Writer: Richard O’Brien Director: Christopher Luscombe A miserable, wet, wet night in the middle of the abyss. A broken-down car and two young lovers lost in the woods, with not but a castle on the road to freedom. But in search of a phone, denizens of a dangerous and troubling nature are afoot for the pair. A pastiche of the schlock B-movies of his youth, Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show establishes the musical in the lavish eccentricities we have come to expect from the film and original stage play. O’Brien’s production decorates the usual rock n’ roll hits with pops…
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.
Writer: Ronald Harwood Director: Terry Johnson In a play that centres around an actor who refuses to contemplate not performing in spite of being obviously unwell, it was perhaps the ultimate irony that, for the opening night of the show at King’s Theatre, Julian Clary missed the performance due to illness. In his place, Samuel Holmes stepped up to play the title role of The Dresser alongside Matthew Kelly as Sir. Sir is the self-centred Actor Manager of a touring theatre company in the 1940s. His dresser is Norman, but the role of the dresser goes far beyond ensuring Sir…
Writer: C S Lewis Director: Michael Fentiman Composer: Benji Bower & Barnaby Race Based on Original Direction/Devising: Sally Cookson It has been winter for one hundred years, but now, Spring is returning. And while you may be forgiven with mistaking this land of tundra and lamplight for the brisk Scottish night, Edinburgh welcomes an entirely different realm of magic with The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe. C. S. Lewis’s story of the Pevensie children Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, evacuees from London who find more than they bargain for with their new host, Professor Kirk. Eccentric, curious, and all the while…
Book, Music & Lyrics: Jim Steinman Director: Jay Scheib Roaring into Edinburgh, the streets may never be the same again. It’ll certainly take a while to remove the tire tracks. Enveloping the Playhouse with its leather-clad embrace – Bat Out of Hell lands to thunderous applause and much revelry. A dystopian fairy-tale, a manipulated and twisted Neverland where the thrill of youth counterbalances the tyranny of capitalistic authority – communicated through the legacy of juggernaut Jim Steinman & MeatLoaf (Michael Lee Aday), we descend into the depths of Obsidian, where The Lost find themselves forever eighteen – under the crimson glare of…