H.S. Baker

101 Dalmatians – Edinburgh Playhouse

This musical is very much a children’s entertainment, so it’s therefore surprising that it runs the standard length of time,…

1 month ago

Dementia The Musical – The Sudio, Edinburgh

Written by Ron Coleman (aka The Demented Poet), himself a dementia sufferer, the inspiration for this thought-provoking musical was three…

2 months ago

Blue Man Group: Bluevolution World Tour – Festival Theatre

Where to start?  Well, if you don’t like rib rattling drumming, strobe lighting and a full on multisensory happening, don’t…

2 months ago

Blood Brothers – Edinburgh Playhouse

Blood Brothers is an emotional morality tale which is all about the narrative, less about the music.   Poor and fecund…

3 months ago

The Accused – theSpace at Surgeons’ Hall

After taking our seats in the performance space we waited in spooky red light, listening to eerie music, knocking and…

4 months ago

In The Sick of It – Assembly George Square

In the interest of transparency, I must declare from the start that I worked as a nurse in the NHS…

4 months ago

Agatha Christie’s The Rats – theSpace on the Mile

Performed by Hart Players, from Fleet in Hampshire, The Rats is one of a trilogy of less familiar Agatha Christie…

4 months ago

Through The Mud – Summerhall Main Hall

Opening to screened news footage of the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a mixed race student (Tinashe Warikandwa)…

4 months ago

The Merchant of Venice – Traquair House

Regardless of the weather, you know summer’s arrived when outdoor Shakespeare comes around.  And of all the venues, Traquair House…

7 months ago

Uncanny – I Know What I Saw – Festival Theatre Edinburgh

How have I not heard of Danny Robins?  He clearly has a huge following judging from the whoops and hollers…

7 months ago