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Two UK Dance Premieres From Lewis Major Come to Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2024
House of Oz is presenting two UK premieres from choreographer to watch, Lewis Major, as part of a portfolio of shows at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Learn more about the upcoming performances here!
GRAVITY & OTHER MYTHS Returns to the Edinburgh Fringe With TEN THOUSAND HOURS
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2024
Adelaide's circus and physical theatre superstars, Gravity & Other Myths (GOM), return to the Edinburgh Fringe for the INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE of their new work Ten Thousand Hours .
Review: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, Perth Theatre
by Mary Baillie - May 07, 2024
Cross-dressing, guns, psychiatry, politics, incest, adultery and accidental overdoses interlace in Joe Orton's final and most subversive play. Unfortunately to a modern audience it feels dated.
Review: LEWIS CAPALDI GOES TROPICAL, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 04, 2024
A surreal chaotic comedy following a misfit family from Glasgow’s fringes as they prepare a party to say farewell to a beloved black-market animal.
Review: UNFORTUNATE: UNTOLD STORY OF URSULA THE SEA WITCH, Pavilion Theatre Glasgow
by Mary Baillie - May 03, 2024
After spellbinding success in the Edinburgh Fringe, the not-safe-for-work musical parody Unfortunate dives into Glasgow to stage a revolutionary queerification of Disney's 1989 movie The Little Mermaid. 
Silent Roar & Hull Truck Presents DEAD GIRLS RISING This Month
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2024
Silent Uproar in association with Hull Truck Theatre will present Dead Girls Rising UK Tour , Tuesday 14 May - Tuesday 11 June at Traverse Theatre Edinburgh.
Review: SISTER ACT, Kings Theatre Glasgow
by Mary Baillie - May 01, 2024
This divine revival of the iconic movie follows nightclub singer Deloris van Cartier (Landi Oshinowo), whose life takes an unlikely turn after she witnesses a mobster murder. Seeking refuge in a holy convent, she poses as a nun revamping the sisters' struggling choir... despite protests from the austere Mother Superior (Coronation Street's Sue Cleaver). 
Matthew Bourne's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS Comes To The Theatre Royal, Glasgow in May
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2024
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, devised, directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, is coming to the Theatre Royal in Glasgoe from 21-25 May 2024.
Amy Gledhill Will Return to Edinbrugh Festival Fringe With MAKE ME LOOK FIT ON THE POSTER
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2024
Comedy sensation, National Comedy Award and triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Amy Gledhill will return to this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a brand new show – Make Me Look Fit On The Poster.
Matt Forde Will Return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe With New Stand-up Show THE END OF AN ERA TOUR
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2024
Now the UK's leading political comedian, Matt Forde will return to Edinburgh Festival Fringe ahead of the UK and US elections. His brand-new show The End of An Era Tour will run from 1st - 25th August at 8pm at Pleasance Beyond.
Review: BRIDEZILLA AND THE ORCHARD OF SIN, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - April 27, 2024
‘Bridezilla’ Amber and her fiancé Gary are desperate to find the perfect venue for her their upcoming wedding when the peculiar Lady V offers up her seemingly ideal estate.
Review: RAGE ROOM, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - April 27, 2024
In a world where quiet facts are repeatedly drowned out by loud opinions and with calamity around every corner, do we rock paper scissors for not just the right to be heard, but the right to survive?
Review: JAMES V: KATHERINE, Tron Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - April 26, 2024
A Raw Material and Capital Theatres co-production, James V: Katherine continues the theatrical series with the vivid historical storytelling of the previous instalments, set during the reigns of Scotland’s generations of Stewart kings. James V places a lesser-known female historical figure front and centre in the story, with an intimate and up-close performance with focussed, raw and humorous storytelling, directed by Orla O’Loughlin (Enough Of Him / What Girls Are Made Of / Mouthpiece).
THE CROWN and FLEABAG Actors Join THE 39 STEPS at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2024
Tom Byrne will play Richard Hannay in the UK Tour of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning comedy, THE 39 STEPS.
Van Gogh Immersive Experience Will Make Scottish Premiere in July
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2024
A multimedia show celebrating Vincent van Gogh’s life and stunning artworks is coming to Glasgow this summer.
Cast Announced For Hen Night Horror Scottish Tour
by Natalie O'Donoghue - April 25, 2024
Hen Night Horror a hilarious, new, broad-strokes comedy musical written by Fraser Boyle & Ali Cleland presented by 5 Brick May productions, they today confirm a fabulous cast full of Scottish “well-kent faces” including Louise McCarthy (The Dolls / The Scotts), Frances Thorburn ( River City), Kim Shepherd (Glasgow Girls),  Matthew McKenna (Rocky Horror Show) and Alan Orr ( The Dolls Abroad).
MY SON'S A QUEER, Hannah Gadsby's WOOF!, and More Set For The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2024
Underbelly has announced a host of shows for their largest venue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – McEwan Hall.
Matt Hale Returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe With TOP FUN! 80s Spectacular Remix
by BWW News Desk - April 24, 2024
Comedy hypnotist Matt Hale is returning from Oz to Edinburgh with the TOP FUN! 80s Spectacular Remix.
Tron Theatre Will Present The Scottish Premiere of DEAD GIRLS RISING
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2024
Tron Theatre will welcome Dead Girls Rising, a new play by Maureen Lennon for its Scottish Premiere. Co-directed by Alex Mitchell, Artistic Director of Silent Uproar, and Ruby Clark, Dead Girls Rising is a furious coming-of-age punk cabaret show about trying to survive in a violent patriarchy, our deepest fears, and how we seek to control them.
Bard in the Botanics Announces 2024 Season
by Natalie O'Donoghue - April 23, 2024
Bard in the Botanics has announced details of its 2024 season
Review: WHO PAYS THE PIPER, Oran Mor, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - April 21, 2024
Who Pays the Piper is a new tragicomedy exploring what it’s like to fall in love with music and who gets to make their ambitions into reality.
SOLVE IT SQUAD Will Make its Edinburgh Fringe Debut
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2024
US stage and screen sensations Tin Can Bros bring their hit musical Solve it Squad straight from LA and Off Broadway to the UK, in the company's Edinburgh Fringe debut. 
Edinburgh Science Festival Reveals New Director
by BWW News Desk - April 18, 2024
The world’s first and still one of Europe’s biggest, Edinburgh Science Festival drew its 35th anniversary edition to a close last weekend and now has announced its new Director, Hassun El-Zafar, and dates for the 2025 Festival. 
Review: BONNIE AND CLYDE, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - April 17, 2024
Two small-town kids from the middle of nowhere became the biggest folk heroes in all America. They craved adventure—and each other. Their names were Bonnie and Clyde.
Lung Ha Theatre Company Turns 40
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2024
Lung Ha is an Edinburgh-based theatre company for actors and theatre makers with a learning disability and autism which produces award-winning productions and works with a year-round, 25-strong Ensemble to develop their practice and remove barriers to participation into the arts. 

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