Ben Cracknell
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
★★★★★ Never hesitating
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat blazes onto the Edinburgh Playhouse stage in a whirl of rainbow magic, saturated with the joy and energy that cements its place as an enduring classic of modern and contemporary musical theatre.
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.
Drifters Musical for Edinburgh
The Drifters Girl sets Playhouse dates in 2024
Tickets have gone on sale for The Drifters Girl, the jukebox musical based on the story and music of the American vocal group The Drifters and their manager Faye Treadwell, which will tour to the Edinburgh Playhouse in May 2024.
Oz wizzes into Ed
Wizard of Oz sets Edinburgh dates
The Wizard of Oz is flying over the rainbow and into Edinburgh for a week in February 2024, with tickets for the Playhouse dates going on sale from this Friday 3 March 2023 at noon.
The Osmonds: A New Musical
★★★★☆ I hear music
They were whipping out their Osmond fan club scarfs in the front row of the Festival Theatre on opening night of The Osmonds: A New Musical. It’s that sort of show.
Heathers for Playhouse
West End hit musical on tour in 2020:
Westerberg High is coming to the Edinburgh Playhouse in July 2020, as Heathers The Musical sets out on a UK tour.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
★★★☆☆ BANG!
Noisy fun is to be had in the touring Dracula at the King’s, in a production that lacks depth but is unashamedly crowd-pleasing, not to say crowd-scaring.
Sunset Boulevard
★★★★★ Triumphant:
There is no doubt that Ria Jones, as Norma Desmond, owns the Curve theatre’s production of Sunset Boulevard that lights into the Playhouse this week, on the first date of its major UK tour.
