Musicals
Sunny Afternoon
★★★☆☆ Nostalgic
Sunny Afternoon, the musical about the Kinks and featuring their songs, is a crowd-pleasing affair with high musical standards.
The Ballad of Johnny and June
★★★☆☆ Heartfelt
The Ballad of Johnny and June at the Festival Theatre is a big-hearted, tuneful musical guaranteed to please country fans.
Sister Act
★★★★☆ Melodic
Sister Act, by Forth Children’s Theatre at Broughton High School, is a tuneful production with bags of energy, featuring some exceptionally promising performers.
MAMA bound for Loretto
Wedding Singer is Easter break
The Brunton might be dark but local amateurs MAMA, the Musselburgh Amateur Musicals Association, are bringing light to the town with a new production of The Wedding Singer.
Footloose
★★★★☆ Great entertainment
Edinburgh Music Theatre’s Footloose at the Church Hill is notably well-staged, energetic and highly enjoyable.
The Light House
★★★★☆ Hugely affecting
The Light House from Alys Williams is a production of real emotional power. It appeared at the Traverse for one performance only at the start of an extensive Scottish tour, but should certainly be caught elsewhere by anyone who has the chance.
One Day: The Musical
★★★★☆ Accomplished
One Day: The Musical, from the Royal Lyceum and Melting Pot, is a hugely ambitious production that has a correspondingly large impact, even with the odd problem in execution.
Matilda the Musical
★★★★☆ Huge energy
The return to the Playhouse of the unstoppable juggernaut that is the RSC’s Matilda the Musical after seven years, is certainly a cause for celebration.
Here and Now
★★★★☆ Full-on candyfloss
Here and Now, the Steps jukebox musical, jumps headlong onto the Playhouse stage in a production which is all heart and vitality in its telling of a story that is as substantial as candyfloss on a stick.
We Will Rock You
★★★★☆ Exuberant
Loud, assertive and extremely accomplished, We Will Rock You, from the Bohemians at the Festival Theatre until Saturday, is thoroughly enjoyable.
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