We Will Rock You This new touring production with a new cast and set knows exactly what its audience wants and delivers it by the bucketful. This is escapist nonsense and all the better for it. The end product is the same – 24 Queen songs wrapped up in a lightweight story with its tongue […]
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Interview: Philip Norman, author
Norman salutes return of the King Of all the big rock n roll stars they don’t come much bigger than the King himself. And if playing the role of Elvis Presley in a new stage production is the opportunity of a lifetime, then capturing his story was also a challenge for the man who wrote […]
Young grabs the limelight in dazzling show
Theatre review – Cabaret (5/5) In her theatrical debut Louise Redknapp, the former Eternal singer, brings to life Sally Bowles, the fictional burlesque performer who entertained in the sleazy nightclubs of 1930s Berlin. Redknapp does a decent job of emulating the role made famous in film by Liza Minnelli, but the show stealer of this […]
Show captures spirit of Cilla’s Mersey beat
Following an acclaimed world premiere run in Liverpool, this musical whirlwind received a rousing reception at its opening night in Edinburgh.
Dancing away the years to Johnny and Baby
Theatre review – Dirty Dancing: It’s hardly credible that the film Dirty Dancing is 30 years old. This week the highly successful stage version full of high kicks and lifts has touched down in Edinburgh’s Playhouse for a week long run. On opening night there was enhanced security at the Playhouse which did not detract […]