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Sally Cookson's Olivier award-nominated adaptation of the Cinderella fairy tale flutters into the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh this Christmas in a creative production teeming with beautiful, colourful birds. Read my review of Cinderella: A Fairytale below. Olivia Hemmati as Ella and Richard Conlon as Father in Cinderella: A Fairytale. Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic Cinderella: A Fairytale, Edinburgh Lyceum Christmas 2025 ★★★★☆ Review: 10 December 2025 | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edi

The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh has today announced the full cast for this Year's Christmas production Cinderella: A Fairytale which...

Edinburgh Panto 2024 | The Best Edinburgh pantomimes 2024 | What's On Edinburgh Christmas | Winter Theatre in Scotland 2024

Cinderella, Ayr Gaiety Theatre pantomime 2023/24 review, Ken Alexander and Fraser Boyle

An 11 year old reviews Cinderella, Ayr Gaiety Theatre panto 2023. Pantomime review. Oscar reviews. Ken Alexander and Fraser Boyle, panto.

Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim, at RCS ★★★★☆ Review: 5 December 2023 | New Athenaeum Theatre, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | BA MUsical Theatre 2024 Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical based on several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, is complex, clever and darker than you may expect. But then Grimm's fairy tales are more frightening than Disney would have us believe. There are important lessons and themes at the heart of 'Into the Woods'. Princip

Ugly! A Cinderella Story review, Cumbernauld Theatre, Gary McNair, Brian James O'sullivan, Christmas show 2023