Musicals
Nessie
★★★★★ Wonderful
Æ Junior Review by Frida aged 7
Nessie is a musical about finding where you belong.
Beauty and the Beast
★★★★☆ Impressive
EMT’s Beauty and the Beast at the Church Hill until Saturday is a hugely appealing and colourful production, guaranteed to please.
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
★★★★★ Long live the Queen
The Bohemians open their limited run of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – The Musical at the Festival Theatre to a standing ovation, with a production full of glitz, glam, disco, and heart.
NOW That’s What I Call A Musical
★★★☆☆ Mixed bag nostalgia
A jukebox musical of 1980s karaoke classics is brought to life to mark the 40th anniversary of legendary compilation tape series Now That’s What I Call Music! at the Edinburgh Playhouse this week.
Kinky Boots
★★★★★ Fab-u-lous!
A brand new production of Kinky Boots the Musical is stepping out at the Edinburgh Playhouse this week courtesy of Made at Curve (Leicester) and featuring much-loved Strictly Come Dancing regular, Johannes Radebe.
Mary Poppins
★★★★★ Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Blown in on her umbrella by the gusts of Storm Éowyn, the new UK & Ireland tour of Mary Poppins arrives in Edinburgh in a fashion that can only be described by the mysterious nanny’s own superlative: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
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.
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.
101 Dalmatians the Musical
★★★☆☆ Canine caper
Playhouse: Tue 19 – Sat 24 Nov 2024
Review by Sophie Good
The new musical version of 101 Dalmatians, bouncing into the Edinburgh Playhouse this week to Saturday, is a treat for puppy-loving children, wrapped up in a doggy adventure based on the well loved classic tale.
& Juliet
★★★★☆ No woe
There’s no woe to this story of Juliet without her Romeo, as Shakespeare’s most famous heroine gets solo billing in the girl power musical & Juliet which hits the Playhouse this week.
