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BWW Review: ABSOLUTE BOWLOCKS, Oran Mor, Glasgow

BWW Review: ABSOLUTE BOWLOCKS, Oran Mor, Glasgow

by Natalie O'Donoghue — May 2, 2022

When pompous President Maxwell of the Bowling Club belittles the skills of Ladies Champion, Ailsa McKay, she decides to disguise herself and enter the Gentleman’s Championship.

BWW Review: FATAL ATTRACTION, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

BWW Review: FATAL ATTRACTION, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

by Natalie O'Donoghue — April 20, 2022

When happily married New York attorney Dan Gallagher, meets charming editor Alex (Susie Amy) on a night out in the city, they both commit to a night of passion they can’t take back.

BWW Review: OPENING TIME, Oran Mor, Glasgow

BWW Review: OPENING TIME, Oran Mor, Glasgow

by Natalie O'Donoghue — April 19, 2022

The people you meet at Opening Time in the pub are very different from those who are still there at closing time… An OLD GUY (let’s call him The Ghost), locked-down too long, finds himself shouting at the contestants on Tipping Point, and weeping during The Repair Shop, but then it’s Opening T

BWW Review: HAIRSPRAY, King's Theatre, Glasgow

BWW Review: HAIRSPRAY, King's Theatre, Glasgow

by Fiona Scott — March 29, 2022

Hairspray has returned to Glasgow at the nicest “Kings” in town! The show follows the antics of aspiring teen dancer, Tracy Turner, and her dreams of dancing on TV and ending segregation in her 1960s Baltimore community.

BWW Review: MILKSHAKE, Oran Mor, Glasgow

BWW Review: MILKSHAKE, Oran Mor, Glasgow

by Natalie O'Donoghue — March 14, 2022

A right-wing politician and a left-wing activist meet in a court mandated restorative justice session after an unfortunate incident involving a strawberry milkshake.

BWW Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S NUTCRACKER!, King's Theatre, Glasgow

BWW Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S NUTCRACKER!, King's Theatre, Glasgow

by Natalie O'Donoghue — February 23, 2022

With family-sized helpings of Bourne’s trademark wit and magical fantasy, Nutcracker! follows Clara’s journey through a shimmering, ice-skating wonderland to the scrumptious candy kingdom of Sweetieland, influenced by the lavish Hollywood musicals of the 1930’s.

BWW Review: 9 TO 5, King's Theatre, Glasgow

BWW Review: 9 TO 5, King's Theatre, Glasgow

by Fiona Scott — January 26, 2022

On the day that Nicola Sturgeon announced home-working Scots could once again return to the office, theatre fans could tumble out of bed and stumble down to the King’s Theatre Glasgow to catch 9 to 5, the first touring show to play there since Scottish venue capacities were relaxed last week.

BWW Review: DONALD AND BENOIT, Sound Stage

BWW Review: DONALD AND BENOIT, Sound Stage

by Natalie O'Donoghue — December 20, 2021

Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Prime Theatre are delighted to announce a real family treat this December when they present the Sound Stage premiere of the new audio play Donald and Benoit, a whimsical, magical and musical tale for children of an unlikely friendship that has been brought to vivid lif

BWW Review: WHITE CHRISTMAS, Edinburgh Playhouse

BWW Review: WHITE CHRISTMAS, Edinburgh Playhouse

by Natalie O'Donoghue — December 16, 2021

Join veterans Bob Wallace (Matthew Jeans) and Phil Davis (Dan Burton) as fuelled by love, the all singing, all dancing duo follow the stunning Haynes Sisters, Betty & Judy (Jessica Daley & Emily Langham) to a Vermont lodge for a special Christmas show.

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