Scotland Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 57

BWW Review: CHESS, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
by Gregor Dickson - April 01, 2017

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's latest ambitious venture is a visually stunning production of Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Tim Rice's hit 1980s pop musical....

BWW Review: GHOST, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 28, 2017

Taking its inspiration from the classic movie, this innovative reimagining will feature an expanded book, new music and original staging....

BWW Review: RUDDYGORE, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
by Gregor Dickson - March 23, 2017

The Edinburgh Gilbert & Sullivan Society's latest venture combines sparkling performances, modern references and excellent sound design in one of G&S's less well known comic operas....

BWW Review: LOVE OR MONEY, CCA, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 21, 2017

Part of the Glasgow Live International Comedy Festival, Love or Money is a double bill of two one-act two-hander plays by Karen Barclay and Tom Brogan....

BWW Review: GOD OF CARNAGE, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 11, 2017

When two young boys get into an altercation at a public park, their parents meet to discuss the event in a calm and rational manner…But as the evening progresses (and the rum is drunk), diplomatic civility makes way for all out conflict, leaving liberal principles, expensive flowers and half-digeste...

BWW Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 07, 2017

Fawlty Towers meets Noises Off in this multi award-winning West End smash hit comedy. The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong… does! As the accident prone thesps battle on against all the odds to reach thei...

BWW Review: THE RED CHAIR, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 04, 2017

The Red Chair sees acclaimed Scottish performer Sarah Cameron steer us through a landscape of twisted reason, extreme compulsion and eye watering complacency, where domestic drudgery happens on an operatic scale and a father's dereliction of duty reaches epic proportions....

BWW Review: ALLAN STEWART'S BIG BIG VARIETY SHOW, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
by Gregor Dickson - March 02, 2017

Allan Stewart's latest variety show is a cornucopia of comedy, music and impressions, which once again cements his status as one of Britain's leading entertainers....

BWW Review: NOWHERE, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - February 26, 2017

In the fading memory of his Arches roots, Andy Arnold and his troupe will take guests on an absurd journey down corridors and up stairwells and into backstage passages to meet strange characters reciting even stranger stories....

BWW Review: TITANIC, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
by Gregor Dickson - February 22, 2017

Edinburgh's Southern Light Opera Company rises to the challenge of staging Maury Yeston's award-winning musical, in an ambitious production with a cast of 90 and orchestra of 27....

BWW Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
by Gregor Dickson - February 21, 2017

The 2012 National Theatre adaptation of Mark Haddon's best-selling novel embarks on its second UK tour, and is compelling, thought-provoking and exceptionally well-performed....

BWW Review: RENT, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - February 15, 2017

Inspired by Puccini's classic opera La boheme, RENT features unforgettable music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson including the much-loved songs Seasons of Love, Take Me or Leave Me and La Vie Boheme. Winner of four Tony® Awards, six Drama Desk Awards and the hugely prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Dram...

BWW Review: THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - February 07, 2017

Winner of six Tony Awards, including best musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie is the delightful smash hit comedy set in New York in 1922, and based on the award-winning film....

BWW Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 16, 2016

A handsome prince is cursed by an evil fairy to live as a hideous beast. The only way to lift the curse is for him to find true love - but who could love a beast? Will our Beauty see beyond appearances and fall in love with the Beast to overcome the ter-rible curse?...

BWW Review: THE COMMITMENTS, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 13, 2016

The Commitments is a fantastically feel good celebration of soul. Direct from a phenomenally successful, record breaking two year run in London's West End, The Commitments is based on the BAFTA award-winning film classic....

BWW Review: CINDERELLA, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 09, 2016

This Christmas we welcome back the magic of the Fairy Godmother, the sparkle of a pair of glass slippers and of course the beautiful (oh no they're not!) Ugly Sisters as Cinderella, the Godmother of all pantos, makes a welcome return to the King's Theatre....

BWW Review: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
by Gregor Dickson - December 03, 2016

The annual spectacular pantomime at the King's Theatre in Edinburgh has built a reputation for being one of the best in the country, and this year's production of Jack and the Beanstalk does not disappoint. From start to finish, it is a feast of laughter, music, colour and fun, and is sure to deligh...

BWW Review: MAMMA MIA! - THE MUSICAL, Edinburgh Playhouse, 30 November 2016
by Adam Robinson - December 02, 2016

Ripped torsos, fake tan, a man in a dress, gay anthems and flippers…No Priscilla Queen of the Desert has not drove its bus back to Edinburgh, Mamma Mia! has strutted its way to the capital. The Playhouse has transported itself from Australia to Greece, via Sweden for this year's festive residency....

BWW Review: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 21 November 2016
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 22, 2016

Despite protests of his innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murder of his wife and her lover. Incarcerated at the notorious Shawshank facility, he quickly learns that no one can survive alone. Andy strikes up an unlikely friendship with the prison fixer Red, and ...

BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 15 November 2016
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 16, 2016

Seymour Krelborn, the assistant at Mushnik's Flower Shop in downtrodden Skid Row, becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers a strange and exotic plant. He names it Audrey Two in order to impress glamorous Audrey, the colleague he's secretly in love with....

BWW Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, King's Theatre, Glasgow, 14 November 2016
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 15, 2016

On December 4, 1956, these four star musicians gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions ever....

BWW Review: THE BROONS, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 7 November 2016
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 08, 2016

Award-winning Scottish playwright Rob Drummond brings the infamous characters Granpaw, Paw and Maw Broon, Hen and Joe, Daphne, Maggie, Horace, the twins and the bairn to life for a Scottish audience in a production filled with laughs, love and comic-strip visuals, all set to a Scottish soundtrack....

BWW Review: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, King's Theatre, Glasgow, 19 October 2016
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 20, 2016

Can the loveable but whacky inventor, Potts, along with his two children and the gorgeous Truly Scrumptious outwit the bombastic Baron Bomburst who has decreed that all children be banished from his kingdom? What happens when the children are caught and imprisoned with the other youngsters by the ev...

BWW Review: SUNNY AFTERNOON, King's Theatre, Glasgow, 11 October 2016
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 12, 2016

Winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, Sunny Afternoon is an irresistible musical with slick theatricality and ingenious storytelling at its heart. It tells the captivating tale of how one of Britain's greatest bands, The Kinks, rose to stardom....

BWW Review: SISTER ACT, King's Theatre, Glasgow, 3 October 2016
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 04, 2016

Directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, Sister Act is the feel-amazing musical comedy based on the smash hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith....