Review: THIS IS MEMORIAL DEVICE, Tron Theatre
Following a sold-out, Fringe First-winning run at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival, This Is Memorial Device, based on David Keenan’s cult novel, returns.
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Review: RAGNAROK, Platform, Glasgow
A young girl and her brother battle forward, seeking a future in a promised land.
Review: THE WOMAN IN BLACK, Theatre Royal Glasgow
Sometimes tactical stagecraft, talented actors and a minimalist set are all you need to evoke spine-chilling terror.
Review: HOTDOG, Oran Mor, Glasgow
Alone, dressed as a sausage in a bun and armed with only a bottle of lemonade, Hotdog is determined to be the life of the party.
Book Review: 100 THEATRES: PORTRAITS OF THE PLAYHOUSE
The book showcases a variety of venues worldwide, from ancient to modern, from the smallest travelling theatre in Rome to one of the largest in New York.
Review: BLUEBEARD, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
Emma Rice places an old age folktale in a new age context through an eccentric movement-led, magical and musical theatrical extravaganza.
Review: PUSHIN' THIRTY, Oran Mor, Glasgow
Scott and Eilidh had huge dreams when they won their high school talent show with an original song.
Review: STARVING, Oran Mor, Glasgow
A fiercely funny drama about writing your own legend, inspired by the life of Scottish activist Wendy Wood.
Review: AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN THE MUSICAL
Prepare to be swept off your feet with An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical, based on the award-winning 80s movie.
Review: PETER PAN GOES WRONG, Theatre Royal Glasgow
Mischief Theatre made headlines in the West End with their acclaimed “Goes Wrong” series, where the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society showcases performances and everything goes absolutely haywire.
Review: HAMILTON, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Hamilton is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and helped shape the very foundations of the America we know today.
Review: BREAD AND BREAKFAST, Oran Mor, Glasgow
A B&B in the Highlands has an ordinary day turned upside down when a visitor chokes on his morning toast, in this eventful and farcical play
Review: URINETOWN, Alexander Gibson Opera Studio
Drawing on Theatre of the Absurd, clowning and Bertolt Brecht, this Tim Burton-esque musical uses quirky song and dance to explore humanity's deepest, darkest truths.
Review: CYPRUS AVENUE, Pavilion Theatre Glasgow
Labelled as 'the most shocking, subversive and violent play on the London stage', David Ireland's Cyprus Avenue is a darkly comic exploration of sectarian hatred.
Review: JACK, Oran Mor, Glasgow
A dark comic monologue that explores the struggles of navigating a life of love, loss and finding hope.
Review: ESCAPED ALONE, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Three friends meet for a chat in the garden.
Review: THE FULL MONTY, Theatre Royal Glasgow
Actors bare it all in Simon Beaufoy's award-winning adaptation of The Full Monty in Glasgow this week.
Review: U.ME: THE COMPLETE MUSICAL, BBC Sounds
The Pandemic and its consequences, especially on 20- and 30-somethings, are explored in the BBC's world premiere of U.
Review: MOVIES TO MUSICALS, Clyde Auditorium
Performers includes John Owen-Jones, Sabrina Carter, Kerry Ellis, Lucy Kay, Paul Tabone, Glasgow’s Rock Choir, and a cast of young performers.
Review: ANTIGONE, Perth Theatre
An ancient play with a contemporary message, Perth Youth Theatre’s Antigone tells us to never underestimate a powerful woman, or talented young people.
Review: I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY, King's Theatre
Head from the aisle to the isles in the official Stock Aitken Waterman musical featuring the soundtrack of a generation with music from pop royalty including Kylie Minogue (I Should Be So Lucky), Rick Astley (Never Gonna Give You Up), Jason Donovan (Especially for You), Bananarama (Love In The First
Review: BEND IT LIKE BERTIE, Pavilion Theatre Glasgow
Last weekend sparked a very different theatrical audience - mostly male, all sporting green, ready to watch a unique piece catered to Celtic football fans.
Review: CANDACE BUSHNELL: TRUE TALES OF SEX, SUCCESS AND SEX AND THE CITY, King's Theatre
In her new one-woman show, New York icon Candace Bushnell, the international best-selling novelist and creator of Sex in the City takes the audience on whirlwind tour of New York City, from Studio 54 to the Lipstick Jungle and beyond, sharing her remarkable stories of fashion, literature and sex whi
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Chandler Studio Theatre
The RCS second-year BA Acting cohort present a welcome genderfluid adaptation of Shakespeare’s queerest comedy.
Review: TRANSATLANTIC SESSIONS, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Celebrating the rich traditions connecting Scotland, Ireland and the US, and a regular Celtic Connections highlight, our Transatlantic Sessions feature an outstanding line-up of artists, as great guest musicians and a celebrated house band explore shared roots through original material and age-old s
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