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The Mountaintop
There’s no denying that civil rights activist Dr Martin Luther King was an extraordinary man. But he was also human and the very clever play, The Mountaintop by Katori Hall exploits his fears and weaknesses […]
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Picture You Dead
An old-fashioned crime thriller with twists and turns at every corner is always a winner with theatre audiences. And crime writer Peter James’s Picture You Dead showing at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow proved to […]
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KELI – National Theatre of Scotland
Teenager Keli is like a wounded animal. For her life is one long battle to survive. Music is her lifeline and the one consistent which makes her feel maybe there is hope ahead. Let’s face […]
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The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Lovely to see a lot of excited children on the edge of their seats as they enjoyed CS Lewis’s timeless classic at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow. With all of today’s fabulous fast-moving animation, sparking […]
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How The Light Gets In – Hay 2025
The 2025 Hay Festival of Literature and Arts, better known as the Hay Festival in the pretty market town of Hay-on-Wye on the English/Welsh border, gets underway this week and runs from 22nd May until […]
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The Book of Mormon Musical
A musical comedy all about religion is always going to divide people. Risque jokes, costumes, dances are the staple diet of this musical which first hit Broadway in 2011. Times and attitudes have changed, so […]
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Through the Shortbread Tin
Sporrans and shortbread are symbols of Scotland. But there is so much more culture buried deep and ready to discover. In 1760, Scottish poet James Macpherson sparked the world’s love of all things thistle and […]
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Pride and Prejudice (sort of)
Oh, what fun we had with a real corker of the Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice. The novelist’s 18th century look at the English landed gentry was swept aside with a frenzy of well, […]
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Ghost Stories
I have to admit to being surprised at how many people admitted they were followers of the paranormal world when questioned at the beginning of Ghost Stories currently showing at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, […]
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Bat Out of Hell: The Musical
There’s one reason and it’s a major one for seeing the Jim Steinman epic musical Bat Out of Hell. Fans of the legendary band Meat Loaf will love it, just as they revelled in the […]