REVIEW: The Ladder, Gilded Ballroom Teviot, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭
Mark Ludmon reviews Helen Rutter’s The Ladder at Gilded Balloon Teviot at Edinburgh Fringe
Mark Ludmon reviews Helen Rutter’s The Ladder at Gilded Balloon Teviot at Edinburgh Fringe
Mark Ludmon reviews Vinay Patel’s new play Sticks and Stones at Paines Plough’s Roundabout at Summerhall at Edinburgh Fringe
Mark Ludmon reviews Kat Woods’ new play Killymuck at Underbelly Bristo Square at Edinburgh Fringe
Julian Eaves visits Upstairs at the Gatehouse to review Give My Regards To Broadway.
Millie Dunne rages against the dying of the light as she attends Lear at Lynton’s Valley Of The Rocks presented by Pleasure Dome Theatre Company.
Matthew Lunn reviews Broken Wings, a new musical by Nadim Naaman and Dana Al Fardan at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Broken Wings Theatre Royal Haymarket 2 August 2018 2 Stars I must confess myself to be unfamiliar with the work of Gibran Khalil Gibran, the Lebanese-American poet and philosopher whose work inspired this musical. On seeing Broken Wings, the story of his first love and how he came to lose her, I felt compelled to examine his work, and get to know him a little better. This musical offers glimpses of his life, his loves and his character, and one experiences moments of undeniable pleasure in the richly woven images of turn of the century Beirut. There is wonderful music, the work is sincere and admirable in its themes – in these dispiriting times, any piece that rails against women’s commodification is to be applauded. Yet its earnest depiction of … Read more
Paul T Davies reviews David Wood’s adaptation of Dick King-Smith’s Babe The Sheep Pig which is now playing at the Mercury Theatre Colchester.