Reviews
Rocky Horror Show
★★★★☆ Naughty
Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show returns in good form to the Playhouse where it is playing all week to Saturday, with Jason Donovan reliving his role as Frank N Furter and Jackie Clune as a particularly pithy Narrator.
Jack and the Beanstalk
★★★★☆ In rude health
Jack and the Beanstalk, the last time the ‘King’s panto’ appears at the Festival Theatre before its long-awaited return to the actual King’s, is another hugely enjoyable run-out for the established team of Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan Young.
Snowy
★★★☆☆ Puppy fun
Loveable pup Snowy tumbles into the Studio Theatre until the end of December in a delightful production aimed at children under seven.
A Lad in… Cramond
★★☆☆☆ Fun
Cramond Drama Group return to Cramond Kirk Hall for two nights only with A Lad in… Cramond a fun, all-new(ish) family pantomime with a proper Cramond twist.
Mamma Mia!
★★★★☆ Super Douper
Mamma Mia!, the ABBA jukebox musical, shimmies its way from a small Greek island into the Playhouse where it it will stay over the Christmas season and into the New Year.
Sinbad the Sailor
★★★★☆ Inviting
Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s annual pantomime is always one of the most keenly-awaited festive shows, and Sinbad the Sailor lives up to the anticipation.
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.
Dancing Shoes
★★★★☆ Moving
Dancing Shoes, written by Stephen Christopher and Graeme Smith, is a joyful and hilarious exploration of addiction, attention, male friendship, and the love of movement.
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.
The Fifth Elephant
★★★☆☆ Slipped discworld
Strawmoddie Theatre return to the Pleasance with Stephen Briggs adaptation of The Fifth Elephant, ten years since the death of author Terry Pratchett and ten years since they were established.
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