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Review: TALLY'S BLOOD, Perth Theatre
by Mary Baillie - September 25, 2023
A frontrunner of Scottish school curricula, Ann Marie Di Mambro’s Tally’s Blood has a bit of everything – history, humour, tragedy, romance and disturbingly relevant social critiques.
Review: RACHEL FAIRBURN: SHOWGIRL, The Stand, Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 25, 2023
Rachel (“Very much the rock’n’roll star of British comedy”- Rolling Stone) - (“Fairburn delivers…with sadistic glee” – Guardian) - (“Mouth Almighty” – Her Friends) is back with a brand-new tour for 2023. She’ll be casting her acerbic eye over everything from your children to her pretentious new alcohol-free life (accurate at time of writing). She’s worried though. Has she mellowed a bit? She carries a lucky crystal now. Catch her before she disappears to the countryside with only joss sticks and taxidermy for company.
Review: COAST, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 24, 2023
Half-siblings, Jay and Kay, are on a road trip travelling overnight from Glasgow. After growing up apart, the recently united pair are heading for the coast down south, to go camping for a few nights and get to know each other better.
Deafinitely Theatre Announces THE PROMISE A Story Of A Deaf Woman Living With Dementia
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2023
DEAFINITELY THEATRE announces 'The Promise,' a story of a deaf woman living with dementia. Co-produced with Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, this new piece of writing is directed by Paula Garfield and written by Melissa Mostyn. Performances run from April to May 2024.
Open Letter To Creative Scotland In Support Of Lammermuir Festival Signed By 362 Musicians, Composers, and More
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2023
The Lammermuir Festival 2023 came to a close this week while urgently working to secure its future. Read the open letter in support of the festival here!
Cove Park and Dundee Rep Launch New Musical Theatre Writing Residency and Call For Applications
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2023
Cove Park and Dundee Rep Theatre have announced a new residency for musical theatre writers to take place 4-17 March 2024. Learn more about the residency and how to apply here!
Review: LEAR'S FOOL, Bard in the Botanics
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 20, 2023
Bard in the Botanics is proud to present the Scottish premiere of David Henry Wilson’s beautiful, funny and tender drama, imagining what becomes of King Lear’s Fool, after the character disappears from Shakespeare’s great tragedy.
FAULTY TOWERS THE DINING EXPERIENCE Comes to Edinburgh This Autumn
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2023
Interactive Theatre International has announced a new residency for Faulty Towers the Dining Experience in Edinburgh this autumn. Learn more about the event and how to get tickets here!
Join Live Music Now Scotland For Family Music Time
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2023
'Family Music Time' is a new opportunity to enjoy free of charge music performances from some of Scotland's most talented emerging artists. The relaxed and informal concerts are taking place in a stunning venue that welcomes all.
MOORCROFT Will Embark on Tour in Scotland
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2023
The Tron Theatre Company's acclaimed production Moorcroft by Eilidh Loan is touring to venues across Scotland in Autumn 2023. Find out how to get tickets here!
Disney's ALADDIN Flies Into Glasgow in 2024
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2023
The critically acclaimed Broadway and West End musical Aladdin will land in Glasgow in 2024 as part of its first ever UK and Ireland tour. Learn more about the musical and find out how to get tickets here!
Review: SHIP RATS, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 16, 2023
It’s 1880, and being the only woman on a cargo ship in the South China Sea isn’t the safest place for Jessie. Especially when there’s a dead body on board and she’s feeling queasy.
Review: ENGLAND AND SON, Tron Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 16, 2023
Set when The Great Devouring comes home, England & Son is a one-man play written specifically for the award-winning political comedian Mark Thomas by award-winning playwright Ed Edwards (The Political History of Smack and Crack) and the first play that Mark has ever performed in that he has not also written.
SAME TEAM - A Street Soccer Story Written By Robbie Gordon And Jack Nurse Makes Its World Premiere This December
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2023
The Traverse has announced the upcoming production of Same Team - A Street Soccer Story following a public reading during TravFest23 and as the final production of the Traverse's 60th anniversary year.
Review: DRACULA: MINA'S RECKONING, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 14, 2023
Under the buzzing lights of a psychiatric hospital in Aberdeenshire in 1897, Mina Murray recounts her encounters with the most terrifying of beasts: Dracula. A throng of patients listen with bated breath as they are transported to a world where immortality and ultimate power is possible, even for women - but with terrible consequences...
JAMES V: KATHERINE Will Tour Scotland Next Year
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2023
In Spring 2024 Rona Munro’s renowned James Plays continue, with a fifth standalone production set to surprise and delight audiences across Scotland.  Learn more about the production and where it will be touring to here!
Review: FOREVER HOME, Oran Mor, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 10, 2023
Growing up is never simple but for Caitlin, there are extra complications: Caitlin was in care, then adopted, now her birth family want her in their lives. Things are spiralling out of control…..
Matthew Bourne's ROMEO AND JULIET Comes to The King's Theatre, Glasgow as Part of UK Tour
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2023
The King's Theatre Glasgow has announced that Matthew Bourne's “ROMEO AND JULIET” arrives at the venue from Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 September 2023 as part of a UK tour. Learn more about the tour and how to get tickets here!
Scottish Premiere Of Agatha Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE Comes To Glasgow's Theatre Royal
by BWW News Desk - September 07, 2023
Agatha Christie's iconic thriller And Then There Were None takes to the Theatre Royal stage in Glasgow from Tuesday 26 September to Saturday 30 September 2023 as part of a new UK and Ireland tour. Learn more about the production, and how to get tickets here!
Solar Bear Presents WAKE UP Touring Scotland This Autumn
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2023
Solar Bear, one of Scotland's foremost inclusive theatre companies, presents WAKE UP - a triple bill of visual theatre touring Scotland in Autumn 2023. The result of their 2021-22 Make a Change programme, which supported various projects led by deaf theatre makers, WAKE UP showcases and celebrates three trailblazing directors.
Screen Education Edinburgh Reveals Two Opportunities For Young People Passionate About Film
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2023
The BFI Film Academy Short Course for Edinburgh and South East Scotland, delivered by Screen Education Edinburgh (SEE), and SEE Young Filmmakers Hub are both projects designed to help aspiring young filmmakers gain practical knowledge and experience, while highlighting the various pathways into the screen industries.
Kevin Quantum Returns With EDINBURGH MAGIC
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2023
Enjoy an intimate and astonishing evening of magic, mystery and wonder in one of the capital’s most historic and enchanting hotels as Kevin Quantum returns with Edinburgh Magic. 
FOREVR HOME Comes to Pitlochry Festival Theatre This Month
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2023
A Play, A Pie and A Pint is set to bring a brand-new musical theatre production looking at the challenges of adoption to Pitlochry Festival Theatre from 11-16 September at 1pm.  
Kilmartin Museum Reopens to the Public Following Redevelopment Project
by Natalie O'Donoghue - September 03, 2023
Sunday, 3 September 2023 marks the re-opening of Kilmartin Museum, revealing its incredible renovation which includes a much larger exhibition space, a stunning learning space which can be used to deliver and participate in cultural and educational activities, new galleries housing temporary art exhibitions, laboratories in which to process new finds and acquisitions and a state of the art collection store.
Six Of The Best On Offer For Theatre Fans At Special Community Shows In Scotland
by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2023
Audiences are being offered the chance to enjoy six sensational short plays courtesy of some of Scotland's finest up-and-coming writers, actors and directors.

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Stand Up Horror
Banshee Labyrinth (1/3 - 10/31)
Wait ‘Til You See My Entrance!
MZA, AND YOUR DOG & CHiLL Productions (10/4 - 5/29)
High Society
Edinburgh Playhouse (9/7 - 9/12)
Doctor Bonk''s Macarbaret
Banshee Labyrinth (1/17 - 12/27)
Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks Musical
Edinburgh Playhouse (5/5 - 5/9)
Waitress The Musical
Edinburgh Playhouse (5/12 - 5/16)
The Events
Tron Theatre (2/19 - 2/21)
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