1,523 stories by "Thom Dibdin"
It's heartening to see the fine folk of Capital Theatres involved in such a confident show, it's just a shame this Sunshine on Leith is more concert than theatre.
There is a deeply felt element to Laurel & Hardy at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre, that enhances the hilarity on display in note-perfect re-creations of classic comedy.
The touring Cluedo at the King's is billed as a 'brand new play' and 'an exciting comedy thriller'. It is certainly possible to quibble with those descriptions as there is little excitement,…
The West End hits central Edinburgh this week, as Cole Porter's seaborne musical Anything Goes sails into the Festival Theatre for a very limited run until this Sunday.
Red Ellen, at the Lyceum, co-produced with the Nottingham Playhouse and Northern Stage, suffers from many of the faults that affect biographical drama, and is far too long for its own good. …
With a title like Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World, it's unsurprising that the first night King's audience for this touring production was mainly female.
A New Life (A Mini Musical) at the Traverse every lunchtime this week is certainly not 'mini' in its emotional scope or its ambition.
Chicago's tale of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery whispers back into the Edinburgh Playhouse with a thrum of double bass, a twitching off-beat on th…
Packed with expletives and off-colour observations, Afterparty from New Celts Productions and F-Bomb Theatre at theSpace's Triplex theatre pulls no punches in its humorous but bitter-sweet s…
Fear of Roses, by Black Bat Productions at Assembly Roxy, is a crisp, intelligent and thoroughly rewarding three-hander.
Saving Mr Ultimate, a tale of superheroes, grief and letting go, mixes the serious and the humorous effectively in creating a world that is both believable and ever-so-slightly superhuman.
Wish List is an urgently contemporary piece from New Celts and Bone Struck Theatre, dealing with young carers, mental health and the gig economy in a way that never preaches and is always be…
Medicine, Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival's production for the International Festival at the Traverse, is a troubling, funny, emotionally devastating and brillian…
Still at the Traverse is in many ways a tough watch, with themes of death and loss offset by excellent performances and perceptive writing.
A Grand Night For Singing as part of the Edinburgh International Festival is done with such grace and skill that it is difficult to feel much but warmth towards it.
History, emotion and righteous anger combine tunefully and humorously in Sweet F.A., This Is My Story Productions' thoroughly welcome return to Tynecastle Park.
The Macbeths, the Citizens' concentrated revision of Macbeth, supplies a charge that is so often missing in versions of the play.
David Greig's Adventures with the Painted People is a clever and evocative piece of theatre which is only enhanced both by being the first full theatre production in Scotland since lockdown …
Hindu Times " the latest audio offering from the Lyceum and Pitlochry Festival Theatre's Sound Stage " is a wildly original piece. Although cumbersome at times, it has a raucous energy that …
There is little doubt that a tightened-up version of Tennis Elbow would be better, but the sheer pleasure in language displayed here already goes a very long way.
A Space to Bless, a series of meditations from Queen Jesus Productions filmed in St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, provides much-needed balm for the soul.
Smile, Dundee Rep's football-themed online offering, transfers to the screen to provide a satisfactory record of 2020's successful play about the legendary Jim McLean.
Doppler: The Story So Far, a portrait of Grid Iron's 2020 production of Doppler that never was, is an edifying, surprising and deeply human film.
A touching and utterly personal piece of drama, Angela by Mark Ravenhill is a fitting first offering in the Lyceum and Pitlochry Festival Theatre's Sound Stage project in association with Na…
While a live audience is oxygen to panto performers, recorded Rapunzel at the Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh is a triumph, and placing the trials of 2020 the heart of this retelling of this we…
