Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
The Sound of Music is the Pitlochry Festival Theatre's winter show and the final show to be directed by Elizabeth Newman in her role as artistic director of the theatre.
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Review: SLEEPING BEAUTY, Adam Smith Theatre
The wait is over, Sleeping Beauty is now on! Bring your family and friends to experience the magic, laughter and heart-warming charm of this year’s must-see panto.
Review: SHE LOVES ME, New Athenaeum Theatre
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's musical theatre students showed off their talent in 1930s musical She Loves Me last week.
Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Chandler Studio Theatre
The Royal Conservatoire’s ‘Performance in British Sign Language (BSL) and English' students presented a beautiful silent adaptation of Dickens classic 'A Christmas Carol' last week.
Review: MOTHER GOOSE, Ayr Gaiety
With an original script written by Fraser Boyle and Ken Alexander, Ayr Gaiety pantomime isn't one of the flashy 'copy and paste' pantomimes that are staged up and down the country.
Review: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, Eastwood Park Theatre
Get ready to roar with laughter and cheer our hero Jack on his magical journey to Cloudland as he battles to save his best friend Daisy the Cow! As always there’ll be spectacular scenery, dazzling costumes, amazing special effects and lots of audience participation.
Review: THE GRAPES OF WRATH, National Theatre at Home
The National Theatre's Summer 2024 hit is now available on its streaming platform, National Theatre at Home
Review: ALADDIN, Paisley Arts Centre
This Christmas, PACE Theatre Company is delighted to announce its annual pantomime will be a new version of Aladdin; a re-imagining of the classic tale with a distinctly Scottish flavour.
Review: WEANS IN THE WOOD(LANDS), Oran Mor
Join us again at Oran Mor for another hysterical, subversive Christmas panto full of laughs, boos and, of course, a pie! The Oran Mor winter panto takes the timeslot of A Play, A Pie and A Pint from late November through to January.
Review: TREASURE ISLAND, Royal Lyceum Theatre
It’s Christmas Eve and young Jim Hawkins works at North Edinburgh’s finest accommodation for reformed pirates and past-it privateers.
Review: CINDERELLA, Festival Theatre
Packed with all of the traditional pantomime ingredients Edinburgh audiences expect, Cinderella features laugh-out-loud comedy, stunning scenery, beautiful costumes and plenty of boos and hisses.
Critics' Choice: Cheryl Markosky's Best Shows of 2024
Grand dame Sian Phillips stealing the show, Adam Cooper giving an unexpected twirl and smaller theatre spaces punching above their weight.
Review: PRESENT LAUGHTER, National Theatre At Home
A festive treat lands just in time for Christmas
Review: PETER PAN, King's Theatre
Celebrate 60 years of panto at The King's with amazing special effects, stunning sets, beautiful costumes and barrel-loads of laughter, Peter Pan will take your whole family on a magical trip to Neverland like never before!
Review: PETER PANTO AND THE INCREDIBLE STINKERBELL, Tron Theatre
With a blast of magic from the mighty Stinkerbell, Peter Pan whisks West End Wendy away from the safety of her Byres Road residence to a place full of treachery, deceit and chippies that never close.
Review: MIRACLE ON DEANSTON DRIVE, Oran Mor
Christmas time in Glasgow is not so magical when you’re a cab driver dealing with drunken passengers, potholes and never-ending rain.
Review: 101 DALMATIANS, King's Theatre
When fashionista Cruella de Vil plots to swipe all the Dalmatian puppies in town to create her fabulous new fur coat, there’s trouble ahead for Pongo and Perdi and their litter of adorable, tail-wagging young pups.
Review: DEMENTIA THE MUSICAL! Paisley Arts Centre
Dementia the Musical! is a new musical theatre production by Ron Coleman, Scottish poet and writer living with dementia, in collaboration with renowned director Magdalena Schamberger and one of Britain’s top Jazz musicians Sophie Bancroft as composer and musical director plus additional music by e
Review: THE COSMONAUT'S LAST MESSAGE... , Chandler Studio Theatre
David Greig's 1999 play 'The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman he Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union' is inspired by the real-life story of Sergei Krikalev, a cosmonaut stranded on the Mir space station as the Soviet Union disintegrated.
Review: DISNEY'S ALADDIN, Theatre Royal
From the producers that brought you The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Frozen, comes the spectacular Disney Broadway and West End musical ALADDIN.
Review: AFTER LIFE, New Athenaeum Theatre
Jack Thorne's adaptation of Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning 1998 film presents an interesting premise at the Royal Conservatoire this week.
Review: BLAST OFF, STARBURST, Oran Mor
A time-bending drama about reuniting with all the magic we leave behind when we grow up.
Review: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Royal Lyceum Theatre
Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Kirsty Stuart) arrives at her sister Stella’s (Nalini Chetty) run-down apartment in New Orleans.
Review: GHOST OFF!, Oran Mor
A spooky and hilarious farce set in the reading room of Hillhead’s premier psychic with a million-pound prize at stake.
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Antigone 1989: A Town Hall Musical Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/05-8/29) |
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The List Festival Awards W Edinburgh (8/28-8/28) |
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Dracula: Lucy's Dream Pleasance at EICC (8/06-8/29) |
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In a Bad Way Gilded Balloon Patter House (Blether), (8/05-8/31) |
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One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven Greenside Venue @ Riddles Court (Willow Studio) – Venue 16 - 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2PG (8/07-8/29) |
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Father, Away She Goes Zoo (Playground 1) (8/07-8/30) |
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Sanctuary Pleasance Dome (Ace Dome) (8/05-8/31) |
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100 Years of Magic Aberdeen Arts Centre (9/04-9/05) PHOTOS |
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The Second Best School Shooting Pleasance Courtyard (8/05-8/30) |
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Rollers Forever King's Theatre (10/27-10/31) |