Musicals

Edinburgh Musicals

Premiered in New York in 1945, 'Carousel' was a phenomenal hit running for almost 900 performances. Time…
Hairspray lifts and holds a crowded Playhouse audience in a full-bodied production that is full of bounce.
Flashdance was the unexpected movie hit of the early 1980’s. With a Grammy-winning soundtrack and at least…
Night Fever does not generate a lot of warmth amongst the first night audience.
Banish any budget blues with a visit to Edinburgh Playhouse this week.
All good things come to he who waits and Keith Jack, having previously toured the country as the Narrator,…
The storyline in Clarke Peters’s hit is one of the most slender in comedy musical history: Nomax has the…
Riotous Road Show comes to an unscheduled halt.
It’s as ‘corny as Kansas in August’, but this production of 42nd Street is to quote a line from the show ‘…
It’s eyes down and look in as two of Scotland’s renowned theatre companies, Grid Iron and Stellar Quines,…
They came to see Michael Ball, they got Mack Sennet. Best known for his singing, Michael Ball’s…
This was a preview of four amateur musical productions about to hit the Kings Theatre: Bohemians Lyric Opera…
Panto comes but once a year. Oh no it doesn’t!
Even if you have never seen Cole Porter’s madcap musical, you are sure to know many of the songs:  the…
Modern Studies in the raw—four young actors produce the views of participants in the 2011 London riots…
In 1975 Monty Python released their second feature film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, based on Arthurian…
Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox is full of fun with a simple, cheery message for children that adults would do…
There seems to be a dearth of originality by lyricists and composers these days when it comes to creating…
This sensationally slick piece of theatre is a fitting tribute to the work of the late Michael Jackson.
While ‘Little Orphan Annie’ was created by Harold Walker in the form of a comic strip that had a long run in…