Theatre

Jason Manford, comedian and TV star, takes to the stage with an ambitious new production of Curtains: A Musical Whodunnit, currently touring the UK. One of the less famous musicals by Broadway veterans John Cander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago), the concept is to merge a traditional whodunnit murder mystery with a musical. BUY THE BOOK: GLASGOW’S 100 BEST … [Read more...] about Review: Curtains at the King’s Theatre

When writer Frederick Knott first wrote Dial M for Murder, he struggled to persuade anyone to show it in the years after the Second World War. Yet nearly 70 years later, the popular thriller play is still successfully touring the UK in a slightly revamped production directed by Anthony Banks. Set in London in 1963, Tony Wendice (Tom Chambers) is a charming yet sociopathic … [Read more...] about Review: Dial M for Murder at the Theatre Royal

Gloria Estefan is the latest powerhouse diva to have her music and life story brought to the stage in sensational new bio-musical On Your Feet, touring the UK after a breakthrough success in Broadway and the West End. The new musical charts the success of Gloria and her husband Emilio (George Ioannides) as he discovers a painfully shy yet talented young Cuban immigrant … [Read more...] about Review: On Your Feet at the King’s Theatre

Educating Rita, an Olivier award winning play - as well as a 1980s hit film featuring Michael Caine and Julie Walters - is essentially a comedy about the snobbiness of the academic world clashing with working class reality. When married hairdresser Rita (Jessica Johnson) decides to expand her horizons with an Open University degree in English literature, she meets Frank … [Read more...] about Review: Educating Rita at the Theatre Royal

School of Rock - The Musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash hit, award-winning West End show, is coming to Glasgow next year as part of a UK tour. The production, which is based on the movie of the same name starring Jack Black will load in to the King’s Theatre from Monday 8 until Saturday 13 March 2021, before moving on to the Edinburgh Playhouse from Tuesday 23 until … [Read more...] about School of Rock – The Musical Set for Glasgow on Tour