Sunshine on Leith (musical) explained
Sunshine on Leith is a stage musical featuring the songs of The Proclaimers and written by Stephen Greenhorn for the Dundee Rep Ensemble and first performed in 2007.[1] The show won the TMA Award for Best Musical that year[2] and has toured several times since.
A film adaptation was completed in 2013, and screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]
The West Yorkshire Playhouse staged a new production in 2018, directed by James Brining.[4] A production of the musical by Green Room Productions is set to be staged at Wyllyotts Theatre in Potters Bar in May 2022.[5]
Notes and References
- News: Fisher. Mark. Sunshine on Leith: A Musical. 16 September 2013. The Guardian. 28 April 2007.
- Web site: Stewart, Goodman, Bourne Take Home TMA Awards. What's On Stage. 16 September 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130916081201/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/10-2007/stewart-goodman-bourne-take-home-tma-awards_20371.html. 16 September 2013. dmy-all.
- Web site: Sunshine on Leith . 2013-08-17 . TIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130816021448/http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/festival/2013/sunshineonleith . 16 August 2013 . dmy-all .
- News: James Brining on the biggest overhaul in the history of the West Yorkshire Playhouse . 2 April 2020 . Yorkshire Post . 23 April 2018.
- Web site: An amateur production by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe): Sunshine On Leith . Green Room Productions . 11 February 2022.
