Scotland Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 39

BWW Review: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 07, 2019

Fresh from their trip to Old Peking, Elaine C Smith and Johnny Mac will be back, swapping their magic carpet for Dame Trot's farm to follow Jack and his family and climb a beanstalk of gigantic proportions to Cloudland in another unmissable family show....

BWW Review: GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 05, 2019

Packed full of hilarious comedy routines, laughter, dazzling special effects and hair-rising displays, Goldilocks and the Three Bears will blend the worlds of circus and pantomime featuring magic, music, mayhem and plenty of porridge....

BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 01, 2019

In one ghostly, Christmas night, miserly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge receives a series of unexpected supernatural visitors who are determined to show him the error of his ways. Scrooge learns to pity himself and to love his neighbour a?" but is that enough?...

BWW Review: CINDERFELLA, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 30, 2019

Well, that's the life Cinderella leads. It's a pure nightmare - and her family? Well, they make the Kardashians look positively normal. She's got two idiotic step-brothers - Harry and Larry - who are incapable of doing anything for themselves; a Stepmother so wicked she makes Ann Widdecombe look wa...

BWW Review: HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 28, 2019

The Grinch discovers there's more to Christmas than he bargained for in this heart-warming and hilarious musical, based on Dr. Seuss' hugely popular best-selling books made famous by the film adaptions....

BWW Review: ROD STEWART, SSE Hydro, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 27, 2019

In a career spanning more than five decades, Rod Stewart has amassed sales of more than 150 million albums worldwide and has countless chart-topping hits and industry accolades a?" including two inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....

BWW Review: FRANKENSTEIN, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 26, 2019

Rona Munro's brilliant new adaptation of Mary Shelley's Gothic masterpiece places the writer herself amongst the action as she wrestles with her creation and with the stark realities facing revolutionary young women, then and now....

BWW Review: RAPUNZEL, Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 23, 2019

Poor Rapunzel's been locked up in a tower her entire life. She's got no telly, no wifi and no dry shampoo! But she has dreams - of walking barefoot around the mythical land they call Tullibody, of meeting her one true love and singing a love duet, and of getting her hair cut. That's right, she's n...

BWW Review: JACK WHITEHALL: STOOD UP, SSE Hydro, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 23, 2019

Following two complete sell out arena tours, Jack Whitehall Gets Around in 2014 and Jack Whitehall: At Large in 2017, which premiered on Netflix, JACK WHITEHALL: STOOD UP promises to be the most hilarious yet from one of comedy's most electric talents. A joy to watch on stage and a comedian who is f...

BWW Review: 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL, Edinburgh Playhouse
by Adam Robinson - November 13, 2019

When you think of country music icon Dolly Parton, passion, storytelling and female empowerment spring to mind. Her musical 9 to 5 ticks all those boxes. Following the plot of the 1980 film of the same name, Dolly Parton again teamed up with the film's writers Patricia Resnick and Colin Higgins to b...

BWW Review: SIX, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 06, 2019

From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII finally take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a 75-minute celebration of 21st century sisterly sass-itude. These Queens may have green sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious re...

BWW Review: FIBRES, Paisley Arts Centre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 23, 2019

Jack is proud of his work at the Clyde shipyards. His wife, Beanie, who is nursing him through asbestosis, thinks he's a fool. But the real test of their marriage comes when they discover that the dusty overalls Jack brought home to be washed by Beanie, poisoned her too. This isn't what she thought ...

BWW Review: THE DRIFT, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 12, 2019

An autobiographical, poetic spoken word show, The Drift sees writer and performer Hannah Lavery exploring her legacy of being a?oemixeda?? in Scotland left to her by her father and mother and their respective journeys. A beautiful story of love, loss and bereavement, as well as a searingly honest po...

BWW Review: 9 TO 5, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 10, 2019

With an Oscar, Grammy and Tony award-nominated score by the Queen of Country herself, Dolly Parton, and a book by the iconic movie's original screenwriter Patricia Resnick, this hilarious new production is about teaming up, standing up and taking care of business!...

BWW Review: WE WILL ROCK YOU, Edinburgh Playhouse
by Ceri Boyd - October 09, 2019

Originally opening in London in 2002, Ben Elton's We Will Rock You - a jukebox musical based around the songs of legendary rock group Queen - has had fans on their feet across the globe as it's toured Europe, North America and Australia, and now tours the UK....

BWW Review: ON YOUR FEET!, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 08, 2019

Direct from London, On Your Feet! is the inspiring true love story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan and charts their journey from its origins in Cuba, onto the streets of Miami and finally to international superstardom....

BWW Review: WHAT'S IN A NAME, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 03, 2019

Father-to-be Vincent and his partner Anna are invited to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and her husband, Peter. They are joined by childhood friend Carl for a mature and sophisticated gathering....

BWW Review: SCOTTISH BALLET'S THE CRUCIBLE, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 26, 2019

A teenage girl imagines her future. A marriage is tested. Church bells ring, uniting the community in prayer. These are good people; this could be anywhere. They fear the shadows in the forest, but the real monsters are much closer to home....

BWW Review: A TASTE OF HONEY, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 25, 2019

When her mother Helen runs off with a car salesman, feisty teenager Jo takes up with Jimmy, a sailor who promises to marry her, before he heads for the seas. Art student Geoff moves in and assumes the role of surrogate parent until, misguidedly, he sends for Helen and their unconventional setup unra...

BWW Review: MAMMA MIA!, Edinburgh Playhouse
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 21, 2019

Sophie's quest to discover the father she's never known brings her mother face to face with three men from her distant romantic past on the eve of a wedding they'll never forget....

BWW Review: HOW NOT TO DROWN, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 12, 2019

In 2002, in the turmoil after the end of the Kosovan War, Dritan is sent on the notoriously perilous journey across the Adriatic with a gang of people smugglers to a new life in Europe. He relies on his young wit and charm to make it to the UK. But the fight for survival continues as he clings to hi...

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: LIKE ANIMALS, Summerhall
by Emma Ainley-Walker - August 30, 2019

Like Animals, from real life couple Kim Donohoe and Pete Lannon, is an exploration into what it is to love. It is a charming two-handler, mixing stories from their own relationship with historic experiments with animals. In particular, our attempts to teach animals how to speak....

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: THE AFFLICTED, Summerhall
by Emma Ainley-Walker - August 30, 2019

The Afflicted, from new Scottish theatre collective Groupwork uses dance, physical theatre and multimedia to tell the story of the Hope River Girls. It is inspired by real-life events taking place in Le Roy, New York, when many girls at the same High School became suddenly afflicted with tics a?" tw...

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: KNOT, Assembly Roxy
by Emma Ainley-Walker - August 28, 2019

Knot explores intimacy in relationships, not just romantic, through showstopping and emotional acrobatics and dance....

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SCOTTEE: CLASS, Assembly Roxy
by Emma Ainley-Walker - August 28, 2019

In a city where rising accommodation prices and cost of living push both visiting artists and locals out of its festivals, Scottee's Class could not be more pertinent, and that is exactly why it needs to be presented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe....