, the cast and band set a good bar from the opening few scenes for what to... Continue Reading →
Craig Revel Horwood and Pippa Evans’ new musical ‘Now That’s What I Call A Musical’ has blasted its way into Edinburgh this week, playing the Edinburgh Playhouse until Saturday 1st March. It's Birmingham, 1989. Gemma and April, two school friends, are busy planning their lives, with Gemma dreaming of being a Nurse and April longing... Continue Reading →
Presenting & Juliet a musical which dazzles and shimmies its way onto the stage at His Majesty Theatre from 4th-8th February 2025. This loud and proud tale tells the story of Juliet. Where is Romeo you may ask? Well strap yourselves in because this tragic love story has a fierce twist! The story imagines what... Continue Reading →
Good morning Glasgow! Are you a ‘Hairspray’ fanatic? Then get yourself to The King’s Theatre to see an all time fan favourite, running until the 1st of February 2025. Although the performance is lacking a bit of magic, it is still a great night out, filled with your favourite songs and evoking you to be... Continue Reading →
The world’s favourite flying nanny has returned to Edinburgh to kick off Capital Theatre’s 2025 programming with a spoonful of sugar. The stage adaptation of Disney’s classic movie, ‘Mary Poppins’, is playing the Festival Theatre until Saturday 15th February. Based on P.L Traver’s stories, this musical follows the Banks family, as they try to gain... Continue Reading →
‘She Burns’ returns from a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, to celebrate not only the life and art of Robert Burns, but the lives of the women that surrounded him and inspired some of his most famous works. Written by Sarah MacGillivray, with musical arrangements by Nicola Alexander – and of course incorporating... Continue Reading →
Chicago is back on the tour bus, and proving yet again that razzle-dazzle never goes out of style. With its sharp-edged satire, sizzling choreography, and a score that oozes glamour and grit, this iconic musical reminds us why it’s still the toast of the town nearly a century after its Jazz Age beginnings. As the... Continue Reading →
Pitlochry is very much alive with ‘The Sound of Music’ this Christmas. Pitlochry Festival Theatre are staging a new production of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece until 22nd December 2024. Following Maria Rainer’s journey from nun to governess, set in the Austrian hills during the 1938 Anschluss, this is a profoundly moving and heartwarming... Continue Reading →
‘101 Dalmatians’, a stage adaptation of the beloved book (and Disney movie) by Dodie Smith, has hit the road on a UK Tour following it’s premiere at Regents Park Open Air Theatre in Summer 2022. This week the musical has turned the Edinburgh Playhouse spotted for its debut run in Scotland’s Capital. The cast in... Continue Reading →
Au revoir! Mange tout, Mange tout as Del Boy would say. Yes, rolling into town to the Edinburgh Playhouse for one week only comes a treat for the fans of Only Fools and Horses – 'Only Fools and Horses The Musical'! Spend an evening re-living the best moments from the hit show with all your... Continue Reading →
What better way to spend your Halloween week than seeing one of the most iconic horror spoofs of all time, ‘The Rocky Horror Show’, playing Glasgow’s Pavillion Theatre until Saturday 2nd November. 3. The story follows young lovers, Brad and Janet. Their car breaks down outside a rather spooky-looking castle where they come across a... Continue Reading →
The Mormons have returned to Edinburgh after a hit run in 2022. Playing the Edinburgh Playhouse until Saturday 2nd November, this hysterically funny musical follows Elder Price and Elder Cunningham as they voyage to Uganda on their mission to spread the word of the lord and teach communities of The Book of Mormon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRU1LWy9dVI Adam... Continue Reading →
The late great Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ is a musical so rarely performed in Scotland and hasn’t been performed professionally in the UK for almost ten years. This week Blackout Productions bring a fresh and very exciting version of the musical to the Church Hill Theatre in Edinburgh. You... Continue Reading →
Giz Giz Youth Theatre are strutting into their 40th year in style and a whole lotta pink this week at the Tivoli Theatre, Aberdeen with a special anniversary reunion show. Giz Giz alumni, as well as present company members have come together to produce a high energy and all together fabulous production of Legally Blonde. ... Continue Reading →
Finally, after almost a decade of waiting, the Broadway and West-End smash hit, ‘Hamilton’, has made it’s way to Edinburgh, playing at the Festival Theatre until Saturday 27th April 2024. ‘Hamilton’ follows the real-life story of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co21tLAK-DE The cast for this... Continue Reading →
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