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Showcase 2025 – I See Stars
★★★★☆ Sheer entertainment
It is easy to take Showcase for granted year after year, mainly because it consistently produces a show that is crammed full of talented performers, cleverly chosen material and well-drilled performances.
The Wizard of Oz
★★★☆☆ Ambitious
There are some tremendous performances from the young cast in LYAMC’s The Wizard of Oz, at the Church Hill until Saturday. Much of the production is very impressive, with only some uneven staging letting it down.
Footloose
★★★★☆ Vigorous
Dancing onto the Festival Theatre stage with boundless energy and enthusiasm, The Beyond Broadway Experience presents a Footloose that is a showcase of Scottish talent and training, an invigorating look into the up-and-coming generations of musical theatre performers.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
★★★☆☆ A lovely night
Threepenny Theatricals’ first venture into musical theatre sees a beloved fairytale brought to life with Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella playing at the Church Hill Theatre through to 16 November.
Gang Show 2024
★★★☆☆ Confident
Packing the glitter, able to hold their big tunes and in possession of some braw dance moves, the members of Edinburgh Gang Show 2024 are brim full of confidence, in a production which plays the Festival Theatre all week to Saturday.
Showcase 2024 – Something About This Night!
★★★★☆ Spectacular
Showcase 2024 – Something About This Night! provides the expected tuneful extravaganza, hugely reliable while appearing remarkably fresh.
Cats
★★★★☆ Spectacular
The Beyond Broadway Experience return to the Festival Theatre with their annual showcase of local youth talent, bringing together 200 young people for a spectacular performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats.
Edinburgh Gang Show 2023
★★★★☆ Riding high
Boasting a cast of (nearly) thousands and as much entertainment as you could wish for, the Edinburgh Gang Show 2023 hits the odd wrong note but in the end its sheer momentum brooks no argument.
School Days & Matilda Jr
School Days: ★★★★★ Outrageously good
Matilda Jr: ★★★☆☆ Rebellious
The LYAMC are back where they belong: on stage at the Church Hill Theatre in a double bill combining a portmanteau concert with the junior version of the musical of Roald Dhal’s Matilda.
Edinburgh Gang Show 2019
★★★★☆ Feast of dance:
The lungs and the legs of the over 100 main cast of the Edinburgh Gang Show are made to work overtime in this year’s show, at the King’s to Saturday, which is a veritable cornucopia of song and dance.
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