‘Oor Wullie! Your Wullie! A’Body’s Wullie!’ is the tagline for this lighthearted romp from Dundee Rep that has taken reign at Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre. The eponymous Wullie is a icon […]
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Tag: musical theatre
Girl From the North Country
The musical based on the music of Bob Dylan is back in the West End following sell out successes at The Old Vic and The Noel Coward theatre last year.
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On Your Feet! – Festival Theatre
We all know the words – ‘come on, shake your body, baby, do that conga, I know you can’t control yourself any longer…’ – it undoubtedly gets you moving. ‘On Your Feet!’, a new musical chronicling the lives of Gloria and Emilio Estefan, shimmied into Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre.
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Henry Box Brown – Edinburgh Fringe
‘Henry Box Brown’ adapts the true story of a slave who mailed himself to freedom, rendered through glorious vocals and ensemble numbers.
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Unfortunate – Edinburgh Fringe
Fat Rascal are undoubtedly leading the way for British comedy musicals, and their latest venture into the world of satirical song-writing sees them mine the depths of the ocean to tell the untold tail (ha) of Ursula, the notorious sea witch from The Little Mermaid.
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Space Junk: A Soviet Musical
I went into this show with the idea that it could help me learn more for work – part of my day job involves educating young people about the Space Race – but then the first man in space was brutally assaulted by a bottle of vodka (no, not wielded as a weapon, an actual bottle with sentience and everything specifically targets him) and I realised that some aspects of astronaut life are better glossed over for the kiddos.
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