1+ hour, 5+ min ago   (258+ words) Delphi: The Musical continues at the Auditorium at Bedlam Theatre until 30 August (except 17, 24). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ This is Delphi: The musical, with book and lyrics by Richard Alger. The stated aims of Theatre Movement Bazaar, the company behind the…...

13+ hour, 33+ min ago   (206+ words) Parking Spot: The Musical! continues at Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street until 22 August (except 16). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Will (Harris Solomon) has a new car. Now at last he can forgo the wasted hours travelling the New Jersey subway,…...

14+ hour, 4+ min ago   (232+ words) Unheard Voices, Unbroken Spirits continues at Big Yin at Gilded Balloon Patter House until 31 August 2026 (except 17, 18). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ “I’m not just a case file number, I’m a person,” is the line that seems best to describe what’s at…...

14+ hour, 30+ min ago   (445+ words) The Dance Plague of 1518 was reviewed at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Historical musicals have become immensely popular over the years, and while The Dance Plague of 1518 belongs to the same genre as the likes of…...

19+ hour, 38+ min ago   (189+ words) A Murder Mystery Musical – The Detective’s Demise continues at Just The Fancy Room at Just The Tonic at The Caves until 30 August 2026 (except 18). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ A bawdy romp of a detective story, painted in broad strokes, with some…...

20+ hour, 17+ min ago   (330+ words) Apparently Ugly: A Stepsister Story continues at Ermintrude at Underbelly, Bristo Square until 31 August 2026 (except 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ A magic mirror reflects a number of people in the front row. Rousing music, dry ice and a voiceover proclaims the…...

19+ hour, 58+ min ago   (217+ words) Crocodile Rock continues at the Dining Room at Gilded Balloon Teviot until 31 August (not 18, 25). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Growing up in Millport in Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde, Steven McPhail comes to recognise certain sexual urges which he…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (300+ words) Picture: Sebastian Nevols © 20th Century Studios Disney Theatrical Group has announced that, following its sell-out run at the Bristol Hippodrome earlier this year, the brand-new stage adaptation of The Greatest Showman, based on the 2017 smash-hit film, with songs by Benj Pasek…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (238+ words) Elba continues at Just The Sub-Atomic Room at Just The Tonic Nucleus until 30 August (except 18). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Elba, a quiet little island off the coast of Italy. Enter Pons (Ishan Mahabir-Stokes, who wrote and directed the show). He…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (310+ words) Hole! continues at Cowbarn at Underbelly, Bristo Square until 30 August 2026 (except 17). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ They’re sneaky, the writers of Hole! They lure you in with the promise of a lurid tale of “butt plugs or eternal damnation”, then deliver…...