Colum Findlay
Sweeney Todd
★★★★☆ Vigorous
Captivate Theatre take on the Famous Spiegeltent with their production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street through the 24th, bringing Sondheim’s chilling musical, directed by Sally Lyall, to life beneath the canopy.
Legally Blonde
★★★★★ Platinum
Legally Blonde is given a first-class treatment by Captivate Theatre at Edinburgh Academy for this summer’s fringe in a splendid production which runs only to the 12th.
13 The Musical
★★★★☆ Real chutzpah
Youth theatre group Captivate Theatre bring the teen coming-of-age show 13 The Musical to Edinburgh Academy in a production brimming with confidence and finesse.
SiX – Teen Edition
★★★★☆ Sterling stuff
The young queens of Captivate Theatre put in a terrific shift for SiX – Teen Edition, at the Assembly Roxy through to Sunday. And on the way remind us, as if we needed reminding, just how good a piece SiX really is.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
★★★★☆ Terrific ensemble
Captivate’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Edinburgh Academy is an imposing production, full of fine singing and acting.
The Phantom of the Opera
★★★★★ Breathtaking
A haunting production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart’s The Phantom of the Opera is staged by Captivate Theatre with a stellar cast of 21 at The Edinburgh Academy in Stockbridge.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
★★★★★ Rings out
Captivate Theatre step out of their usual comfort zone of large-cast sure-fire banger hits with this production of lesser performed musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame and find themselves with, well, a sure-fire banger hit.
Shrek the Musical
★★★★☆ Captivating
Captivate Theatre’s production of Shrek The Musical at The Rose Theatre is a case of young performers being better than their material.
Jesus Christ Superstar
★★★☆☆ Creative direction:
Captivate Theatre rock Jesus Christ Superstar at the Rose Theatre, spotlighting some spectacular performers from the Edinburgh’s amateur theatrical scene.
Jesus Christ Superstar
★★★☆☆ Fraught:
The doubts of Jesus as he waits for his death are brought to the fore in Captivate Theatre’s all-singing all-dancing production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Rose Street Theatre.
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