Review: JUNE CARTER CASH : THE WOMAN, HER MUSIC AND ME, SummerhallAugust 6, 2024In this raw yet uplifting show, Charlene Boyd gets to grips with a life less ordinary. More than a simple biography of June’s life and music, this play with songs sees Charlene explore her own relationship with her musical heroine and their shared experience as performers and working mothers.
Review: SO YOUNG, Traverse TheatreAugust 6, 2024When Milo invites his two best friends Davie and Liane around for a takeaway to meet his new girlfriend, it promises to be a great night reconnecting.
Review: THE SOUND INSIDE, Traverse TheatreAugust 5, 2024An Ivy League creative writing professor is captivated by a brilliant, rebellious freshman student. Delicate, provocative, bursting with wit - so begins the story of two outsiders on the threshold of breaking an indelible taboo.
Review: THE OUTRUN, Church Hill TheatreAugust 4, 2024Olivier Award-winning playwright Stef Smith joins forces with Vicky Featherstone, former Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Scotland, to reimagine Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir. Edinburgh’s producing theatre The Lyceum returns to the International Festival to present this world premiere. A young woman finds herself washed up back home on the Scottish archipelago of Orkney. She has no idea how or if she can rebuild her life after a decade of addiction.
Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, King's TheatreJuly 30, 2024Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You, Into the Woods) directs this mesmerizing new production of the iconic global phenomenon, Jesus Christ Superstar. Originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, this reimagined production won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, garnering unprecedented reviews and accolades.
Review: The Knight of the Burning Pestle, RSCJuly 20, 2024The theatre’s always there for you. And if everything gets to be too much, you can take that literally. Such is the case with The London Merchant as it’s taken over by interlopers without shame or decorum. Suddenly, this simple tale of star-crossed lovers bursts its banks.
Review: THE SYNDICATE, Theatre RoyalJuly 3, 2024Based on her hit BBC TV series that entertained millions of viewers over four series, The Syndicate is the new stage hit comedy drama by the legendary Kay Mellor which is getting five star reviews and standing ovations from audiences around the country.