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Maggie is really, finally, getting married. Again.
In this brand new Broons adventure, as the family work together to give her the wedding of her dreams, they all start thinking about their own plans for the future. Joe thinks he should move to London. Horace wants to explore outer space and Daphne and Hen try their hand at internet dating. But with Maw determined to do anything to keep her brood together in Glebe Street, will Maggie even make it to the Kirk this time?
This world first theatrical staging draws inspiration from the famous comic strip to bring you this brand new lively and fast paced tale.
Award-winning Scottish playwright Rob Drummond brings the iconic characters Granpaw, Paw and Maw Broon, Hen and Joe, Daphne, Maggie, Horace, the Twins and the Bairn to life for a Scottish audience in a world first production filled with laughs, love and comic-strip visuals, all set to a Scottish soundtrack.
The Glebe Street gang have featured in DC Thomson comic strips in the Sunday Post since 1936 and this production celebrates them in their 80th anniversary year.
Drummond put flesh and blood on the characters in a topsy-turvy mix of knowingness and nostalgia.
There’s so much blazing postmodern wit and talent on view from the show’s brilliant 11-strong cast that all these faults somehow seem forgivable.
It’s sentimental, of course, but joyfully so, and it champions the quirky pleasure of living in a place where capacity audiences think a night out with a family of 80-year-old comic strip characters is a night well spent.
Scottish comic family hit the stage with mixed results.
The Broons is crowd-pleasing stuff for its target audience, without question. However, given Drummond’s undoubted talent, one would expect more than this theatrical equivalent of painting-by-numbers.
Loud, hugely enjoyable and instantly recognisable, The Broons...is every bit as much fun as you would hope.
Whether you’ve been reading the comics since 1936 or have yet to meet this eccentric family, this production will inspire you to laugh, sing and hope that this is not the last we have seen of The Broons on the stage.
Director Andrew Panton pulls out all the stops. And despite Broonsworld being ludicrously outdated in a time of “blended” and fractured families the show had great warmth and is as daft as Daphne’s fashion sense.
It’s couthie; it’s a bit mad; it’s esoteric; it’s corny; it’s a warm bath of comfort and nostalgia - it’s everything The Broons comic strip is. A braw nicht oot!
It would be easy to rely on the popularity of The Broons to get the audience in, but this stage production has a solid plot to back it up.
First Look: The Broons
On Tour, from Tuesday September 27, 2016, until Saturday November 12, 2016.
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