As we snuggle down in our seats, show programme in one hand and an extra-large mixed strawberry and blue raspberry slush puppy in the other, the audience at The Kings Theatre is buzzing for the opening night of the Christmas panto, Sleeping Beauty. There’s something about pantomime which turns everyone into big kids. With the extravagant, over the top costume, … [Read more...] about Review: Sleeping Beauty at The King’s Theatre
Review: Mamma Mia at the Theatre Royal
Admittedly, Mamma Mia is a total cheese-fest. The smash hit musical by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus has ludicrous high notes, a sickly sweet romantic setting, perfect enunciation, and huge grins which make even our cheeks hurt. But the infectious, feel-good atmosphere in Glasgow’s Theatre Royal on opening night is undeniable and even the dads ‘reluctantly dragged’ along … [Read more...] about Review: Mamma Mia at the Theatre Royal
Review: 30th anniversary of The Steamie at the King’s Theatre
A tribute to the mammies and grannies of bygone Glasgow, The Steamie is a classic and timeless comedy, masterfully blending Scottish humour with the touching sentimentality and drunken nostalgia that comes with Hogmanay. With side-splitting laughs from the get-go, The Steamie’s joyous, light-hearted patter builds to a crescendo of hilarity with the mystery of Mr Culfeathers’s … [Read more...] about Review: 30th anniversary of The Steamie at the King’s Theatre
Glasgowist goes to city centre scare attraction Dread
Friday 13th, unlucky for some, can be scary enough in Glasgow city centre at night with the occasional alcohol-addled oddball roaming the streets, shoogly scaffolding to walk under, cracks on the pavement to dodge, and, - bearing in mind it’s always raining - slippery surfaces to avoid. It’s the month of Halloween and with glowing pumpkins and spooky skulls creeping up in … [Read more...] about Glasgowist goes to city centre scare attraction Dread
Review: The Addams Family Musical at the King’s Theatre
Against a misty backdrop of gothic manors, creepy phantoms, and thunderstorms, The Addams Family Musical cast bring a new brand of macabre comedy to everyone’s favourite misfit family. Originally created by cartoonist Charles Addams in the 1930s, the Addams Family is described as a satirical inversion on the idealised family unit. With an edge of aristocracy, the clan are … [Read more...] about Review: The Addams Family Musical at the King’s Theatre