Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Platform
Christmas is almost here, there’s a magic in the air, and top local businesswoman Carol Scrooge says ‘Who cares!?’
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Review: WEANS IN THE WOOD, Macrobert Arts Centre
Headmistress Merlina and best pal Gretel have tried everything but it looks like there’s mair chance of Hansel-No-Solo appearing in the Love Island Class of ’26 than passing those Nat 5’s.
Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: THE PANTOMIME, Portobello Town Hall
Sarah Alexandra Brown and Ross Jamieson steal the show in this imperfect, yet charming, retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale, with a Scottish panto twist!
Review: THE SNOW QUEEN, Perth Theatre
Join Grannie Frannie, Gerda, McKay and all their friends (and foes!) in Perth Theatre's The Snow Queen, their 'coolest’ panto yet, from the team that brought you Mother Goose, Aladdin, Jack & The Beanstalk and Cinderella!
Review: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, Dundee Rep
Starring a dynamic 10-strong ensemble of actor-musicians, this lively reimagining of the much-loved story is bursting with heart, humour, and catchy songs.
Review: SWEENEY TODD, New Athenaeum Theatre
Sweeney Todd arrives at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland this December, where director Aaron Lee Lambert delivers a humorous, witty, magically ridiculous and thought-provoking take on Sondheim’s challenging musical.
Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Citizen's Theatre
Step into an eternal winter wonderland where snow sparkles and magic lingers in the air.
Exhibition: THE LINBURY PRIZE FOR STAGE DESIGN 2025, National Theatre
A free exhibition at the National Theatre proves an eye-opener for those of us who, too often, take stage design for granted
Film Review: BLUE MOON, In Cinemas
Richhard Linklater's film is set of the opening night of Oklahoma! in 1943, the beginning of the end for Richard Rodgers' first lyricist
Review: SNOW WHITE, Paisley Arts Centre
This Christmas, PACE Theatre Company is delighted to announce its annual pantomime will be a new version of Snow White.
Review: ALADDIE, Ayr Gaiety
Less the Far East, more the very, very far East of Ayrshire, the Ancient McMinger Dynasty rule the land from their seat of power in Old New Cumnock Town.
Review: MARY DOLL POPPINS, Oran Mor
A hilarious, Glasgow twist on the story of everyone’s favourite magical flying (sort of) Nanny.
Review: CINDERELLA: A FAIRY TALE, Royal Lyceum Theatre
Sally Cookson's celebrated adaptation of Cinderella will delight the whole family in a new production from The Lyceum.
Review: THE LITTLE MERMAID, King's Theatre
Join Glasgow pantomime superstar Elaine C Smith, and the King’s favoutite funny-man Johnny Mac as they dive to the depths of the ocean in an exhilarating and enchanting theatrical extravaganza, the likes of which you’ve never seen before.
Review: HAL CRUTTENDEN: CAN DISH IT OUT BUT CAN’T TAKE IT, Leicester Square Theatre
Hal Cruttenden is at truly at the top of his game, in his skilled and polished new show Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can’t Take It.
Review: STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT, Oran Mor
Welcome to the Full Shilling Social Club – a late-night rendezvous for two residents of a retirement village adrift in Scotland.
Review: GALLUS IN WEEGIELAND, Tron Theatre
The West End is in crisis.
Review: FRIENDS! THE MUSICAL PARODY, King's Theatre
FRIENDS! The Musical Parody, the hit New York and Las Vegas sensation, is a sidesplitting musical comedy packed with iconic moments from all ten seasons of the beloved television series.
Review: BLOOD WEDDING, Chandler Studio Theatre
Tanya Ronder’s adaptation of Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding follows the tragic love triangle between the Bride (Saffron Rae), the Groom (Jude Bain) and Leonarda (Rosie Mackay).
Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, King's Theatre
Aaron Sorkin’s riveting, award-winning stage adaptation of the seminal American novel about racial injustice and childhood innocence became a Broadway and West End sensation with star-studded sell-out seasons on both sides of the Atlantic.
Review: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, New Athenaeum Theatre
Performed fittingly on Halloween, this stage version of Let the Right One In adapted from John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel and film captures the eerie chill of Blackeberg, Sweden.
Review: HAMILTON, Theatre Royal
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: HAUNS AFF MA HAUNTED BIN! Oran Mor
When Auntie Sandra catches her niece Lisa’s cheating, abusive husband in the act, she batters him to death with no hesitation.
An Englishman Abroad - Gary Naylor Goes To Glasgow
Theatre beyond London proves varied and interesting
Review: Righ Iasgair: The Fisher King, Oran Mor
Lexie and Effie are best friends, but Lexie has a secret that she won’t share, and Effie is determined to find out what it is.
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