Review: MY ROMANTIC HISTORY, Tron Theatre
A fast, funny, painfully relatable rom-com about two people who might just be perfect for each other – if they can ever get over their past.
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Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, Pavilion Theatre
Having been seen by over 35 million theatregoers, The Rocky Horror Show is the story of two squeaky clean college kids–Brad and his fiancée Janet.
Review: THE CORINTHIAN, Òran Mór
The remarkable untold story of the world's first Black international footballer who captained Scotland to glory.
Review: NORA: A DOLL'S HOUSE at Chandler Studio Theatre
Few plays have sparked as much controversy as Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.
Review: SINGLE WHITE FEMALE, Theatre Royal
Based on the iconic 90’s psychological thriller, the world premiere stage production of Single White Female is a bold and modern reimagining of the best-selling book and hit movie, that coined a phrase and led a generation to fear a stiletto heel!
Review: ONCE, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Premiering in New York in 2012 and winning eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Once is now coming to Scotland for the very first time.
Review: THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD at Theatre Royal Glasgow
Initially a 1963 novel by John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold sneaks into Glasgow this week in a fresh new stage adaptation .
Review: THE BODYGUARD, King's Theatre
Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker.
Review: MEMBERS ONLY, Òran Mór
Cash-strapped best pals Linda and Angie live for the weekend buzz of bingo night.
Review: REVOLUTION DAYS, Citizens Theatre
Samira, a Scottish Aid Worker, goes through a ‘baptism of fire’ during the revolutions in the Middle East.
Review: KENMURE STREET, Oran Mor
A verbatim drama retelling the events of a local Glaswegian community coming together to stop a dawn raid.
Review: BABY MASH-UP, WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING? Tron Theatre
Something’s wrong.
Review: RELAY at Traverse
After a critically acclaimed 'must see' at the Edinburgh Fringe, Leila Navabi brings her solo 'punk musical' Relay to the Traverse - this one races ahead with heart and humour.
Review: THE KEY OF DREAMS- THE SHADOWS LENGTHEN, Treowen, Wales
It is now a few days since I left Treowen, a gorgeous 17th century Manor House set in the even-more-gorgeous Welsh countryside and I am still processing the experience.
Review: NIGHT WAKING at Citizens Theatre
Night Waking follows Anna, an Oxford academic living on a remote Hebridean island with her husband Giles and their two young children.
Review: BLACK DIAMONDS AND THE BLUE BRAZIL, Lyceum Theatre
When Sally returns to Cowdenbeath from her busy city life for her father’s funeral, she’s pulled back into the world of “The Blue Brazil” – the trials, triumphs, and unbreakable loyalty of a small-town football club with a big heart.
Book Review: WALKING SHADOW LOVE, LOSS AND SHAKESPEARE, By Greg Doran
While The Winter's Tale's regarded as a play of two halves (set in Sicilia and Bohemia), former Royal Shakespeare Company director Greg Doran's poignant and absorbing Walking Shadow is a book of two halves.
Review: THE HIGH LIFE, King's Theatre
After a 30-year delay in the departure lounge, The High Life returns in a new musical spectacular featuring all four original cast members - Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Siobhan Redmond and Patrick Ryecart.
Review: FUNERAL FOR MY BOOBS, Oran Mor
You are invited to a funeral like no other, as we gather together with acclaimed performer and singer Hannah Howie for a glorious send-off for her boobs before a double mastectomy.
Review: SWEAT, Citizens Theatre
In a small Rust Belt town in Pennsylvania, friendships are forged through sweat and laughter.
Review: SUNNY AFTERNOON at Edinburgh Playhouse
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.
Book Review: KIDS, WAIT TILL YOU HEAR THIS! MY MEMOIR by Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, Josh Getlin, Heidi Evans
Even 400 pages or more cannot contain whole life, nor the personality
Review: CONTEH, Liverpool's Royal Court
Written by Aron Julius and directed by Mark Womack, Conteh is a powerful and emotive drama about the life of one of Liverpool’s sporting icons.
Review: STAND AND DELIVER: THE LEE JEANS SIT-IN, Tron Theatre
Faced with the threat of their factory closing, and with 240 jobs on the line, there's no way the women of the Lee Jeans factory are going down without a fight.
Review: THE CHOIR OF MAN, King's Theatre
A wildly talented group of incredible instrumentalists, world-class wordsmiths, and sensational singers, this cast of nine (extra)ordinary guys serve it all.
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