MAMA

Made in Dagenham
★★★★★ Undisputed excellence
An industrial dispute doesn’t sound the most promising material for a musical, but Made in Dagenham at The Brunton Theatre made my week.

Brunton bouncing back
Venue trust “upbeat about sourcing alternative venues”.
The Brunton Theatre Trust says its programme of work will go on, even though The Brunton venue is temporarily dark due to the emergency structural surveys taking place in its performance spaces.

The Sound of Music
★★★★☆ Melodic
The steeply-raked seats of the Brunton are alive with the Sound of Music this week as Musselburgh Amateur Musicals Association bring the singing Von Trapp family to Musselburgh.

Chess
★★★☆☆ Re-opening gambit
Musselburgh Amateur Musicals Association make a spirited return to live with a production of Chess at the Brunton which hits all the high and the low notes while making a solid fist of the tricky ones in between.

Big MAMA is Back
MAMA’s Revue 2020 for Brunton Theatre:
The Musselburgh Amateur Musical Association returns to the Brunton Theatre this week for their annual musical Revue.

MAMA Annual Revue 2019
★★★☆☆ Dramatic:
Starting as it means to go on Musselburgh Amateur Musical Association’s Annual Revue 2019 kicks off with a song from The Greatest Showman – but not the one which became ubiquitous over the panto season.

Calamity Jane
★★★★☆ Giddy up for a giddy show:
Oh, the Deadwood stage is a-rolling on over the plains… and stopping at the Brunton Theatre for MAMA’s production of Calamity Jane.