Author: Martin Gray

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.

The Addams Family
★★★☆☆ It really is a scream
America’s funniest family of wacky weirdos – sorry, Munsters – rise again as Loretto Theatre hosts the Brunton’s Youth programme production of The Addams Family.

Grease
★★★★☆ Still hopelessly devoted
Grease is the word once more at Edinburgh Playhouse this week and there’s no better way to fill those summer nights.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
★★★★☆ High-flying
The classic children’s story of the flying car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, swoops down to the Playhouse this week to delight audiences anew.

The Wizard of Oz
★★★★☆ Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
We’ve been to see The Wizard, and oh what a Wizard it was. Yes, the Yellow Brick Road leads to Edinburgh Playhouse this week for a spectacular new production of The Wizard of Oz, the beloved 1939 musical movie based on L Frank Baum’s series about the wonderful land of Oz.

Greatest Days
★★★★☆ I found heaven
It’s time to Take That & Party as Greatest Days reopens Edinburgh Playhouse this week after its extended summer break for a spot of external refurbishment.

The Steamie
★★★★☆ No minced opportunities
First staged in January, The Brunton’s production of The Steamie comes to Loretto School Theatre for a Fringe encore.