Scotland Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 65

BWW Reviews: PARK, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, January 28 2015
by Natalie O'Donoghue - January 29, 2015

Park is an urban oasis, a place of refuge from ordinary life where eight characters play, fight, fall in love and learn to survive. In this playground of relationships, young lovers wrestle in a historic fountain, a graffiti artist sprays his story, a busker finds his only appreciative audience in a...

BWW Reviews: THE SOUND OF MUSICALS, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, December 30 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 31, 2014

A new programme of show-stopping music and songs from the greatest Broadway musicals, performed by an all-star West End cast....

BWW Reviews: CINDERELLA, Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, December 18 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 18, 2014

With unique special effects and a strong twist of local humour, the traditional rags-to-riches fairy-tale will be brought magically to life on the Clyde Auditorium stage....

BWW Reviews: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, December 16 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 17, 2014

This brand new production of Saturday Night Fever, one of the most loved dance stories of all time, is packed with legendary hits from the Bee Gees including the classics Stayin' Alive, Night Fever, Jive Talking, You Should Be Dancing and How Deep is Your Love?...

BWW Reviews: PETER PAN, King's Theatre, Glasgow, December 11 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 12, 2014

On board this maiden voyage is star of Gary Tank Commander and Fresh Meat Greg McHugh in the role of Smee, Capital FM presenter Des Clarke makes a hearty return as Starkey, River City favourite Scott Fletcher reaches new heights as Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up and King's newcomer Joanne McGu...

BWW Reviews: MIRACLE ON 34 PARNIE STREET, Tron Theatre, Glasgow, December 3 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 04, 2014

Christmas mayhem is afoot in everyone's favourite department store - T J Confuse - because Santa's shown up and he's a little bit different-- he's a SHE! Not only that but she's claiming to be the real bona fide Santa Claus; and that she's here to bring the true meaning of Christmas back to the pant...

BWW Reviews: TOP HAT, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, December 2 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 03, 2014

Winner of three Olivier awards for Best New Musical, Best Choreography, Best Costumes and the Evening Standard Award for Best Night Out, this spectacular West End production is now touring the UK, wowing audiences and sweeping the board with 5 star reviews. Top Hat brings the glamour of Hollywood's ...

BWW Reviews: WEST END WOMEN, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, December 1 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 02, 2014

West End leading ladies Kerry Ellis (Wicked/We Will Rock You), Joanna Ampil (Miss Saigon/Cats) and Ria Jones (Les Miserables/Evita) join forces to celebrate their critically acclaimed careers....

BWW Reviews: JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, November 24 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 25, 2014

The hit West End comedy is now on tour, starring James Lance (Teachers, The Book Group, I'm Alan Partridge) as charmingly incompetent aristocrat Bertie Wooster and John Gordon Sinclair (Gregory's Girl, The Producers, The Ladykillers - West End) as his unflappable and ever well-informed valet Jeeves....

BWW Reviews: BOND AND BEYOND, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, November 23 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 24, 2014

'Bond and Beyond' celebrates the world's most famous secret agent with a concert of iconic music and songs. The most memorable of movie music from over five decades will include: 'From Russia With Love', 'Goldfinger', 'Thunderball', 'Diamonds Are Forever', 'Live And Let Die', 'The Spy Who Loved Me',...

BWW Reviews: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, November 19 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 20, 2014

Matthew Bourne's magical dance production of Edward Scissorhands has carved a place in the hearts of thousands across the world since its premiere. Presenting its first major revival, Bourne takes a fresh new look at this modern fairytale, which will be revitalised for a whole new generation of dan...

BWW Reviews: BLOOD BROTHERS, King's Theatre, Glasgow, November 4 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 05, 2014

Blood Brothers has triumphed across the globe. Scooping up no less than four awards for best musical in London and seven Tony Award nominations on Broadway, Blood Brothers is simply unmissable and unbeatable. This epic tale of Liverpool life ran in London's West End for 24 years and has been touring...

BWW Reviews: SUNSET SONG, King's Theatre, Glasgow, October 21 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 23, 2014

Marking a hundred years since the start of the First World War, Sell a Door Theatre Company and the Beacon Arts Centre revive Alastair Cording's faithful adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's classic Sunset Song, recently voted Scotland's most popular novel of all time....

BWW Reviews: WHINGEING WOMEN, King's Theatre, Glasgow, October 9 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 10, 2014

Whingeing Women is a no-holds-barred expose of the modern British woman - with frank, funny, moving and risque commentaries on their trials, tribulations and taboos about life, love, death and even sex....

BWW Reviews: THE FULL MONTY, King's Theatre, Glasgow, September 23 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 24, 2014

In 1997, a British film about six out of work Sheffield steelworkers with nothing to lose, took the world by storm! Now, they're back and this time they really have to go The Full Monty…live on stage. Simon Beaufoy, the Oscar winning writer of the film, has gone all the way with this hilarious and h...

BWW Reviews: THE MOUSETRAP, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, September 15 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 16, 2014

The Mousetrap is famous around the world as being the longest running show of any kind in the history of theatre and now it's back by popular demand following a record breaking sell out week in 2012....

BWW Reviews: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, September 2 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 03, 2014

When Buffalo Bill's Wild West show comes to town, it only takes one glance for sharp-shooting country girl Annie Oakley to fall head over heels for its star marksman, Frank Butler. Both have truly met their match, revealing their competitive natures as they vie for best shot - and each other's heart...

BWW Reviews: DIRTY DANCING, King's Theatre, Glasgow, August 28 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 29, 2014

Seen by millions across the globe this worldwide smash-hit tells the classic story of Baby and Johnny, two fiercely independent young spirits from different worlds, who come together in what will be the most challenging and triumphant summer of their lives....

BWW Reviews: APRIL IN PARIS, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, August 26 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 27, 2014

Al and Bet's relationship is on the rocks. He has recently lost his job, she works in a shoe shop and can only dream of a better life, but things are about to change......

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: THE VILLAINS, THE VOTE AND THE BLACK, BLACK OIL, Sweet Grassmarket, August 23rd 2014
by Amy Hanson - August 24, 2014

A tribute and a continuation of the famous Scottish classic The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, this new work from Caught Red-Handed is a fun and engaging trip through recent Scottish history....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: MENTAL, Pleasance Popup, August 23 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 24, 2014

The Metropolitan Police call him a 'domestic extremist'. The NHS described him as 'highly disturbed' and labelled him with Borderline Personality Disorder. 'A real and present threat to our business' is how E.ON described him in the court. He prefers the term Mental....

EDINBURGH 2014: BWW Reviews: SILK ROAD, Assembly George Square, August 23 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 23, 2014

'Buying drugs on the internet is simple, anyone can do it'. Meet Bruce, 19, unemployed and living with his nan. When Bruce discovers how easy it is to buy narcotics on the internet, his life and his nan's eBay account change forever....

EDINBURGH 2014- BWW Reviews: THE VELMA CELLI SHOW, Assembly Checkpoint, August 22 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 23, 2014

Direct from London's Hippodrome Casino, cabaret star Velma Celli presents an evening of all things fabulous and diva. Velma and her Musical Director Joe Louis Robinson bring you an eclectic mix of live music, hilarious parodies and more leg than a bucket of chicken....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: EAST END CABARET: SEXUAL TENSION, Underbelly, August 17 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 17, 2014

Bernadette and Victy are not dating. Not technically dating. But they do share a bed- and the cult musical comedy duo are ready to rip the sheets off and reveal their most bizarre, hilarious secrets ever. With an arsenal of cleverly naughty songs and the sharpest wit around, the deviant diva and hal...

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, Paradise in Augustines, August 17th 2014
by Amy Hanson - August 17, 2014

A fresh and funny take on the show within a show concept, The Drowsy Chaperone is a delightful treat for anyone with a fondness for showtunes. A love letter to the musical theatre form, it is full of immediately likeable tunes and marvellous jokes that draw on both a pitch-perfect parody of old time...