Grant Stott
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
★★★★☆ Spectacular:
Goldilocks And The Three Bears, this year’s King’s pantomime, is an odd creation in many ways, but it retains enough of the tried and tested formulas to convince – to say nothing of good old-fashioned variety stardust.
Gray and Stott go “FOH” at King’s
Panto pair in cameo roles for new mockumentary Andy Gray and Grant Stott will be two of the celebrity cameos in three new episodes of spoof documentary FOH, scheduled to be shot at the Edinburgh King’s before its refurb in 2021. For their cameo performances, the King’s kings of panto, Messrs Gray and Stott, will […]
Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show
★★★☆☆ Variety packed:
Fake folkies and Armenia’s greatest boogie-woogie pianist stand out in the sixth instalment of Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show.
Gray back at King’s
Andy Gray on stage at panto:
The audience at the Edinburgh King’s were treated to an emotional return to the stage of panto legend Andy Gray on Saturday night, January 12.
King’s on the Radio
Radio Scotland Xmas Day visit to Leven Street:
Stanley Baxter, Brian Cox and Ruth Madoc will be among the living legends sharing their memories of the Grand of Lady of Leven Street with panto baddie Grant Stott on Radio Scotland on Christmas Day.
Beauty and the Beast
★★★★☆ Sparkling:
Beauty and the Beast comes to the King’s in pantomime form for the first time since 1946 in a show that continues a classic run of hits – and is sticking around well into January next year.
Gray pulls out of Panto
Illness forces Andy Gray to withdraw from King’s:
Andy Gray has announced that he will no longer be able to perform at this year’s pantomime at the King’s Theatre Beauty and the Beast, on medical grounds.
Junkies cancelled
Illness forces Andy Gray to quit play:
Andy Gray, panto funnyman and star of Scottish stage and screen, has had to withdraw from fringe show The Junkies for medical reasons.
Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show
★★★★☆ Entertaining:
The King of Variety is back at the Kings Theatre with another fantastic show packed full of entertainment, music and mayhem.
King’s Cinders nommed in panto awards
Cinderella gets two nods in panto awards:
Cinderella, the 2017/18 Edinburgh King’s pantomime, has received two nominations in the Great British Pantomime Awards – for its script and its baddie.
