Tag: Allan Stewart
Aunty May wants you to take care in the kitchen this Christmas – oh...
Legendary panto dame, Allan Stewart, is again centre stage this Christmas, even if it is not on the King's Theatre stage.
In character as the much-loved Aunty May he stars as the face of Food...
Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show – a selection box of talent
You may have to be of a certain age to appreciate all that this show has to offer.
Oh no sorry, the host has to be of a certain age to allow him to...
Allan Stewart – next month’s The Big Big Variety Show will be the last
Allan Stewart, the darling of the panto audeience, master, and more often mistress, of the cheeky innuendo, says that his Big Big Variety Show this March will be his last.
The performer has staged...
Crowds roll up for Goldilocks with a circus twist
Allan Stewart has admitted in interviews that he originally did not wish to appear in pantomime but, 44 years after he first appeared in a seasonal stage show, he’s back.
Stewart (pictured with the cast)...
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, King’s Theatre
Goldilocks and the Three Bears begins with what else but a topical Prince Andrew gag, shoulders are heaving and we’re off for two hours of panto re-mixed with circus variety.
After a period...
Theatre – Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show, King’s Theatre
27 February – 3 March 2018| King's Theatre
Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show is back at the King’s for another fabulous night of comedy and song, promising the best in entertainment and the biggest...
Review: Cinderella *****
When the editor of The Edinburgh Reporter told me I was going to review Cinderella, the much-loved pantomime at Edinburgh’s Kings Theatre, I responded in traditional panto fashion. ‘Oh, no I’m not!’ I replied....
Theatre – King’s Cinders Panto-Time
Face it Edinburgh - your childhood days are behind you! Oh No they’re Not! Let all the King’s’ metamorphosed mice Pantomime-horses carry you to the Ball and leave all those winter-time blues behind you.
Our friends...
Theatre News – Rowan Glen sponsors King’s ‘Cinders’
Our friends at The King's Theatre have a tasty Panto treat to announce - and are they not just milking it! With over 70,000 tickets already sold, Rowan Glen, one of Scotland’s dairy brands,...
Long Live The King’s! Ambassadors announce pledge to support £25 million regeneration.
The Festival City Theatres Trust has announced a number of high profile Cultural Ambassadors for the capital campaign to transform the King’s Theatre Edinburgh and, by extension, invigorate the Tollcross environs.
John Byrne, Andy Gray, Bill Paterson, Ian...
King’s Panto 2016 : Jack and the Beanstalk *****
As I write this, I’m listening to BBC Radio 1’s Review of 2016. It does not make for happy listening. As years go, this one has been one many of us would rather forget.
This...
There are still panto tickets available for the King’s (oh yes there are…..!)
Jack and the Beanstalk at the King's stars the three well-known panto stars, Andy Gray, Grant Stott and Allan Stewart.
And there are still some tickets available!
Performances start in just over a week, and a...
Allan Stewart to stage a big show at the King’s Theatre
Proving that Variety still packs a punch, legendary Scottish comic Allan Stewart has assembled the best talent around for his Big, Big Show at the King’s Theatre. Not content with taking up residence at the King's...
Review: Mother Goose at the King’s Theatre (****)
The first rule of panto is ‘never try to examine the internal logic of panto’. Best to just sit back in the plush new seats at the King’s Theatre and let puns, pyrotechnics, tiny...
Review: Cinderella at the King’s Theatre (****)
The King’s Theatre’s panto offering this year is a riot of colour, fast-paced and full of infectious energy. Even before the show starts, the atmosphere in the auditorium is electric, and the barrage of...
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