Church Hill Theatre
Æ Preview – Bohemian Guys take their Dolls up to Morningside
Guys and Dolls opens at the Church Hill Theatre Friday By Thom Dibdin Edinburgh’s Bohemians Lyric Opera Company are to stage their 2011 production at the Church Hill Theatre, moving up the hill from their usual venue at the King’s. Guys and Dolls will play for nine performances in the smaller auditorium, from Friday 4 […]
Æ Musical Review – Gypsy
★★★☆☆:
It is easy to see why Gypsy has been described as one of the greatest American musicals as Tempo’s production hits its stride and starts cruising through the numbers.
Æ Review – Humpty Dumpty
* * * Church Hill Theatre By Thom Dibdin Plenty of bad yolks and lots of scrambled song lyrics make for some cracking good entertainment in the Edinburgh People’s Theatre pantomime version of Humpty Dumpty up at the Church Hill Theatre. Not to mention of flock of young chickens from the Mandy Black School of […]
Æ Review – The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
✭✭✭✩✩:
Great musicality and strong staging mark out the production of the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas from local amateur company Allegro, running at the Church Hill Theatre all week.
Æ News – Best Little Whorehouse fast tracks to Morningside
Local amateurs Allegro return to Church Hill By Thom Dibdin Edinburgh amateur musical company Allegro are to stage Larry L. King and Peter Masterson’s provocatively titled The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at the Church Hill Theatre this week. First staged on Broadway in 1978, Best Little Whorehouse ran for a total of 1584 performances. […]
Theatre Review – Prescription For Murder
★★★☆☆ Rollicking whodunt Church Hill Theatre. October 2010 Review by Thom Dibdin Packed with enough red herrings to keep a kingdom in kippers, Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s production of Norman Robbins’ rollicking whodunit rattles along at a great pace. This is proper Midsomer Murders territory, set in the front room of the home of village medic […]
Theatre Review – Closer
★★☆☆☆ Challenging:
The Grads have brought a long-range focus to their brave and challenging new production of Patrick Marber’s Closer, which is up at the Church Hill Theatre until Saturday.
Musical Review – Bugsy Malone
* * * Church Hill Theatre By Thom Dibdin There’s a smoochy, laid-back feel to the Smycms’ production of Bugsy Malone, which is playing at the Church Hill Theatre until Saturday night. It’s epitomised by Greg Jones in the title role with his drawling narrator’s delivery – like a music hall Sam Spade. The laid-back […]
Preview for the week: 22 – 28 February, 2010
By Thom Dibdin There’s a pervasive darkness to Edinburgh’s stages this week. Not dark in the traditional theatrical sense of shut theatres, but dark in the sense of calamitous events holding their own in the background. The Lyceum’s early McDonagh, both the Traverse’s new works and even Wilde’s melodrama at the Kings all carry a […]
Musical Review – Anything Goes
★★★☆☆ Fun
Gutsy and full-blooded when it comes to the singing, and in possession of a pair stunning leading performers, the Edinburgh University Footlights’ production of Anything Goes rocks the stage of the Church Hill when it gets into its stride.
