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Black Hole Sign
The depressing state of the National Health System is enough to send us all reaching for a pick me up. But an excellent and thought provoking play is just the tonic for a much needed […]
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Belly-Laughs at Edinburgh Fringe
There’s a full house of mirth and merriment at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. With three weeks of fun at the Edinburgh Fringe finishing on 25th August, the laughs are getting louder and the streets packed […]
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Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Just shy of its 60th anniversary and the infamous Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical is still delighting. A packed King’s Theatre in Glasgow was on its feet singing and dancing along to the […]
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Restless Natives: The Musical
A joke shop is a strange place to plot becoming modern day highwaymen. But then cult Scottish favourite Restless Natives is a bit of an eccentric story which grows on you as the audience at […]
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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 […]