Author: Martin Gray
2:22 A Ghost Story
★★★★☆ Chilling
The Playhouse’s resident theatre spectres take a back seat as the UK tour of 2:22 A Ghost Story grabs the spotlight for the week until Saturday.
The Wedding Singer
★★★★☆ Party time
Dearly beloved, we are gathered at Loretto School Theatre for The Wedding Singer, the new show from MAMA, and it is a corker.
Beauty and the Beast: The Pantomime
★★★★☆ Roar-some
There are no talking teapots and dancing jugs as Stage Door Entertainment’s Beauty and the Beast: The Pantomime comes to Portobello, but there is plenty of good-old fashioned panto fun.
The Wizard of Oz
★★★★☆ Wicked games
It’s fair dreich in Haddington but beyond the rainbow The Wizard of Oz brings the sunshine, courtesy of The Brunton’s panto.
Little Shop of Horrors
★★★★☆ Blooming marvellous
The comic horror musical Little Shop of Horrors comes to Portobello Town Hall this week courtesy of Stage Door and proves shockingly good.
Top Hat
★★★★☆ Tip-Top
Thirties glamour and classic tunes come to the Playhouse this week courtesy of Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of Top Hat.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
★★★★☆ Can-Can do
Spectacle, that’s what you get when you enter the world of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, which has dropped into the Playhouse for a seven week stay ahead of a world tour.
Shrek: The Musical
★★★★★ Ogre-homa!
Grey February nights turn a joyous green as Mama present Shrek The Musical at Loretto School Theatre until Saturday. The tale of an ogre, a donkey and a princess rescuing one another from loneliness is brought to brilliant life in the company’s 75th anniversary production.
A Christmas Carol
★★★★★ Ebenezer good
Forget the nursery rhymes and fairy stories, The Brunton’s panto this year has a more adult source, being an adaptation of A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens’s beloved tale of greed, ghosts and redemption.
& Juliet
★★★★☆ No woe
There’s no woe to this story of Juliet without her Romeo, as Shakespeare’s most famous heroine gets solo billing in the girl power musical & Juliet which hits the Playhouse this week.
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