⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ History is written by the victors – but for one night only it’s Herstory at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre as Six returns to Auld Reekie. Most of us knew them before only as Divorced, Beheaded, …
Review: Derren Brown: Showman, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Derren Brown brings his spectacular new show Showman to Glasgow this week – which has to be seen to be believed. Brown is a commanding presence on stage – oozing charisma and charm. To …
Review: School of Rock the Musical, Theatre Royal Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We could all do with a pick me up in these troubling times. School of Rock the Musical matches the laughs of the hit movie with the incredible talent of a teen ensemble that …
Review: Sheila’s Island
⭐️⭐️ Tim Firth’s revived comedy might have moments of promise but fails to deliver the laughs it so desperately needs to thrive. They say that hell is other people. When Sheila and her three colleagues …
Opinion: Restrictions are going – but I’ll still be keeping safe in Scotland’s theatres
February proved a very busy month on the theatre circuit in Scotland. In a single week, I attended six shows and reviewed five of them – three being five star productions. That tells me two …
Review: Moorcroft, Tron Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s rare for a piece of theatre to come along that feels genuinely game-changing. Where a story, a theatre and a production team together under the right circumstances to create something truly exceptional. That’s …
Review: Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Festival Theatre Edinburgh
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There’s magic in the air at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre this week, where Bedknobs and Broomsticks flies in in a flurry of wonder and excitement. Taking its lead from the popular Disney film, Candice Edmunds …
Review: The Dresser, King’s Theatre Edinburgh
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A bitterly timely play, The Dresser may well be over 40 years old but as this pitch-perfect touring producing makes clear, it’s every bit as pertinent in 2022 as in 1980. The year is …
Review: The Osmonds: A New Musical, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Told from the perspective of the youngest member of the original Osmond Brothers quartet, this jukebox musical is sure to give fans of The Osmonds something to scream about! The Osmonds: A New Musical …
Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Perth Theatre
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Original Theatre inject a hearty dose of silliness to this deconstructed version of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Sherlock Holmes adventure. A three-strong cast undertake a mammoth list of roles in this tale, with David …