Braw Theatre editor Fraser MacDonald outlines his top picks of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe The Edinburgh Festival is nearly upon us – and that means the Fringe is about to kick off too! With …
Musical
Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Leave all preconceptions of previous existences of this show at the door. This production of the musical inspired by the Book of Genesis is a hit of Biblical proportions that elevates the show to …
Review: Six the Musical, Theatre Royal Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ By regal appointment, Glasgow’s Theatre Royal plays host to six of the most famous Queens in her-story for a majestic week of riotous rock that cannot be missed. Opening the history books to explore …
West End performers set to bring the Pitlochry hills alive with the sound of musicals
West End musical performers including Keith Jack, Blythe Jandoo and Kit Orton, are set to bring the Pitlochry hills alive with the sounds of some of the greatest ever musicals when they perform at Pitlochry Festival Theatre in …
Review: The Lion King, Edinburgh Playhouse
It might be decades after its original showing on Broadway but The Lion King opening is legendary – and this particular tour elevates it to regal heights.
Review: Waitress, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This joyful recipe of sugar, butter and flour is combined with a perfectly baked score and a cast that raises the roof without the need for any baking powder. When waitress Jenna (Chelsea Halfpenny) …
Review: Hairspray, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The feel-good sensation that is Hairspray has returned to Glasgow on its UK Tour, brining that unstoppable beat with it. When Tracey Turnblad – a big girl with an even bigger heart – finally …
Review: Lena, Beacon Arts Centre
⭐️⭐️⭐️ One of Rothesay’s most famous exports brought joy to millions every week – but exploring behind the curtain, Lena is a tragic tale of the price of her incredible fame. Lena Zavaroni burst onto …
Review: Six The Musical, Festival Theatre Edinburgh
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ History is written by the victors – but for one night only it’s Herstory at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre as Six returns to Auld Reekie. Most of us knew them before only as Divorced, Beheaded, …
Review: School of Rock the Musical, Theatre Royal Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We could all do with a pick me up in these troubling times. School of Rock the Musical matches the laughs of the hit movie with the incredible talent of a teen ensemble that …