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
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Interview: Kate Malyon stars in Stick Man at the King’s Theatre
A joyful adaptation of Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s best-selling book, Stick Man, will be playing at the King’s Theatre on the 22nd and 23rd September. Touching, funny and original, this creative production features a trio of actors and is packed full of puppetry, songs, live music and dancing. We caught up with one of the three stars, Kate … [Read more...] about Interview: Kate Malyon stars in Stick Man at the King’s Theatre
Theatre Review: American Idiot
Following Green Day’s highly anticipated Glasgow gig being spectacularly cancelled last week, merely hours before show time, a youth theatre group are seeking to revive the spirits of Scottish Green Day fans. Shoogly Peg Productions showcase their adaptation of the 2009 Broadway musical American Idiot over two nights in Edinburgh’s impressive King’s Theatre. American Idiot … [Read more...] about Theatre Review: American Idiot
Review: The Gorbals Vampire at Citizens Theatre
Armed to the teeth with bats, pots, pans, sticks, and even whisks as makeshift chibs, hundreds of Gorbals kids take to the gothic Southern Necropolis to have a square-go with the beast plaguing their town and eating their classmates in Johnny McKnight’s new play, The Gorbals Vampire. With a moody and atmospheric elongated stage and the backdrop of a dark clouded sky stained … [Read more...] about Review: The Gorbals Vampire at Citizens Theatre
Review: Trainspotting at Citizen Theatre
More than two decades after the original stage play of Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting was performed at Citizens Theatre in 1994, Harry Gibson’s theatrical adaptation returned on Friday. Directed by main stage director-in-residence Gareth Nicholls, this incarnation of what is arguably Scotland’s biggest cult followed story burst onto the stage with a fresh look and updated … [Read more...] about Review: Trainspotting at Citizen Theatre