⭐️⭐️ Tim Firth’s revived comedy might have moments of promise but fails to deliver the laughs it so desperately needs to thrive. They say that hell is other people. When Sheila and her three colleagues …
Scotland
Review: Moorcroft, Tron Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s rare for a piece of theatre to come along that feels genuinely game-changing. Where a story, a theatre and a production team together under the right circumstances to create something truly exceptional. That’s …
Review: Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Festival Theatre Edinburgh
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There’s magic in the air at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre this week, where Bedknobs and Broomsticks flies in in a flurry of wonder and excitement. Taking its lead from the popular Disney film, Candice Edmunds …
Review: The Dresser, King’s Theatre Edinburgh
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A bitterly timely play, The Dresser may well be over 40 years old but as this pitch-perfect touring producing makes clear, it’s every bit as pertinent in 2022 as in 1980. The year is …
Review: The Osmonds: A New Musical, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Told from the perspective of the youngest member of the original Osmond Brothers quartet, this jukebox musical is sure to give fans of The Osmonds something to scream about! The Osmonds: A New Musical …
Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Perth Theatre
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Original Theatre inject a hearty dose of silliness to this deconstructed version of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Sherlock Holmes adventure. A three-strong cast undertake a mammoth list of roles in this tale, with David …
Review: Bat Out Of Hell, Edinburgh Playhouse
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ For the next fortnight, an extraordinary sexed-up rock show arrives in Edinburgh, blasting off the winter chill with hell-fire and full-blast Fenders. Bat Out Of Hell is Peter Pan meets Meat Loaf set in …
Review: The Rocky Horror Show, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The madcap musical comedy returns to Glasgow on its world tour in a fresh-faced production energised and entertaining new and old audiences alike. When frigid newly-engaged couple Brad and Janet burst a tyre, they …
Review: 9 to 5 the Musical, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Pour yourself a cup of ambition and get along to Dolly Parton’s hilarious musical comedy that is bound to shine away the January blues. When three women agree they have had enough of their …
Review: Looking Good Dead, Theatre Royal Glasgow
⭐️⭐️ After a further period of darkness, Scotland’s theatres finally reopened to audiences this week. Christening the Theatre Royal’s stage is a twisted thriller that can’t be taken seriously enough to land the necessary sucker-punch. …