Playhouse
Grease
★★★☆☆ Over greased
There’s enough pizzaz and passion for a whole production in the opening number of Grease, at the Playhouse to Saturday.
Laura Main for Playhouse Shrek
Casting for Shrek’s Xmas Playhouse stay announced:
Laura Main is to join the cast of the new production of Shrek the Musical, which opens at the Edinburgh Playhouse for the Christmas Season 2017, before touring the UK and Ireland.
Cilla Wanted!
Open auditions for Cilla the Musical:
The producers of Cilla the Musical have announced open auditions in Edinburgh to find a “charismatic and talented actress with a great voice to portray the title role”.
Let The Band Shine
Take That musical to wind up at Playhouse
The Band, the new musical written by Tim Firth and featuring the music of Take That as performed by the winners of Let It Shine, is to play the Edinburgh Playhouse.
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.
La Cage Aux Folles
✭✭✭✭✩ Sequinned:
High kicks and high camp dominate La Cage Aux Folles, at the Playhouse to Saturday, as it explodes in a glorious melange of sequins, feathers and a timely political message wrapped up in an over-sugared package.
Evita
★★★★★ Star-kissed:
Evita returns to the Edinburgh Playhouse with more than a little starryness about the turns, to match the starry nature of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical.
Wonderland
★★★★☆ Wonderful:
You don’t have to go down a rabbit hole to find Wonderland, it’s at the Playhouse until Saturday.
Wicked Flies Back
2018 Playhouse dates for smash musical:
Wicked, the musical telling the back-stories of the witches of Oz, has announced a 2018 UK tour, including a five week run at the Edinburgh Playhouse.
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.
