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Panto goes global with Crossroads Live, oh, yes it does!
News | It’s all behind Qdos as they are acquired by Crossroads Live ‘It’s behind you’ and ‘Oh, yes it is!’, probably the best loved panto shout-outs ever and two that came to mind this week as the UK’s largest … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberdeen SECC, Birmingham, Bromley, capital theatres, comedy, crossroads live, David Ian, edinburgh, entertainment, Glasgow, King’s, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Michael Harrison, Milton Keynes, musical, Newcastle, panto, pantomime, Qdos, Southampton, stage, theatre, west end, Woking
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Watch | After the interval – Edinburgh venues prepare for their return
Edinburgh Playhouse | Royal Lyceum | King’s Theatre | Festival Theatre | Leith Theatre | Usher Hall Video | Join me behind the scenes at six of Edinburgh’s major entertainment venues as they as they emerge from a year of … Continue reading
Flashback | Killers, Taggart and a calling-card case made from the skin of William Burke… of Burke & Hare infamy
Killers | Brighton Fringe & Edinburgh Fringe 2013 Eight years ago, on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, Taggart creator Glenn Chandler and the cast of his smash hit Brighton Fringe play, Killers, posed for some very special publicity shots ahead of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arron Usher, Assembly Rooms, Brighton, Denis Nilsen, drama, edinburgh, Edward Cory, entertainment, fringe, Frstival, Gareth Morrison, glenn chandler, Ian Brady, Killers, Moors Murderers, Peter Sutcliffe, stage, taggart, television, theatre, tv, Yorkshire Ripper
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Snapshots of Edinburgh’s historic Usher Hall
Gallery | The Usher Hall, Edinburgh The people’s concert hall, Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, has long been all things to the people of the Capital, staging everything from schools choir competitions to rock gigs and classical concerts. I was lucky enough … Continue reading
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Kew Shakespeare, Ratty, Mole and Mr Toad
A Midsummer Night’s Dream & The Wind in the Willows | Kew Gardens, London News | Magical outdoor Summer theatre season comes to Botanic Garden The idyllic grounds of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is … Continue reading
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Tagged A Midsummer Night’s Dream, alfresco, Botanic, comedy, drama, entertainment, Kenneth Graham, Kew, Kew Gardens, London, magical, outdoor, Shakespeare, stage, theatre, Wind in the Willows
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The day Sting sailed into The Dockers’, Leith
The Last Ship Flashback | Back in 2018 Leith’s Dockers’ Club had experienced nothing like it, but then it was Sting, singing on their stage. IT may be many decades since a ship was last launched from the slipway of … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrities, Dockers Club, edinburgh, entertainment, Leith, musical, nostalgia, Police, pop, stage, Sting, The Last Ship, theatre
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Tracy Beaker favourite Clive Rowe joins Prince of Egypt for a limited season
Prince of Egypt | Dominion Theatre, London News | Olivier Award winner joins West End cast from July 1 to October 16 Olivier Award-winner and Tracy Beaker star Clive Rowe is to join the West End cast of The Prince … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrities, Clive Rowe, Dominion, drama, entertainment, London, musical, Prince of Egypt, stage, television, theatre, Tracy Beaker, west end
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Tron’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz postponed until 2022
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Tron Theatre, Glasgow News | Loved Glasgow panto takes second hit Just as things are looking a bit more hopeful comes a reminder that we’re not quite out of the Covid woods yet and … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, drama, entertainment, Glasgow, Johnny McKnight, musical, panto, pantomime, postponed, stage, theatre, Tron Theatre
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Be More Chill… for ten weeks only
Be More Chill | Shaftesbury Theatre, London News | The Broadway phenomenon returns for a limited season The original London cast are set to reprise their roles when Be More Chill, the mind-bendingly, delightfully fun, hit musical opens at The … Continue reading
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