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First Look: The Broons

DC Thomson’s comic strip hits the stage:
The new stage production based on DC Thomson’s 80 year-old comic strip, The Broons, had its press night at Perth Concert Hall last night, 29 September 2016.

Thom Dibdin on September 30, 2016

Democracy

★★☆☆☆ Static:
Much in Rapture’s touring production of Democracy at the King’s could speak to audiences in 2016 Scotland. However, it is buried in a slow, seemingly interminable production.

Hugh Simpson on September 30, 2016

Casting call for amateur immersive project:
Edinburgh grassroots company Butt-In Productions has put out a casting call for The Man Who Shouldn’t Be Here, its prison-set immersive production taking place at the Biscuit Factory in November.

Thom Dibdin on September 30, 2016

Desire Lines Late Call

Tickets released for sold-out event:
A small number of extra tickets and returns have been released for the Desire Lines event at the Scottish Storytelling Centre tonight, Wednesday 28 September 2016.

Thom Dibdin on September 28, 2016

Showcase 2016

★★★☆☆ Energetic variety:
Well staged, beautifully sung and dazzlingly eclectic, Showcase 2016 is not always consistent but certainly has something for everyone.

Hugh Simpson on September 28, 2016

Democracy

Showcase 2016

★★★☆☆ Energetic variety:
Well staged, beautifully sung and dazzlingly eclectic, Showcase 2016 is not always consistent but certainly has something for everyone.

Billy Elliot

★★★★★ Tutu Good To Miss:
Five stars and ten tissues as the smash hit musical of a working class boy’s battle to do ballet comes to the Playhouse.

The Cheviot, The Stag and The Black, Black Oil

★★★★★ Serious fun:
Tuneful, hilarious and deeply moving, Dundee Rep’s revival of The Cheviot, The Stag and The Black, Black Oil, on tour at the Lyceum, is a triumph.

Sunny Afternoon

✭✭✭✭✩ Kinky Bootiful:
One of the seminal British bands of the Sixties gets the biographical treatment at The Playhouse this week in Sunny Afternoon, a show that’s several cuts above the jukebox musical you may be expecting.

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