Playhouse
Hairspray
★★★★★ Stylish:
The power of dance, song and big hair are used to heap scorn on all kinds of prejudice as Hairspray returns for a week-long flash of brio and fun at the Playhouse.
Blood Brothers
★★★★☆ Relevant:
Every musical needs a great soaring tune to call its own. And Blood Brothers, touring to the Playhouse all week, certainly has that.
The Glenn Miller Story
★★☆☆☆ Ill-judged:
Considerable musicality and dollops of goodwill cannot hide the huge basic problems at the heart of The Glenn Miller Story.
The Sound of Music
★★★★☆ No problems with this Maria:
The Playhouse was alive with the sound of a singalong as the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical returned for a too-short run, on this week until Saturday.
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
★★★★☆ Glorious:
It’s a boogie wonderland at the Playhouse as Priscilla Queen of the Desert returns for a three week run – and proves to be in better shape than ever, with a few judicious tweaks and a brace of top guest performers for Edinburgh.
Mack & Mabel
★★★★★ Silence is golden:
The Silent film era is the backdrop for a production of a musical that deserves to be shouted about.
Shrek the Musical
★★★★☆ Spectacular:
There’s enough inventive designs and well-honed performances about Shrek the Musical, at the Playhouse to November 8, to ensure that it hits the spot.
The Bodyguard
★★★★☆ Timeless power:
Half gig, half musical and all theatre, The Bodyguard bursts into town for a fortnight’s residency at the Playhouse, riding shotgun on the back of the blockbuster movie.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
★★★★☆ That Riviera touch:
The South of France is the setting for this West End musical that’s lighting up the North as it arrives at the Playhouse for a week.
Back in the Woods
Æ’s young critics go Into the Woods:
Four young Edinburgh-based theatre critics will be reviewing for All Edinburgh Theatre this fringe, in a new mentoring scheme. Here are their early reviews of Into the Woods.
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