Edinburgh Folk Club’s weekly folk nights are set to continue into February and March with a wealth of folk talent and themed open mic nights
Music
Review: Sunshine on Leith, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There might not be sleigh bells and Christmas jumpers on show but there’s plenty of festive spirit in this winter revival to Elizabeth Newman’s smash hit of the summer.
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: Cinderella, Aberdeen Arts Centre
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This may well be Aberdeen’s best kept festive secret – but not for long! You don’t want to miss this marvellous magical panto.
Review: Don Quixote: The Man of Clackmannshire, Dundee Rep
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Throw out any preconceived ideas about Don Quixote for this Dundee Rep production, in conjunction with Perth Theatre, breaks the mould in many ways in an entertaining retelling of a centuries-old classic. The premise …
Review: Beautiful, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ She penned some of the most iconic songs of the 60s and 70s – but her personal rise to stardom was far from a fairytale. In this revival of XX’s Beautiful, the story of …
Review: Rob Madge: My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?), Edinburgh Fringe, Underbelly
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The theatre is a place where performers become anyone they want to be. But My Son’s A Queer shows the most moving pieces of theatre take place the person on stage is exactly themselves. …
Review: Paris: From Piaf to Pop!, Edinburgh Fringe, French Institute in Scotland
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a melting pot of culture, song and story. In this year’s instalment of Christine Bovill’s legendary Edinburgh turn, the spotlight is on Paris and its evolution of music from …
Editor’s Pick of the Fringe 2022
Braw Theatre editor Fraser MacDonald outlines his top picks of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe The Edinburgh Festival is nearly upon us – and that means the Fringe is about to kick off too! With …
Still Game stars to host live music at Greenock Beacon’s Meliora Festival weekend
Still Game stars Jane McCarry and Mark Cox are set to host a packed line-up of live music at the Beacon Arts Centre this weekend. The pair, who played gossip Isa Drennan and moocher Tam Mullen …