Lucie Caries’ film about Hollywood icon Liza Minnelli is candid and moving, precisely because her subject isn’t afraid to speak openly and honestly about her tragedies as well as triumphant moments.So there’s battles with drugs and drink; unsuitable romances, Bob Fosse, Studio 54, Andy Warhol , Michael Jackson, AIDS activism, and a Pet Shop BoysContinue reading “Film Review: Liza Minnelli-The Last Heiress of Hollywood”
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Theatre Review: Sunset Boulevard- The Backstage Cut
Perth Theatre, 9th of May, 2026. Writer and director Morag Fullarton follows the winning formula she created with Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut, with this, at once deconstruction of and homage to the classic Billy Wilder Hollywood satire. This isn’t the play’s first rodeo though- its first iteration was at A Play A Pie andContinue reading “Theatre Review: Sunset Boulevard- The Backstage Cut”
Is Nothing Sacred?! The Karate Kid Musical
And so, the 1980s/ nostalgia bandwagon trundles wheezily onwards into oblivion. We’ve had Heathers, Annie, Hairspray, now it’s the musical that absolutely nobody asked for, The Karate Kid. Bizarrely, Phoenix Nights predicted this would happen years ago, with their own amateur version. Original film posters. Join Daniel and Mr Miyagi as he battles to tackleContinue reading “Is Nothing Sacred?! The Karate Kid Musical”
Theatre In Pop Is Back
Back in the seventies, decent pop leaned into the avant-garde, with artists transcending mere gigs. This was pop as theatre. Bowie, Kate Bush and even prog rock charlatans like Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Genesis could be found using stage craft, props and exquisite scenography to boost their strange and otherworldly music. This elevated itContinue reading “Theatre In Pop Is Back”
Theatre Review : The High Life The Musical
Photos: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Dundee Rep Theatre, April 4th,2026. Who better than Johnny McKnight, Scotland’s first dame of Pantoland and legendary comedy writer, to team up with Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson to pen this late capitalist airline romp? Naebody, that’s who. This comedic menage a trois, adapting the fictional Air Scotia, come with someContinue reading “Theatre Review : The High Life The Musical”
From The Archive: Aye, Elvis
thetempohouse Review: Aye, Elvis February 27, 2018 • Spoilt Victorian Child Photo: Leslie Black Sometimes, all you need is a flying suit and a big dream. Or so it seems. Morna Young’s rather bonkers, but sweet, play for PPP, focuses on the eternal dreamer, Aberdonian woman Joan, whose devotion from childhood to Elvis Presley takes on aContinue reading “From The Archive: Aye, Elvis”
Archive Theatre Review: BATSHIT
close search menu BATSHIT More than just a provocative title ★★★★ theatre review (edinburgh) | Read in About 2 minutes Batshit Photo by Joel Devereux By Lorna Irvine Published 03 Aug 2024 With a typically taboo-baiting Edinburgh Fringe title, Leah Shelton’s one-woman show, directed by Ursula Martinez, could have been a clichéd romp through performance art tropes. But it’sContinue reading “Archive Theatre Review: BATSHIT”
The Great Performance Debate
Commedia Dell’arte Dr Gareth K Vile, great friend of mine and brilliant thinker, recently ruminated on the great Scottish theatre debate, because some critics hadn’t been invited to the musical version of ‘One Day’ : is it dying? I can’t speak to a broader academic discourse, as I’m a university dropout, and not a doctorContinue reading “The Great Performance Debate”
The End Of The End Of The Pier, As We Knew It
Noel Edmonds and Mr Blobby: nightmare fuel Jokes which don’t land, surprises which are deeply humiliating to all involved, rubbish ventriloquism with cheap puppets, hellish Saturday night quiz shows, the Brian Rogers Connection and Robin Askwith… Welcome to television in the UK, circa 78- 95. This, readers, was the not- so golden era of lightContinue reading “The End Of The End Of The Pier, As We Knew It”
Theatre Preview: Mr Blackpool
Mr Blackpool May 2026 – The Lowry in partnership with Word of Warning, Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts and Brighton Festival, Blackpool Grand TheatreImage Credit Matt Crockett“At the end of the world there’ll still be a showgirl kicking her legs behind her ears and thank god for that” Salford, Brighton and Blackpool, prepare to beContinue reading “Theatre Preview: Mr Blackpool”
Hit The North 