Lizard Boy continues at Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, Edinburgh until 28 August 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ A dragon attack some 20 years ago in a school playground has left Trevor with green scaly skin and a fear of the cruel and judgemental outside world. He only ventures out on the one […]
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LAND – A New Scottish Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
LAND – A New Scottish Musical continues at Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, Edinburgh until 28 August 2022. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Kick the Door Theatre Company brings together a talented and passionate group of Scottish theatre-makers. Recently, their production of Thread showcased the potential in a full-length production. In this […]
RuneSical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
RuneSical continues at the Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, Edinburgh until 28 (not 18) August 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is an absolute hoot! Well-paced, genuinely laugh out loud funny, this original show could easily become a summer panto or a feature at music festivals with its neat, episodic structure. […]
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Musical Theatre Preview – Ten To See!
Edinburgh Editor Fee Orr writes… Oh, it’s so good to be ‘back to normal’ – in fact, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is hosting more pieces of musical theatre in this single year than I can ever recall before! Here at Musical Theatre Review, we will once again set our team the challenge of finding the […]
Limbo: The Twelve – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
Limbo: The Twelve at Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose – Other Yin, Edinburgh. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is the second piece this year commissioned by Northwestern University American Music Theatre Project and the Royal Conservatoire, bringing back together the USA writing team Casey Kendall and Jonathan Bauerfeld with director Tisch School alum […]
Scream Phone – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
Scream Phone continues at Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose – Doonstairs, Edinburgh until 26 August 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Swipe Right have developed their style and their skill from the 2 Become 1 show of 2017. This pastiche based on ‘Dream Phone’ (a ‘secret admirer’ board game) combined with the […]
Got A Text – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
Got A Text: A Musical Parody continues at Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, Edinburgh until 26 August 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ This is a fun staging of the worst and best bits of a reality TV show in the sun. The performers work hard and there is an unexpected arrival, […]
Henry Box Brown – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
Henry Box Brown continues at Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, Edinburgh until 27 August 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This musical blends original Broadway sounds with spirituals and close harmony. It brings to life the true story of a young slave, from his birth in Virginia 1816 to his escape at age […]
