Category Archives: Theatre

One of the beloved characters created by the late great Glasgow cartoonist, Bud Neill, was the GI Bride whose catchphrase was ‘Dae ye go as faur as Pairtick?’  Conversely, and ironically, Partick’s most famous son, Billy Connolly, did go very faur fae Pairtick to become one of the best known and best loved coupons inContinue reading “Dear Billy – A Love Letter to the Big Yin from the People of Scotland Traverse”

Leith-based theatre company Citadel’s Arts Group makes its 12th foray into Leith Festival this year with an exploration of the atmospheric North Leith Burial Ground. Curious about what lies beneath Coburg Street, they found a number of interesting characters interred in this small cemetery leading to seven members of Citadel’s group of older writers to chooseContinue reading “Citadel Arts Group Brings the Ghosts of North Leith to Leith Festival”

After a sellout debut at Glasgow’s Tron Theatre in 2022, Edinburgh based theatre company, Surrogate, brings Who Killed My Father back to the stage for a Scottish tour. The play, that has been adapted and directed by the company’s founder and artistic director, Nora Wardell, is based on the 2018 autofiction book Qui a TuéContinue reading “Who Killed My Father Traverse Theatre”

Dance Base, Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, is inviting everyone to celebrate this year’s International Dance Day on Saturday 29th April and take part in the summer term starting just two days after, on 1st May. Audiences can now choose from over 50 dance classes for people of all ages and all levels of dance experience forming Dance Base’s summerContinue reading “Dance Base Celebrates International Dance Day This Weekend”

Pibroch is a multimedia theatre production exploring the parallels between the current Climate Emergency and the Piper Alpha disaster that took place in the North Sea in 1988. Pibroch uses  poetry created by Aberdeenshire-based writer and artist John Bolland, who is a former oil worker, climate activist, member of North East Scotland Climate Action NetworkContinue reading “Multi Media Climate Production Pibroch Set to Tour Scotland”

Who doesn’t know the man affectionately known as The Big Yin, Billy Connelly? Certainly nobody in Scotland, but his reputation as a uniquely skilled comic is universal in the Western world, if that’s not a contradiction in terms! The story of his life growing up in Glasgow and influencing his work is legendary. From workingContinue reading “Tour Dates Announced for Dear Billy, NTS’  Love Letter to Billy Connolly”

Award winning Scottish writer Andrew O’Hagan, whose last novel Mayflies was successfully adapted for television, brings his first play, The Ballad of Truman Capote, to premiere at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Already the subject of two films, Capote (2005) and Infamous (2006), the radical American novelist will now be the focus of a ScottishContinue reading “Novelist Andrew O’Hagan Premieres First Play at 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe”

Created by leading production company Visible Fictions, Ghosthunter is an interactive production designed for older teens and young adults. Part immersive theatre and part expansive escape room, the show weaves new technology and chilling live horror in this performance event. Taking inspiration from paranormal programmes like Ghostwatch and Most Haunted, audiences are invited to step into a detailed recreation ofContinue reading “Visible Fictions Brings New Thriller Aimed at Young Adults to Glasgow This Summer”

Over two weekends in May, the Bright & Wild 2023 festival will celebrate the talent and creativity of young people from Greater Craigmillar (Edinburgh) who are taking part in Lyra’s Young Artists programme. The festival will showcase four new productions that the Young Artists commissioned themselves, through the company’s child-led approach. This approach saw theContinue reading “Lyra Presents Third Annual Young Artist’s Festival with Bright & Wild 2023”

The Stamping Ground, the new stage musical featuring the hits of Runrig, one of Scotland’s most well-loved bands, is set to hit the road on a Scotland-wide tour later this year, marking 50 years since the band was formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973. The show, that is a co-production between Raw Material andContinue reading “Hit Musical The Stamping Ground Returns for Scotland-wide Tour in 2023”