Bill Kenwright
Ghost The Musical
★★★★☆ Believable:
A refreshingly strong turn from Rebekah Lowings ensures that the latest touring production of Ghost The Musical is alive and vibrant at the Festival Theatre, despite the show’s cloying sentimentality.
Jaymi Hensley is Joseph
Dreamcoat role for Union J star:
An excited Union J star Jaymi Hensley will be in the title role when the latest tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat arrives at the Edinburgh Playhouse in March 2019.
Breaking the chains
Ghost The Musical returns, unchained:
Bill Kenwright’s 2019 tour of Ghost the Musical arrives in Edinburgh with the spectre of its previous visit’s miscasting firmly put to rest, as proper musical theatre stars take over the main roles.
Rain Man
★★☆☆☆ Clunky:
There are probably enough fans of the original movie to sustain The Classic Screen to Stage Company’s touring version of Rain Man, at the King’s until Saturday. However, as a piece of theatre it never makes a successful case for itself.
Night Fever Cast
Richard Winsor takes Travolta role in Saturday Night Fever:
Richard Winsor is to play Tony Manero in the UK tour of Saturday Night Fever which arrives at the Playhouse in October, his first stage appearance since joining Casualty as the ill-stared Caleb Knight.
Rain Man Casting
Casting Announced for Rain Man Tour:
Matthew Horne – Gavin from Gavin & Stacey – and Downton Abbey’s Ed Speleers are to play brothers Raymond and Charlie Babbit in the tour of Rain Man coming to the King’s in October.
The Case of the Frightened Lady
★★☆☆☆ Static:
Reliable performances by a host of crowd-pleasing big TV names cannot quite redeem the disappointing script of The Case of the Frightened Lady.
The Sound of Music
★★★★☆ Timeless classic:
It may be a cliché, but Edinburgh is definitely “alive with the Sound of Music” once again as the classic musical returns to the Playhouse.
Cilla The Musical
★★★★☆ Mersey hard to beat:
Step inside the Playhouse, love, and see the triumphs and tragedies on the way to Cilla Black becoming an entertainment legend.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
★★★★☆ Dream Team:
It’s nearly 50 years old but Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, at the Playhouse until Saturday, doesn’t need to be mothballed.
