Andrew Lodge
Little Shop of Horrors
★★★★☆ High-energy
Sound Events Scotland presents Little Shop of Horrors, a horror-comedy musical chronicling the bloody series of events that occur after a hapless florist discovers a bizarre plant, who soon reveals its taste for human blood.
Burke’n’Hare: Let the Bodies Hit the Floor
★★★★★ Bangin’
Burke’n’Hare: Let the Bodies Hit the Floor at CC Blooms is a wildly irreverent, casually gruesome, curiously grounded look at Edinburgh’s most notorious serial killers.
Spamalot
★★★★☆ Joyous
The moment Josh Wood’s 17-strong band strikes up, it is obvious that Happy Sad Productions are not here to mess around. To play, certainly, but Spamalot at Portobello Town Hall is a show with polish, intent and purpose.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
★★★★☆ Mood-lifter
Edinburgh based newcomers C&C Productions ensure that their production of Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a guaranteed audience pleaser.
Godfather Death: A Grimms’ Musical
★★★★★ Inspiring
Godfather Death: A Grimms’ Musical by The Avison Brothers at The Space @ Surgeons Hall for the first two weeks of the Fringe is an inspiring adaptation of a little known fairytale by the Brothers Grimm.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
★★★★☆ Shining
Young grassroots company Court Jester Theatre give an entertaining take on Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray in a nicely twisting new version which isn’t precious about its vocabulary.
Come Die With Me: The Murder Mystery Musical Parody
★★★☆☆ Exuberant
Happy Sad’s Come Die With Me: The Murder Mystery Musical Parody, at Just the Tonic @ The Grassmarket Centre, is often as unwieldy and potentially confusing as its title. However, the end result is undoubtedly good-hearted and good fun.
The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee
★★★★☆ Satisfyingly goofy
In The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee, at the RSE Theatre for the final two weeks of the Fringe, Happy Sad Productions attempt to make sense of this quirky musical based on that particularly American Institution – the spelling bee.
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