Andy Gray
Awfey Huge Variety Pics
Huge burst of energy for Festival Theatre:
Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre staged the Awfey Huge Fantastic Variety show on Wednesday 22 June, 2016, a production featuring over 200 children from the city’s state-funded special schools.
Canned Laughter
★★★★☆ Canny:
Pathos and superbly performed comedy combine in Canned Laughter at the King’s all week until Saturday.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
★★★★☆ Comic spectacle:
Professional pantomime is not the place to go for new theatrical techniques or stunning insights into the human condition.
Gray Wins Stage Award
Andy Gray’s Willie is an “unmissable tour de force”.
Andy Gray has won a coveted Stage Award for Acting Excellence for his performance as William Donaldson in Willie and Sebastian at the Gilded Balloon.
Willie and Sebastian
✭✭✭✭✩ Immoral compass:
Foul-mouthed and funny, Willie and Sebastian is far removed from what might be expected of the established double act of Andy Gray and Grant Stott. Nevertheless it provides an entertaining hour, with Gray in particular close to his very best.
Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show
✭✭✭✩✩ Not enough Variety:
There is much to enjoy in Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show at the King’s this week, but overall this mixed bag will do little to bring the genre back to life.
Aladdin
✭✭✭✭✩ Flashes of brilliance:
Shiny, snappy and energetic, Aladdin at the King’s sacrifices some of the traditional interaction of a panto, but remains a highly satisfying production.
A fistful of lunchtime theatre
Play Pie and a Pint back at Traverse:
Oran Mor’s popular A Play, A Pie and a Pint lunchtime theatre is back at the Traverse on Tuesday for a five week season opening with Lesley Hart’s Flame Proof.
Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show – Review
✭✭✭✭✩ Pure showbiz delight
Looking at this week’s offering at the King’s Theatre, you could be forgiven for thinking it’s panto season. There are star turns by Andy Gray and Grant Stott. A supporting cast of talented young lads and lasses. A speciality act or two…
Review – Peter Pan
★★★★☆ Fantastic family fun
Big, bold and completely shameless, this year’s King’s pantomime, Peter Pan, is certainly one of the best seen there for years.
