Laura Hawkins

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

★★★★☆  Blooming marvellous

The comic horror musical Little Shop of Horrors comes to Portobello Town Hall this week courtesy of Stage Door and proves shockingly good.

Nov 8 2025 | By More
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

★★★★☆ Splendid

Stage Door Entertainment light up Portobello Town Hall with a bright and joyous production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, featuring an enormous local cast and stellar leading performances.

Sep 28 2025 | By More
Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

★★★★☆ Porty Pals

What do you get when you combine an evil landlord and his devious henchwoman, a boy and his mother just trying to survive, and their faithful cow? Well a pantomime of course— what were you expecting?

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Woman Walking

Woman Walking

★★★☆☆ Moving

Woman Walking from Sylvian Productions, which is ending a short Scottish tour at the Traverse, is a rich and ruminative exploration of loss and the power of nature.

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The Multiverse is Gay

The Multiverse is Gay

★★★★☆ Weirdly wonderful

The Multiverse is Gay, at the Lyceum Rehearsal Studio until Saturday, is written for the Lyceum Young Company with great imagination by Lewis Hetherington and directed with flair by Sophie Howell.

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Tim Crouch: Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel

Tim Crouch: Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel

★★★★★ Exit, mind blown

Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel is a worryingly prescient piece. It is an exquisite creation that apparently denies the very point of creativity, a hymn to humanity that insists that humanity has had it. To call it ‘thought-provoking’ would be a criminal understatement.

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Torn

Torn

✭✭✭✭✩ Paper cut:
Unfolded and pressed out flat for its audience to see, Faux Theatre’s Torn is an intriguing glimpse at how repressed memories both haunt and return to us.

May 21 2015 | By | Reply More
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