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5 days ago | 
fifetoday.co.uk | John Murray
A full weekend of live music on stage last weekend as Lang Toun Fest kicked off in fine style with seven live performances over three days at the Esplanade venue. As the month of May ended it was a Prog Rock festival in itself as the sounds cranked up with Black Sales Collective, The Wizards Of Progg and Long Earth.
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6 days ago | 
fifetoday.co.uk | John Murray
Shona White from Markinch knows all about big theatre shows from the West End to Broadway and now with her musical show at The King’s Kirkcaldy feels she has come Full Circle. Accompanied by her Musical Director Alan Gibson she promises stories and songs from an illustrious career which all started here with local theatre productions.
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1 week ago | 
fifetoday.co.uk | John Murray
Shrek The Musical from Playhouse Theatre Company played Carnegie Hall Dunfermline last week. The story surrounds a young ogre let into the swamp to make his way in life where he eventually meets a refugee group of familiar fairytale characters.
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2 weeks ago | 
fifetoday.co.uk | John Murray
A well known ogre took to the stage this week as Shrek The Musical from Playhouse Theatre Company took to the Carnegie Hall Dunfermline stage. In 2001 we fell for the loveable ogre Shrek when the animation was on the movie screen and then a year later reworked with music by Jeanine Tesori and book & lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. Along with director Jason Moore they worked on the story adding elements of the sequels like Shrek 2 and Shrek Ever After.
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3 weeks ago | 
fifetoday.co.uk | John Murray
The extraordinary performer Puddles Pity Party returns to Fife this month for a one off show. I have seldom seen quite a reaction as when a giant costumed clown took to the stage at the Edinburgh Fringe back in August 2015. A giant of a character, he dominated the stage and when he sang, it was nothing short of a sensation.
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1 month ago | 
fifetoday.co.uk | John Murray
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowBefore you say not another book about The Beatles, this new one is different in as much as it concentrates on the relationship of the Fab Two. John & Paul, A Love Story In Songs (Faber, £25) is from Ian Leslie. He is known to be a Beatles fan but is best known for his books on human psychology as well as columns in The New Statesman, The Economist and the New York Times.
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1 month ago | 
fifetoday.co.uk | John Murray
It is all change for Fife’s original soul band Lights Out By Nine as I caught up with founder member Alan Kyle this week. Our first introduction to his band was when they were a proficient covers band, and the backdrop, and cassette cover, was of a stunted running man named Arnie.
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1 month ago | 
fifetoday.co.uk | John Murray
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowLooking back to the Carnaby Street idealism of the 1960s it can be said that even before the images of Twiggy, one young lady made headlines, became a pop star, made movies, and had a rock star front man for her boyfriend.
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1 month ago | 
fifetoday.co.uk | John Murray
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowThe Teen Edition of the hit musical Chicago brings ‘all that jazz’ to Carnegie Hall DunfermlineProduced by the local company Why Not?, established over twenty years ago, this was an ambitious project given the complexities and adult themes of this well-known musical piece.
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2 months ago | 
fifetoday.co.uk | John Murray
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowHighly respected theatre company Stellar Quines have announced a brand-new premiere for Fife with a limited run of three performances. The forward-thinking feminist theatre group was formed in 1993 by Gerda Stevenson and almost immediately toured Scotland with their first production. Since then they have formed community engagements partnerships and gaining Fringe First Awards along the way.
