Fawlty Towers is one of the most impressionable UK sitcoms of all time, with it only broadcasting 12 episodes between 1975 and 1979, it has become a well-respected part of British culture. Now fifty years on, the classic sitcom returns in the form of a stage play, mixing some of the best bits of the two series into a highly enjoyable romp. Currently playing the Edinburgh... Continue Reading →
The Woman in Black has been frightening theatre audiences since 1987, and now it continues its scare fest across the UK with it’s tour stopping off this week in Glasgow at the Theatre Royal, playing until Saturday 24th January 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M-Vm183OXo The Woman in Black is based on Susan Hill’s 1983 book of the same name and was adapted to stage by Stephen Mallatratt. An aging Arthur Kipps hires a... Continue Reading →
Bringing one of Britain’s most beloved sitcoms to the stage is a risky business, but Fawlty Towers: The Play rises to the challenge with confidence, affection and relentless comic energy during its Aberdeen run at the Music Hall from Tuesday 20th- Saturday 24th January. Carefully adapted from classic television episodes, the production captures the spirit... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh’s panto stars Allan Stewart, Grant Stott, Jordan Young and gang take to the Festival Theatre stage for one final hoolie in Jack & The Beanstalk before they head back home to the King’s Theatre next year. Packed with jokes-a-plenty, spellbinding special effects and one of the most beautiful sets in all of Pantoland, this year’s festive season just got even brighter. There are giants in the sky! Jack McTrot teams up with... Continue Reading →
It’s been just over twenty-five years since Mamma Mia opened in London’s West End, since then it has become a global phenomenon. With two motion pictures, several runs on Broadway and too many tours to count, the hit jukebox musical has made its way back to the Edinburgh Playhouse for the first time in six years to play the theatre’s coveted festive season. Mamma Mia plays the Playhouse until Sunday... Continue Reading →
Having never seen a BTC show prior, I didn’t know fully what to expect for their 2025 Panto production of Beauty and the Beast at the Church Hill Theatre, but having seen some pantomime’s written and directed by Lewis C. Baird before I knew it was likely to be a fun evening. The town of... Continue Reading →
Blackout Productions return to the Church Hill Theatre this week with the breathtaking hit Broadway & West End musical - ‘Come From Away’. The award-winning musical is set in Gander, Newfoundland during the events of 9/11, with book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, highlighting acts of kindness from the people of... Continue Reading →
Scottish Ballet return to His Majesty’s Theatre Aberdeen this week with their intense, atmospheric and bold new production of Mary, Queen of Scots. As Elizabeth I nears the end of her reign, she finds herself consumed by visions, both real and imagined, of her cousin and rival, Mary, Queen of Scots. This exciting new production... Continue Reading →
The Tartan Tabletop gang are back after their second sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe. Get ready for improvised comedy at the roll of a dice as four heroes blunder their way through an adventure like no other – aided by the weird and wonderful Noblin the Goblin, played by a different guest star comedian... Continue Reading →
Come From Away took the world by storm upon its opening on Broadway on 12th March 2017. Since then it has toured the world and musical theatre super fans have streamed the hell out of the soundtrack (myself included) so when Captivate announced they were doing a production of it at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025... Continue Reading →
Hal balances light and dark very well. As he says of himself, he can be quite “nasty” on stage, but it’s always with a twinkle in the eye and a tongue in cheek. Hal is back at the Edinburgh Fringe to delve into topics like middle-age dating, parenthood, divorce, insane modern politics and social media. With... Continue Reading →
Settling into my familiar seat in the Pleasance Grand, 70 minutes of pure entertainment magic awaited as 750 excited viewers took their seats in anticipation. Having seen this show before many times, Showstoppers is one I make sure to catch each year at the fringe, as it is yet to disappoint. The story of this... Continue Reading →
Forth Children's Theatre's School of Rock is at Broughton High School until the 9th August with a matinee on Saturday 9th. Having recently seen their production of the Sound of Music in April, it’s hard to believe FCT brought together a mammoth rock musical in such short time, but they have and it’s raring for... Continue Reading →
Step through the wardrobe into the magical kingdom of Narnia where a world of wonder awaits. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe bursts onto the HMT stage from 17th-21st June 2025 with roaring delight! Celebrating the 75th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’s classic novel, watch The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe come to life... Continue Reading →
Peter James’ Picture You Dead has been brought to life on to the stage, bringing a crime thrilling Roy Grace mystery to audiences who are riding along with the mysterious adventure. It has hit the stage at Glasgow's Theatre Royal and the question is - who can you trust? The story follows two detectives who... Continue Reading →
‘The Book of Mormon’ (the nine-time Tony Award and four-time Olivier Award-winning Best Musical) is in town at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow, and what a delight it is. A provocative, powerful production which encourages the audience to look beyond its mocking nature and find true meaning in it’s commentary. Be warned, the musical will... Continue Reading →
You can’t help but be gobsmacked as you take your seat in the Edinburgh Playhouse - admiring the sheer eccentric beauty of the stage in this production of Moulin Rouge. I was personally going into this, having never seen the iconic 2001 Baz Luhrmann film, completely blind. And wow, am I glad I did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm2E-jaxLYg... Continue Reading →
Pride and Prejudice (sort of) explodes onto the HMT stage from Tuesday 29th April - 3rd May 2025. Direct from its triumph in the West End this witty little gem won a Laurence Olivier Award Best Comedy and Evening standard award. This wonderfully unique and imaginative retelling of Jane Austen's iconic love story! Pride and... Continue Reading →
A night of terror, palpitations, and screams are guaranteed with “Ghost Stories” currently playing Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre until Saturday 29th March 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIUCgqyP4Lg To avoid spoilers, there is no insight into the fear that awaits you in this review, however, be rest assured that Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s script for this play is... Continue Reading →
Few productions leave audiences as in awe as An Inspector Calls, and this latest UK tour is no exception. Produced by PW Productions, one of the most prolific and significant theatre producers, founded by the late Peter Wilson MBE, this revival of Stephen Daldry’s iconic staging is as gripping as ever. With its ingenious set... Continue Reading →
One of Edinburgh’s leading amateur theatre companies, The Bohemians, are taking audiences Down Under with their fabulous production of the cult classic jukebox musical “Priscilla Queen of the Desert”. The company have also moved into Capital Theatres’ Festival Theatre for this production, ensuring to give their fabulous divas and queens the large stage they deserve.... Continue Reading →
This week is going to be a good week and here’s why….Dear Evan Hansen blows us away with roaring applause at His Majesty’s Theatre Aberdeen from 5th-8th March 2025! Let me introduce you to Evan Hansen: A shy high school kid who struggles with crippling anxiety and has just one wish- to fit in. The... Continue Reading →
Dear Evan Hansen hits the stage of Glasgow's King's Theatre to bring the house down with the renowned and popular musical, running until Saturday 1st March 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W24yLM_jCtg The performance from the off was full of life and energy, the cast and band set a good bar from the opening few scenes for what to... Continue Reading →
Craig Revel Horwood and Pippa Evans’ new musical ‘Now That’s What I Call A Musical’ has blasted its way into Edinburgh this week, playing the Edinburgh Playhouse until Saturday 1st March. It's Birmingham, 1989. Gemma and April, two school friends, are busy planning their lives, with Gemma dreaming of being a Nurse and April longing... Continue Reading →
All aboard for a first-class night of mystery, intrigue, and razor-sharp wit as ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ steams onto HMT’s stage this week. Agatha Christie’s classic whodunnit has been given a thrilling theatrical makeover, packed with sharp dialogue, atmospheric staging, and terrific sound design. With a train full of eccentric suspects, a murder most... Continue Reading →
Presenting & Juliet a musical which dazzles and shimmies its way onto the stage at His Majesty Theatre from 4th-8th February 2025. This loud and proud tale tells the story of Juliet. Where is Romeo you may ask? Well strap yourselves in because this tragic love story has a fierce twist! The story imagines what... Continue Reading →
Good morning Glasgow! Are you a ‘Hairspray’ fanatic? Then get yourself to The King’s Theatre to see an all time fan favourite, running until the 1st of February 2025. Although the performance is lacking a bit of magic, it is still a great night out, filled with your favourite songs and evoking you to be... Continue Reading →
The world’s favourite flying nanny has returned to Edinburgh to kick off Capital Theatre’s 2025 programming with a spoonful of sugar. The stage adaptation of Disney’s classic movie, ‘Mary Poppins’, is playing the Festival Theatre until Saturday 15th February. Based on P.L Traver’s stories, this musical follows the Banks family, as they try to gain... Continue Reading →
‘She Burns’ returns from a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, to celebrate not only the life and art of Robert Burns, but the lives of the women that surrounded him and inspired some of his most famous works. Written by Sarah MacGillivray, with musical arrangements by Nicola Alexander – and of course incorporating... Continue Reading →
Chicago is back on the tour bus, and proving yet again that razzle-dazzle never goes out of style. With its sharp-edged satire, sizzling choreography, and a score that oozes glamour and grit, this iconic musical reminds us why it’s still the toast of the town nearly a century after its Jazz Age beginnings. As the... Continue Reading →
Settling into my seat at Portobello Town Hall for Stage Door’s sophomore Panto outing is an exhilarating feeling after the success of last year’s Cinderella. With a returning cast and Production team, I was very excited to see what was in store from the Porty Panto this year. Jack McTrott works on a farm with... Continue Reading →
It's that time of year again! Panto season has come around and families and theatre lovers alike will be flocking to theatres all over Scotland to enjoy some hilarious shows throughout the festive period. 'Beauty and the Beastie' takes to the stage at the Pavillion Theatre, with their star studded cast looking to give the... Continue Reading →
Panto is back at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre with our regulars bringing us a new version of ‘Cinderella’, featuring all the magic and comedy you would expect during the festive period. You have till Tuesday 31st December 2025 to take a trip to Prince Charming’s ball. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yon2ghpj2Jk Allan Stewart brings us his usual cheeky and hilarious antics... Continue Reading →
Pitlochry is very much alive with ‘The Sound of Music’ this Christmas. Pitlochry Festival Theatre are staging a new production of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece until 22nd December 2024. Following Maria Rainer’s journey from nun to governess, set in the Austrian hills during the 1938 Anschluss, this is a profoundly moving and heartwarming... Continue Reading →
‘101 Dalmatians’, a stage adaptation of the beloved book (and Disney movie) by Dodie Smith, has hit the road on a UK Tour following it’s premiere at Regents Park Open Air Theatre in Summer 2022. This week the musical has turned the Edinburgh Playhouse spotted for its debut run in Scotland’s Capital. The cast in... Continue Reading →
Au revoir! Mange tout, Mange tout as Del Boy would say. Yes, rolling into town to the Edinburgh Playhouse for one week only comes a treat for the fans of Only Fools and Horses – 'Only Fools and Horses The Musical'! Spend an evening re-living the best moments from the hit show with all your... Continue Reading →
What better way to spend your Halloween week than seeing one of the most iconic horror spoofs of all time, ‘The Rocky Horror Show’, playing Glasgow’s Pavillion Theatre until Saturday 2nd November. 3. The story follows young lovers, Brad and Janet. Their car breaks down outside a rather spooky-looking castle where they come across a... Continue Reading →
The Mormons have returned to Edinburgh after a hit run in 2022. Playing the Edinburgh Playhouse until Saturday 2nd November, this hysterically funny musical follows Elder Price and Elder Cunningham as they voyage to Uganda on their mission to spread the word of the lord and teach communities of The Book of Mormon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRU1LWy9dVI Adam... Continue Reading →
The late great Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ is a musical so rarely performed in Scotland and hasn’t been performed professionally in the UK for almost ten years. This week Blackout Productions bring a fresh and very exciting version of the musical to the Church Hill Theatre in Edinburgh. You... Continue Reading →
Them Is Brothers Comedy presents ‘A Dame of Two Halves!‘, a rip-roaring two-act adventure following two sister dames in Panto Land. Presented at Capital Theatre’s The Studio, this show was written and performed by the Harrison and Leo MacNeill and consisted of two one act shows. The first act ‘On The Run: Dame Over!’ which... Continue Reading →
Giz Giz Youth Theatre are strutting into their 40th year in style and a whole lotta pink this week at the Tivoli Theatre, Aberdeen with a special anniversary reunion show. Giz Giz alumni, as well as present company members have come together to produce a high energy and all together fabulous production of Legally Blonde. ... Continue Reading →
Finally, after almost a decade of waiting, the Broadway and West-End smash hit, ‘Hamilton’, has made it’s way to Edinburgh, playing at the Festival Theatre until Saturday 27th April 2024. ‘Hamilton’ follows the real-life story of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co21tLAK-DE The cast for this... Continue Reading →
J.M Barrie’s whimsical tale of the boy who never grows up in Neverland has been seen revived on stage many times in many different forms, however, in recent years there has only been one production that critics and audiences alike have been raving about. That is of course Mischief Theatre’s ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’. This... Continue Reading →
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