Reviewed in issue 25/26, 2011
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Regions
Production |
Venue |
Opened |
Closed |
Page |
| ALADDIN By Liam Rudden | Musselburgh, Brunton | 2 Dec | 7 Jan | 1416 |
| ALADDIN By Debbie Carmichael | St Andrews, Byre | 2 Dec | 30 Dec | 1417 |
| ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES Pantomime by Ben Crocker | Chipping Norton | 24 Nov | 7 Jan | 1408 |
| ALICE IN WONDERLAND Adapted by Phil Porter from book by Lewis Carroll | Northampton, Royal | 2 Dec | 8 Jan | 1409 |
| BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Adapted by Stuart Paterson | Edinburgh, Royal Lyceum | 2 Dec | 31 Dec | 1417 |
| A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted by Graham McLaren from story by Charles Dickens (NTS) | Glasgow, Film City | 3 Dec | 31 Dec | 1418 |
| CINDERELLA By Phil Porter | Dundee Rep | 1 Dec | 31 Dec | 1420 |
| CINDERELLA By Paul Elliott and Allan Stewart | Edinburgh, King’s | 7 Dec | 22 Jan | 1421 |
| CINDERELLA Pantomime by Kenneth Alan Taylor | Nottingham Playhouse | 26 Nov | 14 Jan | 1410 |
| CINDERELLA By Eric Potts | Richmond | 14 Dec | 15 Jan | 1410 |
| CINDERELLA: A FAIRYTALE By Travelling Light TC | Bristol, Tobacco Factory | 9 Dec | 15 Jan | 1411 |
| COMPANY Revival of musical by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth | Sheffield, Crucible | 5 Dec | 7 Jan | 1399 |
| CORAM BOY Revival of adaptation by Helen Edmundson from book by Jamila Gavin (Bristol Old Vic) | Bristol, Colston Hall | 22 Dec | 30 Dec | 1412 |
| 42ND STREET Revival of musical by Harry Warren et al., from film | Leicester, Curve | 6 Dec | 21 Jan | 1403 |
| THE FRENCH DETECTIVE AND THE BLUE DOG New musical by Hattie Naylor | Bath, Egg | 16 Dec | 8 Jan | 1412 |
| HANSEL AND GRETEL By Alan McHugh | Glasgow, Citizens | 7 Dec | 7 Jan | 1421 |
| JACK AND THE BEANSTALK By Alan McHugh | Aberdeen, His Majesty’s | 3 Dec | 8 Jan | 1422 |
| JACK AND THE BEANSTALK By Alan McHugh | Perth | 9 Dec | 7 Jan | 1422 |
| JACKIE AND THE BEANSTALK By Johnny McKnight | Stirling, Macrobert | 25 Nov | 7 Jan | 1425 |
| THE LITTLE PRINCE New musical by Nick Lloyd Webber and James D Reid, from Antoine de St-Exupéry | Belfast, Lyric | 3 Dec | 15 Jan | 1413 |
| LITTLE ULLA By Clare McGarry and Steven Rea | Glasgow, Citizens | 10 Dec | 7 Jan | 1425 |
| MISTER MERLIN By Alex Norton | Glasgow, Tron | 6 Dec | 31 Dec | 1426 |
| THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE By Adam Pollard | Scarborough, Stephen Joseph | 29 Nov | 16 Dec | 1414 |
| POLAR MOLAR By Abigail Docherty | Stirling, Macrobert | 29 Nov | 31 Dec | 1426 |
| ROBINSON CRUSOE AND THE CRIBBEAN PIRATES [writer unknown] | Glasgow, SECC | 20 Dec | 7 Jan | 1426 |
| RUDOLF By Andy Manley et al. | Glasgow, Arches | 2 Dec | 3 Jan | 1427 |
| SERGEANT CRACKER’S CHRISTMAS QUEST By Jonathan Stone | Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall | 2 Dec | 26 Dec | 1427 |
| SLEEPING BEAUTY Revival of Rufus Norris adaptation (Birmingham Rep) | Birmingham, Crescent | 29 Nov | 14 Jan | 1414 |
| SLEEPING BEAUTY By Eric Potts | Glasgow, King’s | 8 Dec | 8 Jan | 1428 |
| SLEEPING BEAUTY By John Durnin | Pitlochry | 17 Dec | 7 Jan | 1428 |
| SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS [writer unknown] | Dartford, Orchard | 13 Dec | 7 Jan | 1415 |
| THORN IN THEIR SIDE Discussion/performance/provocation | Scottish Parliament Building | 15 Dec | 15 Dec | 1408 |
| TOO MANY PENGUINS By Frozen Charlotte Prods | Stirling, Macrobert | 7 Dec | 24 Dec | 1429 |
| THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE New play by Jo Clifford | Edinburgh, Traverse | 10 Dec | 24 Dec | 1406 |
| TURNING TO THE CAMERA New play by Simon Jackson (Siege Perilous) | Edinburgh, Ocean Terminal | 28 Nov | 3 Dec | 1408 |
| THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS revival of adaptation by Alan Bennett from book by Kenneth Grahame | Salford, Lowry | 6 Dec | 7 Jan | 1404 |
| THE YORK FAMILY ROBINSON By Berwick Kaler | York, Theatre Royal | 16 Dec | 4 Feb | 1416 |
| YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU Revival of play by George S Kaufman and Moss Hart | Manchester, Royal Exchange | 12 Dec | 14 Jan | 1405 |
We had no space to reprint single reviews of the following shows: In the Regions – ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Newcastle-under-Lyme, New Vic), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Motherwell), CINDERELLA (Cumbernauld), CINDERELLA (Inverness, Eden Court), CINDERELLA Kilmarnock, Palace), CINDERELLA (Kirkcaldy, Adam Smith), CINDERELLA: MOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE (Liverpool Playhouse), THE FLINT STREET NATIVITY (Hull Truck), THE GLASS SLIPPER (Newcastle upon Tyne, Northern Stage), GOOD CLOWN, BAD CLOWN (Bristol Old Vic Studio), HANSEL AND GRETEL (Cambridge, Junction), HANSEL AND GRETEL (Glasgow, Platform), JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (Leeds, WYP Courtyard), JACK AND THE MAGIC BEANS (Aberdeen, Lemon Tree), LOST SOCK PRINCESS (Edinburgh, Traverse), THE MAGICAL ADVENTURES OF PETER PAN (Glasgow, Pavilion), THE NIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS (Glasgow, Tron), SCROOGE (Glasgow, Cottiers), SCROOGE (Glasgow, Theatre Royal), THE SNOW QUEEN (Huddersfield, Lawrence Batley), SNOWHITE (Paisley Arts Centre), WICKED CHRISTMAS (Glasgow, Citizens), THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (Newbury, Watermill) |
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