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Monday, September 11, 2017

Hospital clown pioneer steps down as artistic director of Hearts and Minds by Thom Dibdin

Magdalena Schamberger, the co-founder of Scottish arts-in-health charity Hearts and Minds, is to stand down as its artistic director and chief executive. Schamberger

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HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL – Edinburgh ★★★ by Thom Dibdin

A gentle romance combines reinforces the right-on message that you can be who you want, in LYAMC’s tuneful take on High School Musical at the Church Hill Theatre to Saturday.

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The Steamie review at Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy – ‘hilarious and poignant’ by Thom Dibdin

Tony Roper’s great celebration of female unity, set in a Glasgow washhouse – or Steamie – at the turn of 1950, proves

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Nassim Soleimanpour: ‘Refusing military service in 
Iran doesn’t make me a hero’ by Thom Dibdin

The Fringe First-winning playwright’s works have travelled the world while he was unable to leave his native country. Now he’s performing his

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Monday, September 4, 2017

New performing arts centre and studio theatre planned for Dunfermline by Thom Dibdin

The Alhambra Theatre Trust in Dunfermline has lodged a planning application to create a new performing arts centre in the town. If approved, the plans

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Bathgate Regal to cease theatre operations by Thom Dibdin

The charity that runs the Regal Theatre in Bathgate, West Lothian, has gone into voluntary liquidation and cancelled all future performances at

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Friday, September 1, 2017

August: Osage County review at Dundee Rep – ‘magnificently staged’ by Thom Dibdin

Disfunction permeates the revolving house at the centre of Dundee Rep’s magnificent staging of Tracy Letts’ modern American tragedy, August: Osage County.

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

La Boheme review at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘clever staging’ by Thom Dibdin

Love is thoroughly aired in Alex Olle’s Italian-set La Boheme for Teatro Regio. It is all a bit skeletal to start with,

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Edinburgh Fringe tickets top 2.6m in 2017 by Thom Dibdin

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has posted record ticket sales for the fifth year running with an estimated 2,696,884 tickets sold in its

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The Inconvenience of Wings review at Assembly George Square, Edinburgh – ‘fails to fly’ by Thom Dibdin

There is a disconcerting distancing from its subject in Lara Foot’s interesting but flawed The Inconvenience of Wings, which the telling of

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Monday, August 28, 2017

VELVET EVENING SEANCE – #EdFringe ★★★★ by Thom Dibdin

Mesmerising: High production values and a compelling narrative make Ross MacKay and Suzie Miller's atmospheric Victorian mystery, Velvet Evening Seance, a suitably haunting experience.

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Sunday, August 27, 2017

THE SORCERER – #EdFringe ★★★★ by Thom Dibdin

What larks: For careful execution and straightforward fun, it is difficult to imagine many recent productions of Gilbert and Sullivan have beaten Cat-Like Tread’s The Sorcerer at Parad…

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Saturday, August 26, 2017

Oresteia: This Restless House – Edinburgh International Festival by Thom Dibdin

Drips grandeur: Huge and elemental forces drive This Restless House, the version of the Oresteia by Zinnie Harris originally produced by the Citizens’ Glasgow and the National Theatre …

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Friday, August 25, 2017

Ramy – In the Frontline review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘inventive affirmation of art’s power’ by Thom Dibdin

Ramy Essam sings with a strong, guttural bass voice, the music rising up from somewhere inside a soul made fierce with his

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The Dame Dolly Donut Show review at C Venues, Edinburgh – ‘entertaining but distancing’ by Thom Dibdin

In the spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe’s famous open-access policy, there is surely room for some proper, music hall-based pantomime. And if

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Eaten review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘cleverly transgressive piece about what we eat’ by Thom Dibdin

Daringly inventive, Mamoru Iriguchi’s Eaten gets right inside the issue of food and what goes into our tummies, in a show for

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Thursday, August 24, 2017

OUT OF THE BAD – #EdFringe ★★★★ by Thom Dibdin

Comes good: Out of the Bad, by Fair Pley at the New Town Theatre, is a warm and politically informed production distinguished by outstanding performances.

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

STAND BY – #EdFringe ★★★★★ by Thom Dibdin

Gripping: Adam McNamara's outstanding Stand By profoundly examines the relationship between four officers amidst the unpredictable rhythms of life on the job.

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DEATH IN VENICE – #EdFringe ★★★★ by Thom Dibdin

Charming: Death in Venice, Thomas Mann's 1912 novella, is a graceful spin in a dance theatre adaptation full of character from Edinburgh Ballet Circle.

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ENTERPRISE – #EdFringe ★★★★ by Thom Dibdin

Entertaining: Enterprise, Americana Absurdum Productions’ inventive comedy at Assembly George Square, is an original and funny experience.

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DOGLIFE – #EdFringe ★★★★ by Thom Dibdin

Raw: Stark truths not often portrayed on stage give Doglife at Summerhall a compelling quality, even if the result could never be called attractive.

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Tobacco review at Assembly George Square, Edinburgh – ‘strongly physical, clowning performance’ by Thom Dibdin

Andrew Buckland gives new life and an extra level of comedy to William Harding’s adaptation of Chekhov’s On the Harmful Effects of

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One Man Shoe review at Assembly George Square Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘well-rounded family magic show’ by Thom Dibdin

Magic and clowning are brought together in rounded narrative structure under Gerry Mulgrew’s direction of Jango Starr in One Man Shoe. In

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Monday, August 21, 2017

Karoo Moose – No Fathers review at Assembly George Square, Edinburgh – ‘beautifully nuanced storytelling’ by Thom Dibdin

The story as a concept lies at the heart of Karoo Moose – No Fathers, a deeply powerful tale set in rural

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KEVIN QUANTUM: ANTI-GRAVITY – #EdFringe ★★★★ by Thom Dibdin

Thrilling: Magician-scientist hybrid Kevin Quantum brings a show that truly seems to defy gravity to the Debating Hall of the Gilded Balloon Teviot.

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Roseburn: the workshop that sets the Edinburgh Lyceum apart by Thom Dibdin

The Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh is renowned for its award-winning sets. Thom Dibdin takes a tour around its Roseburn scenery workshop, where

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Jocky Wilson Said review at Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘positive and upbeat’ by Thom Dibdin

Positive and upbeat, Jane Livingstone and Jonathan Cairney’s clever script for Oran Mor proves a revealing and entertaining view of the life

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How to Act review at Summerhall Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘acting masterclass’ by Thom Dibdin

There is a gloriously meta moment in Graham Eatough’s How to Act, staged by the National Theatre of Scotland, when guest lecturer

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Teatro Regio’s Macbeth review at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘blessed with musical power but lacks detail’ by Thom Dibdin

The Edinburgh International Festival opened its opera offering in 1947 with Verdi’s magnificent Macbeth, so it is only fitting that Emma Dante’s

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Doglife review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘bold and direct’ by Thom Dibdin

Doglife builds on Thomas McCrudden’s brutal and bruising Doubting Thomas, performed in the same space a year ago. The previous show gave

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MACBETH KILLS THE DUCHESS – #EdFringe ★★★★ by Thom Dibdin

A plot to murder a member of the royal family takes centre stage in the debut run of the tragic comedy Macbeth kills The Duchess.

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All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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