Archive for November, 2019
An Edinburgh Christmas Carol
★★★☆☆ Comedy overshadows pathos:
An Edinburgh Christmas Carol, the Lyceum’s Christmas re-invention of Dickens, is a full-on comic display that is undoubtedly pleasing despite apparently missing some important points.
Playhouse & SEC Black Friday Ticket Deals
Ticket Deals for Edinburgh and Glasgow still available:
Black Friday ticket deals for both Edinburgh and Glasgow are still available at the Edinburgh Playhouse and Glasgow’s King’s, Theatre Royal, SECC and O2 Academy.
Cinderella
★★★★☆ Oh yes it is…. Terrific!
It’s Cinderella with a touch of The Greatest Showman at this year’s fun-filled Brunton-produced panto, running through the festive season until January.
Dr Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
★★★☆☆ Festive:
The touring version of Dr Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical is a suitably frothy confection for the upcoming festivities; not particularly full of nutrition but oddly irresistible all the same.
It’s Hairspray for the 45!
Balerno TC hit Baltimore:
Balerno Theatre Company is moving away from its traditional pantomime for this year’s seasonal offering at the Church Hill Theatre and returning to its roots to stage the Edinburgh amateur premiere of Hairspray, The Musical!.
Dreamgirls for Edinburgh
November 2020 date for R’n’B smash hit:
Tickets go on sale tomorrow for Dreamgirls, the 1960s-set musical about the rise and rise of a three person R’n’B girl group, which is set to hit the Edinburgh Playhouse in November 2020.
A West End Winter Wonderland
★★★★★ Christmas Cracker:
Christmas came early in aid of a great cause at St Giles’ Cathedral on Friday night.
Kerry Ellis for Edinburgh
West End Star to play two Edinburgh dates:
West End and Broadway star Kerry Ellis is playing a major fundraising concert at Edinburgh’s St Giles tonight, Friday 11 November 2019, to raise funds and awareness for Edinburgh based charity, Make 2nds Count.
Into the Woods
★★★★☆ Shady:
There’s laughter, edged with more than little darkness, to the Eusog’s splendid and convincing production of Into The Woods playing the Pleasance theatre to Saturday.
On Golden Pond
★★★☆☆ Crystal clear:
Leitheatre’s production of On Golden Pond at the Church Hill is a warm and emotional evocation of family struggles and satisfactions that rarely ignites but is performed with diligence and grace.
