Scotland Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 26

Review: Eagle Rock Theatre Company's UNSEEN SHEPARD at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
by Ani Arutyunyan - November 12, 2022

What did our critic think of UNSEEN SHEPARD at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022?...

Review: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (SORT OF), King's Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 08, 2022

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story. Men, money and microphones will be fought over in this irreverent but affectionate adaptation, where the stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to romance....

Review: THE PROGNOSTICATIONS OF MIKEY NOYCE, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 07, 2022

A big-hearted new comedy about a man who has constant predictions and is now attempting to stop Britain’s bleak future from happening....

Review: THE TIME MACHINE, Tron Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 29, 2022

In a secret bunker, a group of feminists are taking matters into their own hands as they contemplate impending doom and ask if it is all too late to turns things around. Meanwhile, a traveler lands in the year 802,701 to discover the fate of future humans and tries to unravel how it all came down to...

Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, Edinburgh Playhouse
by Fiona Scott - October 26, 2022

Way, way back, what back feels like, many centuries ago, an all-singing, all-dancing revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed by Laurence Connor, opened at the London Palladium in the summer of 2019....

Review: CROCODILE ROCK, Traverse Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 26, 2022

It’s 1997, it’s Millport and Steven McPhail is bored. He’s 17 and it’s now time to work out what to do with the rest of his life. The problem is, there’s only so many options when you find yourself stuck on a Scottish island....

Review: SHIRLEY VALENTINE, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 23, 2022

Shirley Valentine is a celebration of women, freedom and what it means to find yourself again. We meet Shirley, a bored, middle-aged wife and mother, when she’s contemplating what has happened to her youth, feeling stagnant and in a rut. Her children are all grown up and she frequently talks to the ...

Review: ENOUGH OF HIM, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 22, 2022

Based on a true story, Enough of Him explores the life of Joseph Knight, an African man enslaved by plantation owner Sir John Wedderburn and brought to Scotland to serve in his Perthshire mansion....

Review: SISTER RADIO, Tron Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 22, 2022

Sisters Fatemeh and Shirin have been living together, in the same flat in Edinburgh, for forty three years. In this flat they cook, they read their coffee grains, they think about the fading memories of their childhood in Tehran and they listen to the radio. Although they live side by side, they nev...

Review: THE GOLDEN RAGE, Oran Mor, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 17, 2022

Gossip columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons had a readership of 75 million during the Golden Age of Hollywood. They wielded power over the careers of Grace Kelly, Orson Welles, and Charlie Chaplin. Though they could create stars, they were never afraid to break them…...

Review: LA PERFORMANCE, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 15, 2022

Two actors, Her (Emmanuelle Laborit) and Him (Ramesh Meyyappan) rehearse backstage for a performance. When the curtain goes up, a clown and the woman the clown adores perform the rehearsed routines. But things go wrong. They argue. Who is it arguing though? Her and Him or their characters?...

Review: DREAMGIRLS, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Fiona Scott - October 12, 2022

What did our critic think of DREAMGIRLS at King's Theatre, Glasgow?...

Review: THE CHER SHOW, Festival Theatre Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 12, 2022

Music icon turned Hollywood royalty, the Grammy®, Oscar®, Emmy® and Golden Globe® award-winning Queen of re-invention has conquered it all. It’s now time to turn back time with this fiercely fabulous kick-ass new musical, from the writer of Jersey Boys....

Review: 549: SCOTS OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, Tron Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 09, 2022

In a small pub in Prestonpans, East Lothian, four millennials are told a story. The true story of four local miners who, 86 years ago, travelled from the streets of Prestonpans to the valleys of Spain. They gave up everything that was familiar: for a land that was not; for a people they had never me...

Review: SOUTH PACIFIC, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 06, 2022

Julian Ovenden and Gina Beck reprise their roles from the Chichester Festival Theatre production, and lead a sensational cast of over thirty including Rob Houchen, Joanna Ampil and Sera Maehara. Featuring a full orchestra, this ravishing musical is set to be the must-see theatrical event of the year...

Review: THE CHER SHOW, The Kings Theatre Glasgow
by Adam Robinson - September 28, 2022

When a musical has to provide a pre-show warning of flashing lights, loud music and strobing effects, you know that’s a recipe for a wonderful night out for those who are strong enough. What would you expect from a musical based on a legendary global artist who does not have the term “subtle” in he...

Review: EXODUS, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 16, 2022

Bold, satirical and uncomfortably funny, Exodus explores systematic deception and the indifference to human suffering. In her bid to become the country’s leader, Home Secretary Asiya Rao prepares to make a major policy announcement that will establish her as the front-runner of the political race....

Review: BEAUTIFUL, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 15, 2022

eautiful tells the inspiring true story of King's remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit song-writing team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular mu...

Review: THE BOOK OF MORMON, Edinburgh Playhouse
by Stefanie Lyons - September 15, 2022

It might be impossible not to have heard about the musical, The Book of Mormon. Unless you've been locked away from the world for the last couple of years. Oh. Well, pandemic aside, this show needs almost no introduction. ...

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 14, 2022

It’s 1934 in the heartland of America and we meet a group of wayward souls who cross paths in a time-weathered guesthouse. Standing at a turning point in their lives, they realize nothing is what it seems. But as they search for a future, and hide from the past, they find themselves facing unspoken ...

Review: BUGSY MALONE, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 07, 2022

Prohibition era, New York. A city full of mobsters, showgirls and dreamers. Rival gangster bosses Fat Sam and Dandy Dan are at loggerheads. The custard pies are flying and Dandy Dan’s gang has gotten the upper hand since obtaining the new-fangled “splurge” gun. Now, Fat Sam and his bumbling buffoons...

Review: SALLY, Oran Mor, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 07, 2022

Sally’s electric performance as Sally Bowles has turned a rural touring production of Cabaret into an unlikely hit. When it transfers to the West End and Broadway, Sally is given personal assistant Tyler to help manage her diary....

Edinburgh 2022: Review: STOP THE WORLD, WE'RE GETTING OFF, theSpace
by Fiona Scott - September 01, 2022

What did our critic think of STOP THE WORLD, WE'RE GETTING OFF at theSpace?...

Review: BURN, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 01, 2022

A co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland, New York City’s The Joyce Theater and Edinburgh International Festival, Burn is a new creation from the legendary Scottish actor and author Alan Cumming and the Olivier award-winning and internationally renowned choreographer Steven Hoggett (...

Edinburgh 2022: Review: MYTHOS: RAGNAROK, Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
by Mark Carnochan - August 31, 2022

Mythos: Ragnarok shows the true value of professional wrestling in telling a story, especially one of such magnitude....