Sunny Afternoon at Edinburgh Playhouse: The Kinks’ dramatic journey to stardom

1960s rock band The Kinks never reached the towering commercial heights of The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, but Joe Penhall’s jukebox bio-musical Sunny Afternoon argues that their turbulent journey to stardom was no less dramatic. Following the band’s rise through the 1960s, the production centres on frontman Ray Davies as he struggles to balance artistic ambition with the relentless commercial pressures of the music industry.

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/scotland/article/Review-SUNNY-AFTERNOON-at-Edinburgh-Playhouse-20260507)._