June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me continues at Summerhall – The Dissection Room until 24 August 2024, then touring until 22 September 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a powerhouse of a performance from Charlene Boyd.
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Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2022
A selection of Musical Theatre Review critics were asked to choose their ‘show of the year’ although, as you can see, some struggled to pick just one.
Musicals Mash Up: 23-30 October 2022
Welcome to Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. We hope you approve! News editor Angela Thomas reports.
CD Review: Orphans – National Theatre of Scotland
ORPHANS – National Theatre of Scotland (Download) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Orphans is a darkly comic musical about family grief and forgiveness, based on the much-loved cult film written and directed by Peter Mullan, and features songs with music and lyrics by Glaswegian composing team Roddy Hart and Tommy Reilly. […]
Orphans – King’s Theatre, Edinburgh and Touring
Orphans continues at the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh until 16 April 2022 and then tours to Eden Court, Inverness from 28-30 April. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Cora Bissett once again proves her excellence with her direction of this roller-coaster ride from the National Theatre of Scotland. Based on Peter Mullan’s award-winning […]
Edinburgh Fringe 2020 – The Fringe that never was
Fiona Orr writes… Normally, our August is the richest month for culture and the arts here in Edinburgh. As we all know, the cancellation was necessary and my heart sank on the day it was announced. Knowing the amount of work, energy, creativity and drive all primed to reach its peak to bring work to […]
My Left/Right Foot: The Musical – Theatre Royal, Brighton and Touring
My Left Foot/Right Foot continues at the Theatre Royal, Brighton as part of the Brighton Festival until 18 May 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ My Left Foot/Right Foot – The Musical (nominated for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018) is a joint production between Birds […]
Shortlist revealed for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018
As part of Edinburgh’s Festival Fringe, Musical Theatre Review will once again be making an award for the Best Musical. This is to recognise excellence in the challenging form of musical theatre and to highlight the best of the genre in the 2018 programme. This is an exceptional year for musical theatre with the themes […]
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Preview – Our Top Ten Musical Theatre Tips
With only a couple of days before the Edinburgh Festival Fringe begins, we’re keen to share the Top 10 shows we’re looking forward to seeing in 2018, writes Edinburgh Editor Fiona Orr. There will be, once again, a winner selected from the huge range of musical theatre pieces staged this year for Musical Theatre Review’s […]
The 306: Dawn – Dalcrue Farm, Perthshire
The 306: Dawn continues at the Dalcrue Farm, Perthshire until 11 June. Rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There are many productions claiming to take the audience on a journey; few mean it as literally as this show. The audience travels by coach to the venue through the beautiful rolling Perthshire countryside to Dalcrue […]
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour – Theatre Royal Brighton and Touring
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour at the Theatre Royal, Brighton and Touring (including a run at the National Theatre from 8 August to 1 October). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Musical theatre has been shamefully ignored by the Brighton Festival in past years. At last this ‘Cinderella of the Arts World’ gets a look in with a […]
The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler – Glasgow and Touring
The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler continues at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, until 19 April, before touring. Creating a work of musical theatre reflecting the life and work of the Glasgow-born Ivor Cutler — poet, playwright, songwriter, musician, cartoonist, humorist and story-writer for both children and adults – necessarily requires a different approach to that behind […]
