I defy anyone to leave The Prince of Egypt without a silly grin plastered on their face. Stephen Schwartz’s staging of the 1998 DreamWorks animation is joyful, energetic and ridiculous. […]
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Tag: Musicals
Oor Wullie: The Musical – King’s Theatre Edinburgh
‘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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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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Misfit Warrior – Edinburgh Fringe
‘Misfit Warrior’ is a chaotic and determined middle finger of a show, resisting the dark by embracing the power of change and courage.
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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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Shreds: The Jack the Ripper Musical – Edinburgh Fringe
‘Shreds: The Jack the Ripper Musical’ exposes the underbelly of London in the 19th century, and the bloody danger that swept through its back alleys, targeting sex workers.
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