⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Neil Gaiman’s epic coming of age fantasy bursts into Glasgow this week to capture the imagination of Scotland’s biggest city, after delighting audiences in London and across the UK. This eagerly-awaited production reminds audiences …
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Review: Greatest Days, King’s Theatre Glasgow
Tim Firth’s two-dimensional storyline relies on crass jokes about peoples’ size and sexuality to merit a ‘funny’ badge. Attempts at pathos are crowbarred and clumsy, and emotion is almost completely reliant on a good serving of wine.
Review: 42nd Street, Theatre Royal Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ From the smoky streets of the Big Apple, 42nd Street taps its way into Glasgow this week in a larger than life spectacle that is sure to delight. The timeless musical follows chorus girl …
Review: Jack and the Bean Pie, Òran Mór Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Summer has arrived in Glasgow which brings just two certainties – pelting rain and the arrival of the Òran Mór summer pantomime. This year’s trip to pantoland sees plucky Rachel Flynn as Jack – …
Review: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Scotland might be a-buzz this week as tickets for pop superstar Taylor Swift go on sale, but at Glasgow’s King’s Theatre this week it’s another American sensation bringing audiences to their feet. Buddy: The …
Review: Keepin’ the Heid, Play, Pie and a Pint @ Oran Mor, Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In 2023, you might think there’s not much left to be written about Mary Queen of Scots. For the final time of this Spring season, Oran Mor’s wee stage transforms into a lonely bedchamber …
Review: Heathers the Musical, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️ With a devoted following, Heathers the Musical fast cemented its position as a cult classic in London’s West End. Now the musical, based on the 1989 film of the same name, embarks on its …
Review: Dear Billy, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Billy Connolly is surely one of Scotia’s most treasured exports and peeling back the layers of our beloved comic is no easy feat. So where do you even start with Billy Connolly? The sprightly …
Review: Fisherman’s Friends the Musical, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The heartwarming tale of a merry band of Cornish fishermen who took the UK chart by storm finds its way to the stage, following the immense success of the 2019 motion picture. Telling of …
Review: Kidnapped, Theatre Royal Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In modernising a classic text as well-kent as Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped, Isobel McArthur and the National Theatre of Scotland deliver a rib-tickling adaptation that will delight, enchant and inspire. This swashbuckling adaptation of …