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Sinbad the Pantomime

Sinbad the Pantomime

★★★★☆ Sin-good

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as Sinbad sails into Musselburgh’s Brunton Theatre for the festive season. And with the Arabian Nights legend, played with gusto by Calum Barbour, comes a slew of familiar faces making up the supporting cast.

Nov 26 2022 | By | 1 Reply More
Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone

★★★☆☆ Goo Housekeeping

So you wanna see a musical? Then Edinburgh Playhouse has just that this week as Bugsy Malone roars into town, staying right through to Sunday.

Nov 16 2022 | By | Reply More
Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever

★★★☆☆ Fever dream

It’s back to the Seventies at the Playhouse this week, as the venue becomes a disco for a dose of Saturday Night Fever ever night until Saturday.

Nov 2 2022 | By | Reply More
South Pacific

South Pacific

★★★★☆ Enchanted evening

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific comes to the Festival Theatre for a week, bringing triumph, tragedy and a truckload of Broadway’s best tunes.

Oct 27 2022 | By | Reply More
Disney’s High School Musical on Stage!

Disney’s High School Musical on Stage!

★★★★☆  Class act

‘Get your head in the game!’ That’s the message of one of the big numbers in Disney’s much-loved High School Musical, and it’s certainly one the Kids From Musselburgh have taken on board.

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Sunshine on Leith

Sunshine on Leith

★★★☆☆ Sunshine and showers

With the Edinburgh King’s set to bring down the curtain for a refurbishment, what could be better than a good old Sunshine on Leith singsong to send it on its way?

Jun 8 2022 | By | Reply More
Sunshine on Leith

Sunshine on Leith

★★★★☆ Bring me sunshine

Community theatre gets real this week at the Brunton in Musselburgh, where this fab amateur production of Sunshine on Leith is running until Saturday.

May 26 2022 | By | Reply More
Anything Goes

Anything Goes

★★★★★ Just go!

The West End hits central Edinburgh this week, as Cole Porter’s seaborne musical Anything Goes sails into the Festival Theatre for a very limited run until this Sunday.

May 12 2022 | By | Reply More
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World

Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World

★★★★★   Find your joy

With a title like Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World, it’s unsurprising that the first night King’s audience for this touring production was mainly female.

Apr 27 2022 | By | Reply More
Hairspray

Hairspray

★★★★☆ Pump up the volume

Unlikely civil rights heroine Tracy Turnblad dances her way to a social justice triumph as Hairspray returns to the Playhouse for a week until Saturday and comes back to Glasgow at the end of the month.

Mar 15 2022 | By | Reply More