Archive for March, 2020
Playhouse Schooled in Rock
School of Rock tickets on sale now:
Get ready to stick it to the man – Yeah!!! Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical, School of Rock, is gonna rock out, maaan, in Edinburgh and Glasgow in 2021.
The Secret Garden
★★★★☆ Blooms with delights:
The Secret Garden, Fife-based Red Bridge Arts has once again given a children’s classic a radical makeover without losing the heart of the original story.
Cavalleria Rusticana
★★★★☆ effective:
Edinburgh Studio Opera has followed a path of noire inevitability into the dark heart of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, the tale of a returning soldier, a spurned lover and a vengeful secret told.
Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti
★★☆☆☆ Flat:
Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti at the Lyceum is full of energy and has no shortage of comic potential. However, the end result is puzzlingly uninvolving.
Anything Goes
★★★★★ It’s the Tops!
Everything goes extremely well in Southern Light’s take on the timeless Cole Porter musical, playing at the King’s this week until Saturday.
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
★★★★☆ Joyous:
Everybody is talking about Jamie, and for all the right reasons, in this funny, heart-warming and joyous show which plays at the Festival Theatre until Saturday and tours to Glasgow in June.
Hairspray’s Playhouse Return
Good Morning Baltimore!
Hairspray the Musical has added Edinburgh dates to its 30 venue UK tour in 2020/21, with tickets on general sale from this Wednesday 4 March.
Listings Mon 2 – Sun 8 March 2020
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week:
There are more shows than you can shake a stick at on Edinburgh’s stages this week. Have the weekly lisgings!
