SCOTLAND THEATER REVIEWS

Happy Singing Kids makes its debut at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024, at the baby-centric and much-loved child friendly area Kidzone at sub-venue The Green at The Pleasance Courtyard....

Penthesilea is the queen of the Amazons, a race of warrior women who can only sleep with men they’ve defeated in battle. When she falls for the Greek warrior Achilles, an inevitable tragedy is set in motion. Arbo and the ITA Ensemble bring their version of the myth to the Edinburgh International F...

In a world where theatre often conforms to traditional actors and spectators, Off with your Head is a breath of fresh air - a delightful fusion of art, comedy, choose-your-own-adventure and interactive gaming that redefines the boundaries of live performance. ...

Fringe royalty 'The Black Blues Brothers' have a lengthy list of achievements. They've appeared at the Royal Variety Performance, Monte Carlo Festival, Moulin Rouge... now they return to the Edinburgh Fringe, performing for the fully-packed Music Hall at Assembly Rooms. All 670 seats were filled wit...

Stephen Sondheim's 'A Little Night Music' is one of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's two performances at the Fringe this year. The 1973 musical unfolds in Sweden, where romantic entanglements and taboo desires spark shocking revelations....

In this raw yet uplifting show, Charlene Boyd gets to grips with a life less ordinary. More than a simple biography of June’s life and music, this play with songs sees Charlene explore her own relationship with her musical heroine and their shared experience as performers and working mothers....

When Milo invites his two best friends Davie and Liane around for a takeaway to meet his new girlfriend, it promises to be a great night reconnecting....

The kind of horror that leaves you looking over your shoulder as you leave the auditorium....

Is The Wifi Good In Hell? is a coming-of-age story with heart....

I Sell Windows is a heartfelt and brutally honest production that dives into the messier side of grief and ambition....

Honest and raw, Tending is a performance that elevates the voices of life's helpers....

A joyous, gender-flipped retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac, packed with music, wit and aching romance....

Explored through the dynamic of a mother-daughter relationship, In Two Minds is deeply personal, inventive, funny and life-affirming....

An Ivy League creative writing professor is captivated by a brilliant, rebellious freshman student. Delicate, provocative, bursting with wit - so begins the story of two outsiders on the threshold of breaking an indelible taboo....

Olivier Award-winning playwright Stef Smith joins forces with Vicky Featherstone, former Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Scotland, to reimagine Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir. Edinburgh’s producing theatre The Lyceum returns to the International Festival to present this world prem...

A musical love story about a man and a woman and the little bits of paper that make up a life....

Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You, Into the Woods) directs this mesmerizing new production of the iconic global phenomenon, Jesus Christ Superstar. Originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, this reimagined production won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, garnering...

BWW caught up with Eleanor Greene about bringing Girls Really Listen To Me to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

The theatre’s always there for you. And if everything gets to be too much, you can take that literally. Such is the case with The London Merchant as it’s taken over by interlopers without shame or decorum. Suddenly, this simple tale of star-crossed lovers bursts its banks....

Isabella’s brother has been condemned to death, by force of a harsh law, being used to curb what some see as dangerous levels of depravity in Vienna....

Rejected by his former companions and hounded out of London, Sir John Falstaff must find fertile new ground for his get-rich-quick schemes....

Direct from The London Palladium, the sensational new production of one of the world’s most beloved musicals comes to Glasgow....

Based on her hit BBC TV series that entertained millions of viewers over four series, The Syndicate is the new stage hit comedy drama by the legendary Kay Mellor which is getting five star reviews and standing ovations from audiences around the country....

One morning Mumbelina wakes up to discover she’s shrunk to smaller than Glasgow city council arts budget. And to make matters worse she’s been kidnapped by the wicked amphibian dark overlord Froggie Mercury....

A wickedly comic satire about a young couple offered a ‘too-good-to-be-true’ way onto the property ladder. Playful, provocative and viciously sharp, this outrageous black comedy is a meditation on how far we will go to satisfy – and justify – materialistic greed....