The Producers, We’ll Meet Again, and Dorothy Paul are some of the highlights for the week ahead.
The Strange Case of Jekyll & Hyde Dundee Rep Theatre, Wednesday
Featuring a cast of over twenty actors together with five musicians, Lung Ha’s Theatre Company and Drake Music Scotland bring to life Morna Pearson’s dramatic re-working of the classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Edinburgh, 1886 and the city’s Old and New Towns are separated by more than just the North Bridge.
In the New Town we meet the Jekyll family, where the doctor longs for just one of his “radical” experiments to go right.
While seemingly a world away in the Old Town, a murky figure known as Hyde roams the moonlit streets.
The Producers Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Monday to Saturday
Starring TV presenter Jason Manford as Leo Bloom, comedian Phill Jupitus as Franz Leibkind and flamboyant choreographer Louie Spence as Carmen Ghia, Mel Brooks’ much-loved Academy Award winning movie has been adapted into a hilarious musical.
Impoverished by a string of flops, New York producer Max Bialystock recruits timid accountant Leo Bloom to help him pull off Broadway’s greatest scam. Together they aim to produce the worst show ever and run away to Rio with millions, but they soon learn that showbusiness can always find a way to kick you in the teeth.
Ash Dykes Breaking Mongolia: The Lonely Snow Leopard Onetouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, Tuesday
In 2014, Ash Dykes walked solo across Mongolia setting a new world record in the process.
From the Altai Mountains across the Gobi Desert to the Mongolian Steppe, Ash covered more than 1500 miles alone on foot while pulling a 120kg cart of provisions behind him.
During this epic test of endurance and stamina, Ash battled sandstorms, heat exhaustion and dehydration.
Hear him talk about the challenges he faced and the determination he had to summon in order to complete his epic mission.
We’ll Meet Again Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow and Rothes Hall, Glenrothes, Wednesday and Thursday, 2pm
Duggie Chapman MBE brings a brand new wartime cavalcade show to celebrate 70 years since the end of World War Two.
Comedy entertainer Steve Barclay will do impressions of the wartime comedians, there’s a return of Britain’s greatest ukulele virtuoso, Andy Eastwood, and new singing star Lucia Mattise will perform the songs of Vera Lynn, Gracie Fields and Ann Shelton.
The full supporting cast includes the Martyn St James Band in what promises to be a heart-rending nostalgia show.
Dorothy Paul: Classic Dorothy King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Thursday, 2.30pm and 7.30pm
Join the much-loved veteran comedian on a trip down memory lane as she returns to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival by popular demand.
The BAFTA award-winning actress and Scottish showbiz legend will perform some of her best material, including wonderful music and outrageous comedy, as the audience is entertained by one of the country’s favourite performers in an unmissable greatest hits show.
Cinderella At cinemas from Friday
The animated version of Cinderella is credited with saving Disney Studios, which were heavily in debt at the time of its release in 1950.
The multi-million pound business doesn’t need rescuing now which is fortunate as this live action reworking, directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh, would be unlikely to be up to the task.
Downton Abbey’s Lily James (Lady Rose in the Sunday night drama) is handed the title role, Cate Blanchett her misunderstood (not wicked) stepmother. But apart from making Cinders’ stepsisters ugly on the inside, this doesn’t feel updated enough for today’s savvy youngsters.
Rich Hall’s Hoedown The Garage, Glasgow, Friday to Sunday
Edinburgh Fringe favourite, deadpan Montana comic and BBC regular Rich Hall gathers together his virtuoso musical mates for a mash-up of music, comedy and improvised odes to audience members.
Hall will showcase both his comedic and musical spontaneity with clever lyrics and rhymes dedicated to those brave enough to sit in the first few rows, while there will no doubt also be a song or two written especially about Scotland.
The Scottish Golf Show – Friday to Sunday, SECC, Glasgow
With the golf season just around the corner, what better way to get in the mood than with a visit to the Scottish Golf Show?
Celebrating ten years as the UK’s premier golf show, this year’s is by far the biggest and best yet with all the top names showcasing their latest releases, with 125 exhibitors selling everything from the latest drivers to the most exclusive golf holidays.
There are also new skill zone challenges to test your talents and a bespoke kids’ zone, making it an ideal day out for all the family (kids and concessions go free).
The Divergent Series: Insurgent At cinemas now
The Divergent Series is aimed at a similar audience to those thrilled by The Hunger Games but the second film in the saga misses its target by forgetting that you earn a teenager’s interest by treating them like adults.
Shailene Woodley is Tris, now a fugitive on the run with the handsome Four (Theo James) in the ruins of the Chicago.
It’s telling that the best bits are when Octavia Spencer, Naomi Watts and particularly Kate Winslet as the power-hungry Jeanine are on screen.
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