Author: Martin Gray
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.
Jersey Boys
★★★★☆ Jersey royal:
Never mind your eyes, your ears will adore the tour of Jersey Boys which has arrived at the Edinburgh Playhouse for a fortnight turn.
The Lady Vanishes
★★★★☆ Without a Hitch:
The Lady Vanishes, but audiences won’t as a stage version of Alfred Hitchcock’s beloved thriller comes to the King’s as part of its UK tour.
Kinky Boots
★★★★★ Bootiful:
ky Boots brings musical comedy with sole to the Playhouse for five glamorous weeks over Christmas and into the New Year.
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.
Jack and the Beanstalk
★★★★☆ Giant fun:
There’s a happy ending, beginning and indeed, middle, as Jack and the Beanstalk gets a Musselburgh makeover at the Brunton theatre this festive season.
Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas… at Christmas
★★★★★ A Christmas cracker:
The Gilded Balloon Basement in the Rose Street Theatre hosts top-tier talent this Christmas as five fabulous female stars tell their stories… via three spookily talented backstage assistants.
Fame The Musical
★★★★☆ High energy:
Grab your legwarmers as the King’s Theatre hosts a high energy, if not Hi-Fidelity, spin-off from the Alan Parker film Fame.
Handfast
★★★★☆ Wedded bliss:
Sweet and true, Handfast by Edinburgh-based company Nutshell at Summerhall, is the wedding day you deserve.
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
★★★★☆ Fun from the Peanuts gallery:
A classic family musical is revived by a capital company at Paradise in Augustines, as newcomers Bare Productions take on You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown.
