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Continue reading →: Alex Prescot: CosyCosy is an improvised musical comedy show written and performed by Alex Prescot about losing his double act partner. Using the audience to craft the show allows the audience to feel invested in the material and is extremely impressive to witness. Prescot is a talented musician and improviser who never…
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Continue reading →: God Is Dead and I Killed HimIn God Is Dead and I Killed Him, Callum Patrick Hughes takes the audience through his journey with religion, spirituality and the spirit world. Callum uses very traditional storytelling mixed with music played on guitar which creates an intimate feel and draws in the audience allowing us to emphasis and…
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Continue reading →: Macbeth: The MusicalMacbeth: The Musical followed the classic Macbeth story through rewritten pop songs. The song choices really worked with the plot and were funny; enhanced by the incredible singing. However, the humour was too tongue in cheek with the actors being too knowing which cut down the joke and ended up…
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Continue reading →: Miss Congeniality: The Unauthorised Musical ConcertMiss Congeniality: The Unauthorised Musical Concert retold the original film story of an FBI agent who joins the Miss United States pageant in order to foil a plot against the contestants. The score was fine but with very few memorable musical moments. By sticking exactly to the original film; adaptations…
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Continue reading →: The Comedy of Err-ARRS!The Comedy of Err-ARRS! told the classic Shakespearean tale set in the world of pirates. The pirate theme worked well but was under utilised with the theme only showing up through costumes and set rather than being truly worked into the story and language. The original Shakespearean language was used…
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Continue reading →: AladdinAladdin follows the story of an orphan who is struggling to survive but is asked to collect a lamp from a mysterious cave. Upon retrieving the lamp Aladdin discovers a genie who will grant him three wishes. Aladdin battles to save the kingdom, from the evil Jafar who covets the…
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Continue reading →: Anna/AnastasiaAnna/Anastasia follows the story of Anna who believes herself to be Anastasia Romanov; we discover through the play that she keeps jumping off a bridge in Germany and the same police officer interviews her. The play was much funnier than I thought it would be which was balanced with emotional…
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Continue reading →: The Comedy of ErrorsThe Comedy of Errors is the shortest of Shakespeare’s farces chronicling the story of two twins and their twin servants who, in a storm, are separated. We meet them again as one twin, his servant and his father look for his brother. What follows is a series of meetings with…
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Continue reading →: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson MusicalThe Lightning Thief tells the story of Percy Jackson a teen living with his single mother. Unbeknownst to him, his dad is a Greek God and Percy is sent to a summer camp where other children of Gods attend. Percy is then sent on a quest and journeys across America…
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Continue reading →: Edinburgh Fringe Recommendations 2025With the Edinburgh Festival Fringe just around the corner in August I have put together a short-ish list of shows which I have seen; I am going to see or which I can’t fit into my schedule but which I think look interesting. I lean towards comedy so please bear…
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