Later this month, I’ll be heading to London for the UK Pantomime Awards – where no less than 8 of the 10 award categories have Scottish talent among them. I was incredibly fortunate to see …
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Interview: Allan Stewart
Ahead of his Opening Night of the Big, Big Variety Show at Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre, comedian and entertainer Allan Stewart spoken to us about surviving lockdown, poolside sketches with Roses King and returning to the …
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 …
Interview: Eilidh Loan on Moorcroft
Playwright and actress Eilidh Loan opens her play, Moorcroft, at Glasgow’s Tron Theatre this week. Between rehearsals, she spoke to Braw Theatre about bringing working class voices to the stage, getting closer to her dad …
Opinion: COVID recovery must have culture at its heart
At the time of writing, theatres across Scotland are (once again) reopening after another unexpected shutdown just before Christmas. In light of the surge of the Omicron variant, curtains fell on pantomimes and shows across …
Opinion: Looking ahead to a year of revival
At the time of writing this New Year column, I’ve seen no less than twelve pantomimes and a handful of other shows in the space of just a few weeks – something that was completely …
Column: Braw Panto tour kicks off after a tribute to one of Scotland’s greats
I was fortunate enough to attend a remembrance event for Sydney Devine at Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre last week. Dubbed “Scotland’s Rhinestone Cowboy”, Sydney was undoubtedly one of Scotland’s biggest stars of the late 20th Century. …
Interview: Ken Alexander – Director of The Signalman
Just before the curtain lifted at Perth Theatre after 18 months in the dark, we spoke to Director Ken Alexander about the creative process and returning to Perth Theatre with The Signalman. BT: Can you …
Opinion: Did this year’s Edinburgh Festival lose its bite?
With the Edinburgh Festivals now wound up for another year, the performing arts in Scotland finally feel on a meaningful road to recovery from COVID. This year’s affair was altogether more subdued – a much …
Opinion: Is COVID-security a blueprint for normality?
This first proper glimpse at normality for the first time in 16 months means that we could see a meaningful Edinburgh Fringe – and maybe even a return to the glorious world of pantomime that we have all so desperately missed… oh, yes we have!