Playhouse
Sunny Afternoon
★★★☆☆ Nostalgic
Sunny Afternoon, the musical about the Kinks and featuring their songs, is a crowd-pleasing affair with high musical standards.
Matilda the Musical
★★★★☆ Huge energy
The return to the Playhouse of the unstoppable juggernaut that is the RSC’s Matilda the Musical after seven years, is certainly a cause for celebration.
Here and Now
★★★★☆ Full-on candyfloss
Here and Now, the Steps jukebox musical, jumps headlong onto the Playhouse stage in a production which is all heart and vitality in its telling of a story that is as substantial as candyfloss on a stick.
FRIENDS! The Musical Parody
★★☆☆☆ Muddled
FRIENDS! The Musical Parody, at the Edinburgh Playhouse through Saturday, is a meta-episode covering the ten-year arc of the iconic 90’s TV show about the lives and loves of six young adults in Manhattan.
Fawlty Towers – The Play
★★★☆☆ Nostalgic
Fawlty Towers – The Play, at the Playhouse until Saturday, is a lovingly assembled recreation of the television programme that is designed to give pleasure to its many fans.
Rocky Horror Show
★★★★☆ Naughty
Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show returns in good form to the Playhouse where it is playing all week to Saturday, with Jason Donovan reliving his role as Frank N Furter and Jackie Clune as a particularly pithy Narrator.
Mamma Mia!
★★★★☆ Super Douper
Mamma Mia!, the ABBA jukebox musical, shimmies its way from a small Greek island into the Playhouse where it it will stay over the Christmas season and into the New Year.
Inside No.9 Stage/Fright
★★★★☆ Scarily funny
Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright, the touring production at the Playhouse until Saturday, is as scary and as funny as its many fans would hope.
Defying Gravity
Kerry Ellis, Louise Dearman and Rachel Tucker for Playhouse gig
Three West End stars who have all taken on the role Elpheba in Wicked, will be performing am “epic” night musical hits at the Edinburgh Playhouse and Glasgow King’s in April 2026.
TINA – the Tina Turner Musical
★★★★☆ Affecting
TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, at the Playhouse for two weeks, succeeds in the ways you would expect, as well as in some ways you might not be so prepared for.
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