Scotland Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 47

BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS , Edinburgh Playhouse
by Ceri Boyd - December 12, 2018

Its 3 year London run is almost at an end but Kinky Boots is currently strutting its way across Britain on its first ever UK tour. Based on the 2005 film, it tells of a struggling Northampton shoe factory and the lengths its owner, Charlie Price, will go to keep it open....

BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 08, 2018

Ebenezer Scrooge is a notoriously bitter old man who is determined not to let Christmas interfere with his miserly routine. A feared figure throughout the streets of London he is unmoved by any pleas for charity. But one Christmas Eve, Scrooge receives some unexpected supernatural visitors who are d...

BWW Review: THE JOHN WILSON ORCHESTRA: AT THE MOVIES, Brighton Dome
by Fiona Scott - December 09, 2018

The dazzling orchestra are travelling around the UK with their new At the Movies concert tour, packed full of classic film scores....

BWW Review: THE BODYGUARD, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 06, 2018

Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge - what they don't expect is to fall in love....

BWW Review: MAMMY GOOSE, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 01, 2018

Mammy Goose always thought she was going to be somebody, though life hasn't quite worked out like that. Her dreams of glittering Holyrood parties hob-knobbing with the Scottish elite like The Krankies and Sean Batty have gone down the pan. The frying pan. Her life is less Debbie McGhee more McGhee...

BWW Review: MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, Edinburgh Playhouse
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 22, 2018

Motown the Musical tells the thrilling tale of the man who broke barriers, fought against the odds to create something more than a record label. Discover the story behind Motown, the personal relationships, the professional struggles, and - of course - the music that made history, defined the sound ...

BWW Review: THE DOLLS: DRAGGED UP, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 20, 2018

Just when you thought it was safe to pack away the night time TENA Lady's, THEY'RE BACK! The tan has barely faded from Agnes and Sadie's thick skin and they're in trouble again, lip synching for their mother-tucking lives!...

BWW Review: NATIVITY! THE MUSICAL, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 08, 2018

Every child in every school has one Christmas wish, to star in a Nativity, and at St Bernadette's School, they're attempting to mount a musical version! Only trouble is teacher Mr Maddens has promised that a Hollywood producer is coming to see the show to turn it into a film. Join him, his teaching ...

BWW Review: THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 07, 2018

Following the phenomenal sell-out success of their multi-award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre return with their latest smash hit, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery. A priceless diamond has been entrusted to the city bank, an institution so corrupt that even the security guards a...

BWW Review: THE LAST WITCH, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 01, 2018

A rich, poetic tale full of ambiguity and suspense, The Last Witch reimagines the true story of the alleged Witch of Dornoch. Could Janet Horne really cure beasts, summon the wind and charm fish out of the sea? Or was she simply able to make others think she could? Did she actually practise witchcra...

BWW Review: A SUPER HAPPY STORY (ABOUT FEELING SUPER SAD), Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 26, 2018

Written by Olivier award winner Jon Brittain (Rotterdam & Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho) with music by Matthew Floyd Jones (Frisky and Mannish) prepare for a hilarious cabaret musical about depression that explains how it's OK to not be OK....

BWW Review: PADDY'S MARKET, The Shed, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 20, 2018

Paddy's: A New Music for an Old Market. The iconic Glasgow flea market is brought back to life in this new re - telling of life in Glasgow's most famous Lane. All of the banter, all of the bargains...

BWW Review: BALLYTURK, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 06, 2018

Ballyturk is Enda Walsh's moving meditation on the brevity of our existence - a mundane village with echoes of Dylan Thomas's Llareggub in Under Milk Wood, viewed through a Truman Show style filter of confined artificiality. Explosions both literal and imagined, music and exhilarating physical c...

BWW Review: STILL ALICE, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 26, 2018

Alice Howland is stubborn, clever and driven - a professional at the top of her game. But, diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at the age of 50, she is compelled to confront her new reality and draw on her resilience to remain independent for as long as possible....

BWW Review: BASTIAN BAKER, SSE Hydro, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 23, 2018

Switzerland native Bastian Baker has managed to secure himself quite the gig- a worldwide tour with Canadian superstar Shania Twain....

BWW Review: CYRANO DE BERGERAC, Tramway, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 07, 2018

The hugely romantic Cyrano de Bergerac is given a Caledonian heart in a new production of Edwin Morgan's Scots translation that's brimming with Glaswegian patter. This production receives the classic Dominic Hill treatment (The Rivals, The Libertine), with stunning costumes from Scots fashion design...

EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: JERICHO, Underbelly Cowgate
by Amy Hanson - August 28, 2018

In Jericho, an Irish online journalist struggles to focus on her assigned article on professional wrestling.  As she disappears down a digital rabbithole of research and procrastination, the show branches off into an examination of social media, fake news, and debate in the digital age....

EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: HENCHMEN, Sweet Grassmarket
by Amy Hanson - August 28, 2018

It's Mike and Billy's first day on their new job - working as henchmen to supervillain Rapture.   Flying in the face of all henchmen tropes, Mike manages to accidentally kill caped do-gooder Captain Hero, and finds himself inducted into the ranks of the supervillains.  Meanwhile, his old boss Raptur...

EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: THE TRAIL TO OREGON!, The Space On North Bridge
by Amy Hanson - August 28, 2018

The Oregon Trail is a famous, or perhaps notorious, computer game from the 1970s, originally intended as a piece of educational software to teach US school pupils about 19th century western migration.  The fiendish video game was reimagined as a comedy musical in 2014 by Team Starkid, and Gone Rogue...

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: LIKE A STURGEON, Underbelly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 26, 2018

Tackling Theresa May, Melania Trump, and Nicola Sturgeon, plus more of the world's leading ladies, lip-sync sensation Ripley pushes the boundaries of drag, pop and politics....

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: JONNY WOO'S ALL STAR BREXIT CABARET, Assembly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 26, 2018

Drag Superstar, Jonny Woo and Olivier Award-winning composer, Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer The Opera) bring you this sequin-spangled musical ripped straight from the headlines. With a star-studded cast of top Fringe talent, including Jayde Adams as Boris Johnson, this glittering musical satire pac...

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: REALLY WANT TO HURT ME, Assembly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 26, 2018

A funny, painfully honest new play about growing up gay in the 80s. School bullies. Heartache. Dancing to Eurythmics and The Smiths on your Walkman to stay alive....

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: FAULTY TOWERS THE DINING EXPERIENCE, The Principal
by Fraser MacDonald - August 25, 2018

Set around a wonderful three course meal, the experience intertwines some of the best of John Cleese and Connie Booth's scripts with innumerable disasters that are carefully orchestrated to keep their audience laughing from start to finish....

BWW Interview: Sven Ratzke Talks HOMME FATALE at Assembly Hall, Edinburgh
by Callum Stott - August 22, 2018

Sven Ratze returns to Edinburgh with his new work Homme Fatale after huge success with his show Starman, which has gone on to tour around the world. Sven chats to BroadwayWorld about the legendary homme fatales who influenced him, including Lou Reed, David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Joy Division....

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: BRIEFS: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, Assembly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 23, 2018

Briefs are back with a brand-new show. They've come from the future to test the limits of masculinity and decency with their iconic brand of circus, drag, burlesque and comedy. Expect interstellar aerials, incredible artistry, sharp social commentary and warp-speed strippers from outer space. Prepar...