Mairi Beaver
The Drowsy Chaperone
★★★★☆ Sheer enjoyment:
Considerable musicality, high production values and dollops of good fun make the Twilighters’ production of The Drowsy Chaperone at the Church Hill a real treat.
Stepping Out – The Musical
★★★☆☆ Crisp:
Delicate touches and gutsy performances allow the Twilighters to rise above Stepping Out – The Musical’s shortcomings in their inaugural production.
Sister Act
★★★★☆ Heavenly heights:
Huge and tuneful fun can be had in The Bohemians’ production of Sister Act. A move to the King’s Theatre has not daunted the company – rather, it seems to have inspired them to be bigger, grander and better.
Dick Barton – Special Agent
✭✭✭✭✩ Spiffing entertainment
Knowingly amusing and reassuringly filthy, Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s Dick Barton – Special Agent provides a breathlessly diverting evening at the Church Hill Theatre to Saturday.
Special Agent in EPT’s sights
A hugely popular radio series from the era of the BBC Light Programme is resurrected at the Church Hill Theatre this week, as Edinburgh People’s Theatre bring Dick Barton, Special Agent to the stage.
Review – The Sleeping Beauty
✭✭✭✩✩ Beautifully traditional
Cheerful, traditional and heart-warming, Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s production of The Sleeping Beauty is a pantomime with the broadest possible appeal.
Sleeping Beauty returns after 28 years…
When Beauty takes to the stage in the Edinburgh People’s Theatre production of The Sleeping Beauty at the end of this week, it will be in the role in which she made her panto debut aged just nine months.
Review – Nunsense The Musical
★★★★☆ Habit-forming
Edinburgh amateur musicals company Tempo has pulled off a blinder with this slick, well-choreographed and superbly performed production of nutty nun musical Nunsense.
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.
Pantomime Review – Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves
★★★★☆ Fun:
All the fun of a traditional Scottish panto is to be had up at the Church Hill Theatre this week, as Edinburgh People’s Theatre take on David Swan’s version of Ali Baba – and hit the mark just about spot on.
