Friendsical 4****

It’s the 1990’s and we are transported to Central Perk where Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Monica, Joey, Phoebe and all their Friends play out this musical tribute to a much loved TV show.

Set in the Music Hall at the Assembly … Read More

BIG The Musical – Dalgety Players

Dalgety Players proudly present Big The Musical at Dunfermline’s Carnegie Hall this weekend.

Big The Musical is a 1996 musical adaptation of the 1988 film starring Tom Hanks. It was directed by Mike Ockrent and featured music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., with choreography by Susan Stroman. It … Read More

Romeo & Juliet: One-Man Musical 2**

This musical has been written using the original lines from every scene of Shakespeares’s classic, Romeo and Juliet.  As part of the ticket price, you get a colourful designed programme with the words from each Act and Scene included in … Read More

Aria Entertainment and Flying Music: The Toxic Avenger, 4 stars ****

If you mix Little Shop of Horrors with Bat Boy, Rocky Horror and Urinetown you will get a good idea of what this show is aiming for. It’s fast, funny and must have one of the highest production values of … Read More

Pindar Theatre Performers: Spring Awakening, 3 stars ***

Spring Awakening, love it or hate it, is always popular at the Fringe and this production was no exception.

Staging was good, using this small venue to its best advantage with the cast always staying on stage and becoming a … Read More

University of Manchester Musical Theatre Society: Godspell, 4 stars ****

Godspell is one of those shows where, if you don’t know what is going on, you’re better off not wondering why people dressed in raincoats and wellies are singing to ‘Jesus’ and just sit back and enjoy the music! And … Read More

Beyond Broadway Productions: The Great American Trailer Park Musical, 5 stars *****

It’s great to see this show make a return to the Fringe after many years and Beyond Broadway Productions do an excellent job of squeezing every ounce of entertainment from the piece. Set in, well, an American Trailer Park we … Read More

STL CityWorks: Creatives, 2 stars **

Creatives is probably one of the most contrived pieces of musical theatre I’ve seen. Set in some sort of college song-writing class, they have been given the task to write a new song themselves but to actually perform one of … Read More

Fat Rascal Theatre: Buzz: A New Musical, 4 stars ****

This award-winning show promises to guide us through the history of the vibrator and whilst it does indeed do that, it comes across more simply as a story about relationships. But it does this very well, it is very slick … Read More

Durham University Light Opera Group: Edges, 3 stars ***

‘Edges’ returns to the Fringe in a capable production by Fringe veterans DULOG. This is the song cycle made famous by ‘the Facebook song’ and whilst it was originally written in a rush, it was later revised and tidied up … Read More