⭐️⭐️⭐️ Staging the story of a global music icon – especially one with such a towering back catalogue – is no easy feat. Cher is a pop icon undoubtedly more than the sum of her …
Scotland
Review: James IV Queen of the Fight, Festival Theatre Edinburgh
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The public has been saturated with wall-to-wall Royal reporting since the death of Elizabeth II so an evening of theatre derived from regal history might not be an easy sell. However, Rona Munro’s latest …
Review: Don Quixote: The Man of Clackmannshire, Dundee Rep
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Throw out any preconceived ideas about Don Quixote for this Dundee Rep production, in conjunction with Perth Theatre, breaks the mould in many ways in an entertaining retelling of a centuries-old classic. The premise …
Review: Bold Girls, Cumbernauld Theatre at Lanternhouse
⭐️⭐️⭐️ More than three decades after its premiere, Rona Munro’s Bold Girls returns to its roots at Cumbernauld Theatre. Following Marie, her best pal Cassie and Cassie’s mum Nora, Bold Girls tells of how these …
Review: Beautiful, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ She penned some of the most iconic songs of the 60s and 70s – but her personal rise to stardom was far from a fairytale. In this revival of Douglas McGrath’s Beautiful, the story …
Review: Girl from the North Country, Theatre Royal Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Under the cloud of the impending Depression in 1930s America, Girl from the North Country opens the doors on a dysfunctional B&B and its larger-than-life inhabitants. As a lifetime of financial woes catch up …
Review: Beautiful, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ She penned some of the most iconic songs of the 60s and 70s – but her personal rise to stardom was far from a fairytale. In this revival of XX’s Beautiful, the story of …
Review: Rock of Ages, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️ You would be forgiven, when flicking through the programme before the curtain rises, for looking forward to Rock of Ages as it hits the King’s Theatre this week. The show has a killer set …
Review: Rob Madge: My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?), Edinburgh Fringe, Underbelly
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The theatre is a place where performers become anyone they want to be. But My Son’s A Queer shows the most moving pieces of theatre take place the person on stage is exactly themselves. …
Review: Luke Kempner: Macho Macho Man, Edinburgh Fringe, Pleasance Courtyard
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Macho Macho Man follows Luke Kempner’s personal journey from musical theatre star (he appeared in Les Mis, don’t you know…) to father. It’s 2022 and the typical male role model is due a revamp …