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‘Achieves an excellent balance between old & new’: Wendy & Peter Pan – Edinburgh ★★★★

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin2nd December 2018Leave a Comment

Old and new collide in Wendy & Peter Pan, a beautifully staged Lyceum Christmas production that combines originality with fidelity to the spirit of a much-loved classic.

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‘High-octane, utterly feel-good show’: NATIVITY! THE MUSICAL – Touring ★★★★

In Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin1st December 2018Leave a Comment

All Edinburgh Theatre’s Hugh Simpson went along to the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh to catch Nativity! The Musical.

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‘A delightful treat of a show’: FLUTTER – Touring ★★★★

In Children's theatre, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin30th November 2018Leave a Comment

Built in a flurry of snow Flutter, from Tortoise in a Nutshell and Freshly Squeezed at the Assembly Roxy and then on tour, is the charming story of young sisters who venture out into the garden after a snowstorm.

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‘Witty, tuneful & life affirming’: Doris, Dolly & The Dressing Room Divas… At Christmas – Edinburgh ★★★★★

In Opinion, Pantomimes, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland by Thom Dibdin29th November 2018Leave a Comment

The Gilded Balloon Basement in the Rose Street Theatre hosts top-tier talent this Christmas as five fabulous female stars tell their stories… via three spookily talented backstage assistants in Doris, Dolly & The Dressing Room Divas… At Christmas.

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‘Fun & outrageous’: LA CLIQUE NOEL: PART DEUX – Edinburgh ★★★★

In Cabaret, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin27th November 2018Leave a Comment

La Clique returns with an eclectic array of outrageous and magnificent circus cabaret to Edinburgh this festive season for Noel – Part Deux.

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‘Doing much more than singing the hits’: Talking to the creatives behind Motown The Musical

In Features, Interviews, Musicals, Quotes, Regional theatre, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin26th November 2018Leave a Comment

Big of voice and oh so slick in presentation, the West End production of Motown the Musical – which is now on UK tour through 2019 and pausing at the Edinburgh Playhouse for a three-week run – was everything I had expected.

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‘Just experience the production as something elusive & unknowable’: RAMBERT: LIFE IS A DREAM – Touring ★★★

In Dance, Quotes, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin24th November 2018Leave a Comment

Rambert’s Life is a Dream is a peculiar, poetic piece that suffers from pulling in too many directions at once.

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‘Genuinely joyous’: MOTOWN THE MUSICAL – Touring ★★★★

In Musicals, Quotes, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin23rd November 2018Leave a Comment

Motown The Musical has a strangely conceived storyline but is carried along on a wave of wonderful music.

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‘A constant fascination to it all’: THE LAST DAYS OF MANKIND – Edinburgh ★★★★

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland by Thom Dibdin15th November 2018Leave a Comment

The Last Days of Mankind, an international co-production at the reborn Leith Theatre, is an exasperating but ultimately worthwhile exploration of the horrors of the 1914-1918 war. Both resolutely adult and appealingly childish, it convinces and confounds almost equally.

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‘Extremely seductive’: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE – Touring ★★★★

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin14th November 2018Leave a Comment

Top-notch comic performances and a production that purrs like a Rolls-Royce mean that the touring production of Shakespeare In Love from Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Theatre Royal Bath is extremely seductive.

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‘Neither as funny nor as clever as the audience desperately want it to be’: VULCAN 7 – Touring ★★★

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin8th November 2018Leave a Comment

There are some brilliantly imaginative elements to the touring production of Vulcan 7 at the King’s. Unfortunately, none of them are in Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer’s script.

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‘Unashamedly crowd-scaring’: DRACULA – Touring ★★★

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin1st November 2018Leave a Comment

Noisy fun is to be had in the touring Dracula at the King’s, in a production that lacks depth but is unashamedly crowd-pleasing, not to say crowd-scaring.

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‘There is nothing new being said here’: MACBETH – Touring ★★★

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin28th October 2018Leave a Comment

There is a peculiar absence of majesty at the heart of the National Theatre’s touring production of Macbeth.

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Saddened by the death of brilliant & much-loved actress Pauline Knowles

In Inspiring people, News, Plays, Regional theatre, Scotland by Thom Dibdin23rd October 2018Leave a Comment

The news of Pauline Knowles’ death has come as a shock to the Scottish theatre community, with an outpouring of sorrow from the many actors and theatre professionals who worked with her as well as those who have been privileged to witness her on stage.

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‘Equally fun for children & adults’: QUEST FOR OZ – Musselburgh ★★★★

In Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland by Thom Dibdin22nd October 2018Leave a Comment

An infectious cross between an interactive game and a piece of immersive theatre, Quest for Oz sees the paths around Drummohr House near Musselburgh turned into the land of Oz.

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‘Constant wonder at the skill in storytelling’: MATTHEW BOURNE’S SWAN LAKE – Touring ★★★★★

In Dance, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin18th October 2018Leave a Comment

It’s 23 years since Mathew Bourne changed the gender of the swans in Swan Lake for his choreography of the ballet but it still stands the test of time.

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‘Might be a good way to introduce children to the world of theatre’: MADAGASCAR THE MUSICAL – Touring

In Musicals, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin17th October 2018Leave a Comment

Madagascar The Musical is very much a show that only young children will enjoy. Unlike other kids shows, however, there’s just not nearly enough adult content to keep them entertained too.

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‘Riotous, joyous expression of the human spirit’: CYRANO DE BERGERAC – Edinburgh ★★★★★

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland by Thom Dibdin15th October 2018Leave a Comment

Visually and verbally intoxicating, Cyrano de Bergerac at the Lyceum, Edinburgh is a riotous, joyous expression of the human spirit.

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‘Never going to catch fire’: REBUS: LONG SHADOWS – Touring ★★★

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin10th October 2018Leave a Comment

Despite boasting the talents of two of Scotland’s greatest writers and a more than adequate cast, Rebus: Long Shadows is nowhere near as compelling as the stage debut of Edinburgh’s most celebrated fictional policeman should be.

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‘Little more than a retread of the film’: RAIN MAN – Touring ★★

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin3rd October 2018Leave a Comment

There are probably enough fans of the original movie to sustain The Classic Screen to Stage Company’s touring version of Rain Man. However, as a piece of theatre, it never makes a successful case for itself.

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