Musical

A fresh and contemporary musical from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, The Last Five Years is the story of the rise and fall of a young couple’s relations

Back to the drawing board for another Scottish/Spanish collaboration.

Tempo deserve earthly rewards for producing musical heaven in this five star show. From the inception with some audience participation, the cast have us in the palm of their collective hands.

This Pollyanna will definitely leave you feeling glad all over. It may be the central theme of the novel of the same name by Eleanor H. Porter, but this production excels at everything it does.

David Grieg's stripped-down, comedy musical, which is being reprised  with the original cast after its run at "The Citz" last year, is a high octane drama from beginning to end.

The story of Edinburgh’s notorious Deacon Brodie has been picked, plucked, gathered and cropped by a variety of writers and producers over the years, usually based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In this in it is the historical account of William Brodie that is presented by Carpe Diem Productions.

This show, from Retford based professional touring theatre company TaleGate Theatre, is as ambitious as it is vibrant and energetic. They have adapted Lewis Carroll’s classic tale about

Forget the old saying, this is one plague you should make a point of catching!

The Ring of Stones was written by Brierley/Robinson members of t-CHI productions and tells the story of the Village of Eyam and how it was quarantined by the villagers themselves to avoid spreading the Bubonic Plague to other parts of Derbyshire.

Greeted by space hostesses in amazing uniforms followed by space drill for passengers embarking on SS Albatross, you get the feeling that you are going to enjoy the journey!

There was a depressingly low audience for 'Circle Line Blues'. Maybe it's too early in the day, but this was a 'Fringe first' for me.

Aspiring west end stars enhance their reputations in this tribute to Les Miserables and other Musicals. Despite the name the company are from down south and not from across the Forth.

Explosive, stunning, riveting just three words that sum up the ‘The Prodigals.

The stage front is decorated with sheet music stands, as if expecting a troupe of musicians to take up their positions.

‘Leader of the Pack’ is a back catalogue show based mainly on the music and lyrics of Ellie Greenwich and her husband Jeff Barry with additional material from Phil Spector and others.

This is New York based The TEAM's (the acronym stands for "Theatre of Emerging American Moment") fourth visit to the Fringe, but it's the first time that I have seen them perform.

With the pedigree of a book by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall and music from Tony Hatch, Norfolk Youth Theatre maintain their reputation on the fringe with this production of  ‘The Car

The secret is well and truly out - ‘Shh the Musical’ played to a full house on its 3rd night of an all too short run at the Fringe.

David Morgan took the stage at Just the Tonic at the Tron, wearing skinny jeans, a Mickey Mouse t-shirt and thick-rimmed black glasses. Energy and a clear love of what he is doing exuded from Morgan, it just felt a bit sad that he wasn’t as attention grabbing as I hoped he would be.

‘Spring Awakening’ is all that is promised in the programme notes and more.

Waiting in a queue for a show is part of the Fringe experience, but being told that the running time is to be 2 hours after a 45 minute wait does not fill your heart with joy, especially with a hungry child as companion. However, it was a pleasant evening and CSoco staff came out regularly to make appeasing noises and one of the Company handed out programmes so before we knew it we were in the plush red seats of the part of CSoco that has the trappings of a traditional theatre, stage and all.