Tim Firth’s two-dimensional storyline relies on crass jokes about peoples’ size and sexuality to merit a ‘funny’ badge. Attempts at pathos are crowbarred and clumsy, and emotion is almost completely reliant on a good serving of wine.
Review: 42nd Street, Theatre Royal Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ From the smoky streets of the Big Apple, 42nd Street taps its way into Glasgow this week in a larger than life spectacle that is sure to delight. The timeless musical follows chorus girl …
Review: Jack and the Bean Pie, Òran Mór Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Summer has arrived in Glasgow which brings just two certainties – pelting rain and the arrival of the Òran Mór summer pantomime. This year’s trip to pantoland sees plucky Rachel Flynn as Jack – …
Review: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Scotland might be a-buzz this week as tickets for pop superstar Taylor Swift go on sale, but at Glasgow’s King’s Theatre this week it’s another American sensation bringing audiences to their feet. Buddy: The …
Review: Keepin’ the Heid, Play, Pie and a Pint @ Oran Mor, Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In 2023, you might think there’s not much left to be written about Mary Queen of Scots. For the final time of this Spring season, Oran Mor’s wee stage transforms into a lonely bedchamber …
Review: Dear Billy, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Billy Connolly is surely one of Scotia’s most treasured exports and peeling back the layers of our beloved comic is no easy feat. So where do you even start with Billy Connolly? The sprightly …
Review: Fisherman’s Friends the Musical, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The heartwarming tale of a merry band of Cornish fishermen who took the UK chart by storm finds its way to the stage, following the immense success of the 2019 motion picture. Telling of …
Review: Kidnapped, Theatre Royal Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In modernising a classic text as well-kent as Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped, Isobel McArthur and the National Theatre of Scotland deliver a rib-tickling adaptation that will delight, enchant and inspire. This swashbuckling adaptation of …
News: Heathers: The Musical in cinemas for one night only
West End hit Heathers: The Musical will be coming to cinemas nationwide for a one-night-only special event on 28th March.
Review: Cyprus Avenue, Tron Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️ David Ireland’s absurd exploration of sectarianism and identity has immense potential in a post-Brexit world but fails to find focus on account of its unbelievable premise. Told through the prism of a therapy session, …