Book, Music and Lyrics: Richard O’Brien Director: Christopher Luscombe It is no surprise that The Rocky Horror Show has endured for 51 years. Richard O’Brien’s bawdy, gaudy, naughty, exuberant and irreverent celebration of the sci-fi horror B-movies of the 50s is still a perfect piece of escapism in these dark times. For those who don’t know (are there any musical theatre fans who haven’t seen it?) It’s a dark and stormy night and newly engaged Brad and Janet’s car breaks down on a lonely country road. They seek help at the nearest house, the castle of reclusive scientist Dr. Frank…
Author: The Reviews Hub - Scotland
The Reviews Hub - Scotland
The Scotland team is under the editorship of Lauren Humphreys. The Reviews Hub was set up in 2007. We aim to review all professional types of theatre, whether that be Commercial, Repertory or Fringe as well as Comedy, Music, Gigs etc.
Book, Lyrics and Original Score: Paul Whitehouse and Jim Sullivan Director: Caroline Jay Ranger Additional Music: Chas & Dave It’s either going to be sacrilege or celebration as the musical version of Only Fools and Horses hits Glasgow this week. A distillation of 64 episodes, spanning the years 1981 to 2011, of John Sullivan’s beloved TV classic, a show often voted the best British comedy ever, it’s also either bravery or bravado to tackle something so beloved. Choosing to focus mainly on the 1988 episode Dates, where Del finds the love of his life Raquel, Sullivan’s son Jim and comedy…
In his latest dyspeptic hour, Garrett Millerick has a routine about nationalising one of the UK’s most popular pastimes. Though a typically contrarian, tongue-in-cheek bit of blue-sky thinking from the lyrically bombastic stand-up, he attributes the relative lack of laughs it elicits to it actually being too good an idea, perhaps not far enough removed from reality. As someone at his most compelling when he’s in a thunderous grump, biliously ranting at the state of things, capable of kicking off an argument in an empty room, Millerick has a slight issue. The new Labour government is proving a damp squib…
Original Idea: Kyle Falconer and Laura Wilde Music & Lyrics: Kyle Falconer Book: Laura Wilde and Johnny McKnight Directors: Andrew Panton and Tashi Gore Musical Direction and Arrangements: Gavin Whitworth There’s much debate about representation in theatre at the moment, seeing ourselves reflected in the faces, words and music on stage. Finding a connection, a belonging, a common ground with the material we watch. Thankfully for those of us north of the border there’s currently a renaissance in Scottish theatre, either written by, set in, or starring local theatrical talent. Raw, real and relatable stories seem to be at the…
Since breaking through as a double Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee and landing a couple of television sitcoms, Spencer Jones’ act has continued evolving from abstract prop comedy to a more narrative-based variant, a niche of accessible, unthreatening clowning that very few performers have the skill or profile to pull-off. His belated debut UK tour is perhaps testimony to why. The opening half of the show is a greatest hits compilation of some of his best bits of business, featuring countless anthropomorphic creatures brought to life from household items, looped nonsense snatches of songs and some surprise, physical reveals deploying his own…
Writers: Guleraana Mir & afshan d’souza lodhi Director: Madelaine Moore Designer: Sascha Gilmour Sound Design and Composition: Tom Curzon Set in pre-partition India, Santi and Naz, is the story of two teenage best friends set against the backdrop of life changing world events. Voracious bookworm, Sikh Santi and her best friend, the rather feistier Muslim Naz’s lives are lived in a small village. A village in a region that is destined to become the dividing line between India and Pakistan. They dance and play in the fields, revel in the first monsoon rains, swoon over the local hottie Rahul while…
Combining elements of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe show with his 2023 hour, South African comic Schalk Bezuidenhout’s latest UK tour really emphasises his status as a beta male and 32-year-old with an “old soul”. TikTok-averse and casting himself as a prude, he’s intimidated by fellow comedians enjoying foursomes, fretting about the etiquette of keeping everyone happy. By way of illustration, his own inadvertent three-in-a-bed romp is about as unsexy an instance of coitus interruptus as it’s possible to imagine. Recalling his first encounter with hard drugs, regressing to his youthful innocence as a wide-eyed, open spot comic showing himself up…
Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands will hit UK cinemas from 18th October. Popstars, post-punks and pioneers: the multi award-winning new documentary platforming Scotland’s defiant trailblazing girl bands. Scottish film distributor, Cosmic Cat, have announced a UK cinema release for Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands from 18th October. This feature-length documentary platforms the trailblazing popstars, post-punks and pioneers who challenged a male-dominated industry, acknowledging their rightful place in music history and examining the enduring barriers faced by women making music. Written and narrated by Carla J. Easton (the award-nominated solo artist and member…