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Alluring: One of the Traverse Theatre's own offerings from last year's fringe and now on tour, Crash traces the psychological unravelling of an unnamed trader, played by a cagey Jamie Michie…
Amazing: Niggle is a painter. He is an unsuccessful painter. He is unsuccessful painter because he has his mind set on only one thing " a picture of a tree.
Discombobulating: Taut, hilarious and shocking, Right Now " at Edinburgh's Traverse following its run at London's Bush Theatre " plays with farce and comedy before finding a dark corner of t…
Clearly told and doggedly true to its source, Touring Consortium's Of Mice and Men is a solidly effective production that never quite sparks into life.
Scottish Opera has commissioned Vanishing Point’s artistic director Matthew Lenton to co-create The 8th Door, a prequel companion piece to Bartok’s Bluebeard’s
Compelling: Epic in scope, huge in sweep and utterly human, The Iliad at Edinburgh's Lyceum is a powerful production.
Terrific fun: Extremely silly, and completely aware of its silliness, The 39 Steps, now touring, is very funny indeed.
Upstanding: If it's an on-your-feet, singing all the words and leaving with joy in your heart kind of evening you expect from your Beatles jukebox musical, then Let It Be hits all the right …
Unexpected news: The National Theatre of Scotland has announced that artistic director and chief executive Laurie Sansom will be leaving the organisation at the end of June. Sansom will have…
Laurie Sansom is to leave the National Theatre of Scotland after three years as artistic director. The announcement comes as the company
Sensational: Pacy and clever, Jackie the Musical is bags of fun to watch as it brings the celebrated teen magazine to the stage.
Vibrant: Raw and potent, if somewhat under-formed, My Ain Fowk at Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar is a fascinating take on contemporary politics and never less than fun with it.
Gambolling gamblers: A story of gamblers, good girls and good time girls on the streets of New York, the touring production of Guys and Dolls isn't a gamble if you're after a good time.
Beautifully danced and packing considerable emotional punch, The Last Tango, on tour to July 2016, is a genuine crowd-pleaser. This is billed as the final tour in the 20-year professional pa…
The Edinburgh International Festival has appointed 59 Productions as an associate artist for the next three years. The company, whose design work
Solid showing for Linehan's second EIF: The return of Alan Cumming to Edinburgh for the whole festival is the big news of a programme that is more solid than surprising. He will be singing h…
Circus and cabaret will feature heavily as part of this year’s Edinburgh International Festival programme for the first time. The line-up also
Student companies from Drama Studio London and Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance have won the Scottish Daily Mail’s £10,000 Edinburgh
The established pantomime trio of Allan Stewart, Andy Gray and Grant Stott are here given a chance not only to display their well known comic talents, but also show their more dramatic side …
Cleverly framed and delicately staged on what could well be John and Jeanine Byrne's most evocative and cleverly constructed set yet, there is an aching beauty to Stellar Quines' latest prod…
Lu Kemp has been appointed artistic director at Perth Theatre, launching her first season when the theatre reopens late 2017. Kemp will
Iconic Edinburgh Fringe space St Stephen’s is to be run by C Venues this year, with the operator vowing to make it
Heart-rending: With a whisper of snow and the haunting of an idea, the latest instalment of A Play, A Pie and a Pint spins in and out of the Traverse leaving a rare desolation in its wake.
Redevelopment plans for Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre have taken a major step forward with the granting of planning consent. Work on the £16.5
Foot-tapping: When it comes to The Voice, there's only one that counts, or at least that's the way it should be.
