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Traverse Theatre Announces May-June 2019 Season
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2019
The Traverse Theatre's past, present and future centre on the showcase of the brightest and most adventurous playwrights from Scotland and beyond. With each new season, we invite you to get under the skin of new writing in all of its forms, exploring the journey from page to stage, and experiencing exciting stories as they unfold for the first time.
Glasgow International Comedy Festival Q&A: Jay Lafferty
by Natalie O'Donoghue - February 13, 2019
Jay Lafferty on bringing Wheesht! to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
APPROACHING EMPTY Comes to Tron Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 07, 2019
Tamasha, Kiln and Live Theatre will present a Scottish premiere of Approaching Empty as part of our spring season, written by award-winning playwright Ishy Din and directed by Pooja Ghai (Associate Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East 2015-2018).
National Theatre's A Taste of Honey to tour to Edinburgh in 2019
by Natalie O'Donoghue - February 07, 2019
The National Theatre today announced a UK tour of Bijan Sheibani's production of A Taste of Honey, Shelagh Delaney's remarkable taboo-breaking 1950s play, which was first produced in the Lyttelton Theatre in 2014, designed by Hildegard Bechtler and reconceived in an exciting new production, featuring a live on-stage band, for the tour.
Big Burns Supper raises the roof yet again after another storming festival in Dumfries
by Natalie O'Donoghue - February 07, 2019
Big Burns Supper raises the roof yet again after another storming festival in Dumfries.
BWW Review: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - February 06, 2019
Beverly and husband Laurence are throwing a party for their newlywed neighbours, Tony and Angela. Joining them is highly strung Susan who's been banished from the party of her teenage daughter Abigail. Welcome to 1970's suburbia and its heady mix of free-flowing cocktails, classic disco and cheese and pineapple sticks. As tensions rise and tempers flare the sheen of respectability is torn away by the warring couples with hilarious and potentially disastrous consequences.
Cast and Creative Announced FoR A DOLL'S HOUSE a Citizens Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2019
The Citizens Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for Nora: A Doll's House, a bold adaptation of Ibsen's classic text by Stef Smith.
BWW Review: BENIDORM LIVE, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - February 05, 2019
ITV's award-winning comedy celebrates over a decade of all-inclusive hilarity, having followed the ensemble cast of holiday makers and staff for ten series since it first broadcast in 2007. Litten has now written an all new set of Alicante escapades for the much-loved cast members as they swap sangria for the stage - after a quick spruce up at the Blow 'n' Go!
Scottish Ballet Announces The Five Wishes That Will Come True In The Company's 50th Anniversary Year
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2019
Scottish Ballet announces the five wishes that will come true in 2019, as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations.
BWW Review: REBUS: LONG SHADOWS, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - January 30, 2019
Detective Inspector John Rebus is retired but the shadows of his former life still follow him through the streets of Edinburgh. Whisky helped but now he's denying himself that pleasure. But when the daughter of a murder victim appears outside his flat, he's back on the case and off the wagon.
Sam Redway To Perform In Premiere Of Laura Bowler's New Work ANTARCTICA
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2019
RADA trained multi-award winning actor, Sam Redway, will be performing in Laura Bowler's new work Antarctica. Co- commissioned by Manchester Camerata and BBC Radio 3, Antarctica premieres on 30 January 2019 at HOME, Manchester.
First Shows Announced for 2019 Underbelly Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2019
Underbelly fires its starting pistol for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe announcing the tantalising first five shows on sale. These shows offer eager fans the chance to milk that early Fringe fix with a fantastic selection from the cream of comedy, circus and cabaret.
Glasgow International Comedy Festival: Our Top Picks
by Natalie O'Donoghue - January 29, 2019
BWW reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks from the Glasgow International Comedy Festival programme.
Rothesay Pavilion announces two new directors and is set to re-open in 2019
by Natalie O'Donoghue - January 25, 2019
Rothesay Pavilion announces two new directors and is set to re-open in 2019.
Ecological performance art festival returns to Glasgow in March 2019: UNFIX
by Natalie O'Donoghue - January 25, 2019
UNFIX festival will take place in Glasgow in March 2019 offering a platform for international and local artists to investigate ecological crisis and renewal through the lens of social, cultural, political, environmental and personal transformation.
BWW Review: ROCK OF AGES, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - January 24, 2019
Rock of Ages is an LA love story lavished with over 25 classic rock anthems. Lose yourself in a city and a time where the dreams are as big as the hair, and yes, they can come true! This hilarious musical comedy will have you singing and laughing along with its epic songs played loud and proud by an awesome live band.
Cast And Venue Announced For National Theatre Of Scotland's INTERFERENCE
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2019
Shyvonne Ahmmad, Moyo Akande, Maureen Beattie and Nicholas Ralph join the cast of Interference, the National Theatre of Scotland's upcoming trilogy of near future plays, directed by Cora Bissett (Glasgow Girls, What Girls Are Made Of).
Graham Main talks Big Burns Supper
by Natalie O'Donoghue - January 23, 2019
BWW catches up with producer Graham Main to talk about the 2019 Big Burns Supper festival.
Linda Marlowe Celebrates The Magnificent Women In The Work Of Steven Berkoff
by BWW News Desk - January 18, 2019
Linda Marlowe Productions in association with Moya Productions presents BERKOFF'S WOMEN, THU 21 - SAT 23 FEB, 8PM.
Full Casting Confirmed For ANNIE at The King's
by BWW News Desk - January 18, 2019
Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced full casting for their smash hit production of the musical ANNIE which runs opening at the King's Theatre in Glasgow this spring as part of a UK tour.
World's Largest Contemporary Burns Celebration Champions LGBTQ Artists
by Natalie O'Donoghue - January 17, 2019
2019 is the 260th birthday of Scotland's National Bard, Robert Burns and to mark the occasion Big Burns Supper festival is throwing out a warm invitation to audiences old and new from near and far to join them alongside a host of top Scottish and international artists for the biggest contemporary celebration of Scotland's national poet in the town he called home, Dumfries.
BWW Review: GLASGOW GIRLS, Kings Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - January 16, 2019
The life-affirming, song-and-dance-filled, Scottish musical drama, based on the true story of seven feisty Glaswegian teenagers, whose lives change forever when their school friend and her asylum-seeking family are forcibly taken from their home to be deported.
The Lion King Returns To Edinburgh Playhouse
by Natalie O'Donoghue - January 14, 2019
The Walt Disney Company UK and Ireland has today announced that the award-winning musical THE LION KING will return to the Edinburgh Playhouse in December 2019, the only Scottish dates on the second UK and Ireland tour.
Fuel Presents THE DARK by Nick Makoha
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2019
Fuel open Tron Theatre's main house season this Spring with The Dark (15 & 16 Feb), the harrowing and uplifting autobiographical story of poet Nick Makoha's migration with his mother at the age of four to escape a country divided by dictatorship and consumed by conflict.
White & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival Announces 2019 Programme
by Natalie O'Donoghue - January 09, 2019
The Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF) reveals its full programme, as this hugely popular event in the comedy calendar returns for its 17th year from Thursday 14 - Sunday 31 March 2019.

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