If you like your musicals to appeal to both the gambler and the lover in you, then Guys and Dolls is the one for you.
This classic 1950s musical tells the story of Nathan Detroit – an irrepressible gangster just trying to run his “floating crap game” in the face of pressure to get married from [...]

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If you aren’t already aware of it, Twelfth Night is the story of Viola, who loves Orsino, who is in love with Olivia, who is in love with Viola’s male disguise, Cesario. Confusing, isn’t it? Well add in the naughty (and drunken) Sir Andrew Aquecheek and Sir Tony Belch and you have a madcap comedy [...]

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You might be wondering why Hairline is reviewing Vegas as part of the festival this year. You might even be shocked that we are pre/reviewing a club night as part of our music section. Well it is in our opinion that Vegas (who also put in lots of hard work during the rest [...]

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The thought of theatre being performed outside always brings some trepidation, particularly in summer in Scotland. However, the exciting thought of one of Shakespeare’s most universally loved plays being performed in the enchanting setting of Duddingston Kirk, prompted a wee journey - over hill, over dale, through bush, through briar, over (Holyrood) park, over pale, [...]

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The Old Hall Hotel in Buxton, Derbyshire has never struck me as being a den of iniquity. However, it seems theatregoers had a bit of a shock when Heart Productions previewed Romeo and Juliet For All Time at the Buxton Fringe earlier this year.
It seems the poster advertising the production is misleading. If you haven’t [...]

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Har Mar Superstar is a man you should hate with a passion. To put it bluntly, he’s diminutive and pot-bellied with a balding mullet and probably has serious body odour (you really wouldn’t want to get too close). In fact, he’s a particularly nauseating specimen of a man and certainly doesn’t look as young as [...]

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