Church Hill Theatre
Review – Harvey
✭✭★✩✩ Church Hill Theatre Review by Thom Dibdin There is a real humanity to Leitheatre’s production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvey, which is up at the Church Hill Theatre all this week. The laughs are there, in most cases, in this comedy about one Elwood P. Dowd, whose belief that he is constantly accompanied by […]
Review – Sweeney Todd
★★★☆☆ Groundbreaking
Dark and barbaric in its tone, Edinburgh Music Theatre’s production of Sweeney Todd at the Church Hill Theatre until Saturday is also something of a groundbreaking venture for the company in its delivery.
Review – A Murder is Announced
* * * Church Hill Theatre Review by Thom Dibdin Intimations of a murder are announced with all due deference to plot, twists and true red herrings up at the Church Hill Theatre in EPT’s new production of Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced. Adapted by Leslie Darbon from Christie’s novel, the play is a […]
Review: Carousel
★★★☆☆ Emotional
Unfettered tragedy, lumps in the throat and, yes, big fat man-tears are the order of the evening in the Bohemians’ production of Carousel at the Church Hill Theatre all this week.
Review – Acorn Antiques – The Musical!
* * * Church Hill Theatre Review by Thom Dibdin Wonky sets, missed cues and outrageous innuendo are all present and suitably incorrect in Tempo’s new production of Acorn Antiques – The Musical!. Miss Babs and Miss Berta take their natural positions centre stage, twin sister proprietors of Acorn Antiques in Manchesterford. Orbiting them, Mr […]
Review – A Chorus Line
★★★☆☆ Eye-catching Church Hill Theatre: Tue 31 Jan – 4 Feb 2012 Review by Thom Dibdin A sure-fire Broadway hit back in the Seventies, when it became the longest running musical of its time, A Chorus Line gets a welcome production from the Edinburgh University Footlights up at the Church Hill this week. On […]
There’s a Lola going on up at the Church Hill
Allegro stage Manilow’s Copacabana By Thom Dibdin Music and passion should be all of the fashion in Morningside this week, as the Allegro amateur musical company stage a new production of Copacabana, the musical which draws on Barry Manilow’s top ten hit of 1978 for its inspiration. Copacabana the stage musical, with its story of […]
Showcase showcase their talents for MacMillan
21st annual Showcase benefits cancer charity’s centenary:
Showcase, the Edinburgh amateur musical company, performs its 21st annual show at the Church Hill Theatre this week, with a the suitably titled Movin’ On Up
Æ Review – The Comedy of Errors
★★★☆☆
Cartoon capers cut right through to the heart of Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors in the Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group’s twinkling new production up at the Church Hill Theatre until Saturday.
