What's On
On Tour
Autumn 2008
Dundee Rep Theatre presents 'Sunshine on Leith'
Dundee Rep Theatre Sat 1 Nov - Sat 22 Nov
Edinburgh Festival Theatre 5 Dec - 3 Jan.'09
Aberdeen His Majesty's Theatre 12 - 24 Jan '09
Inverness Eden Court 26 Jan - 7 Feb
Glasgow Kings Theatre 9 - 21 Feb
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry 24 -29 Feb
Scotland’s newest musical, Sunshine on Leith, featuring the songs of The Proclaimers, opened at Dundee Rep Theatre in April 2007 playing to full houses before a hugely successful tour throughout Scotland. Written by playwright and TV writer Stephen Greenhorn, directed by James Brining Sunshine on Leith had a cast of 15 performers including members of Dundee Rep’s Ensemble and actors from the West End stage. A live nine-piece band was put together under musical director Hilary Brooks and choreographer was Lizzie Gee who has worked on many West End shows.
A fantastic, fun and poignant night’s entertainment, Sunshine on Leith follows the highs and lows of young ex-soldiers Ally and Davy as they return to their lives back home in Scotland. Families, relationships and life in Leith are not all plain sailing in this exceptional love story about everyday life in Scotland.
‘such a perfect and perfectly unexpected marriage of music and theatre’
The Guardian
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Sunshine on Leith was a great success for Dundee Rep both in Dundee and on tour.
‘one of the hottest tickets of recent Scottish theatre’
The Scotsman
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