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A blend of Shakespeare and Scots language are used to tell the tale of a struggling working class actor in this week's delightful show Bottom's Dream at A Play A Pie and A Pint. Read my review here. Martin O'Connor in Bottom's Dream. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Bottom's Dream ★★★★☆ Review: 13 October 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow Nick Bottom has always wanted to be an actor. Yet he has followed his working-class family's footsteps into the trade as a weaver. His dream of being on stag

Contact is the new play from Jonny Donahoe, co-creator and original star of the Tony Award-nominated hit Every Brilliant Thing. It makes its world premiere at A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór, in Glasgow this week before heading to Edinburgh and Paisley. Read my review here. Blythe Duff & Mark Barrett in Contact. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Contact by Jonny Donahoe ★★★★☆ Review: 8 October 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow Nothing is more complex, or more fraught with opportunities for

Ayub Khan Din's East is East plays the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow as part of its 30th anniversary tour. The revival is a co-production between the Citz, Octagon Theatre Bolton and Wiltshire Creative. Read my review here. East is East 30th anniversary tour cast. Photo: Pamela Raith East is East (30th anniversary tour) ★★★⯪☆ Review: 07 October 2026 | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow Ayub Khan Din's hit play East is East has been revived thirty years after its 1996 premiere for a new

The UK tour of Waitress the musical arrives in Glasgow this week with West End star Lucie Jones in the lead role of Jenna. Read my review below. Evelyn Hoskins in Waitress. Photo: Johan Persson Waitress ★★★★★ Review: 6 October 2026 | King's Theatre, Glasgow The tenth-anniversary tour of hit musical Waitress has opened in Glasgow this week, with West End and X-Factor star Lucie Jones starring in the lead role as Jenna. Having played on Broadway, in the West End and all over th

Raw Material's Scottish hip-hop musical Wallace is back for 2026 in a bigger, redeveloped production. Read my review from Edinburgh's King's Theatre below. Wallace a musical. Patricia Panther, Manasa Tagica and Madeline Grieve. Photo: Sally Jubb Wallace - a musical ★★★☆☆ Review: 3 October 2026 | The King's Theatre, Edinburgh Making the leap from A Play, A Pie and A Pint to main-stage theatres in Scotland, Raw Material's Scottish hip-hop musical Wallace has been redeveloped as

A programme of six short films, imagining what the future may look like In Scotland, premieres in cinemas this month, ahead of launching on BBC online platforms in 2027. Future Acts, from the National Theatre of Scotland and BBC Scotland, brings together celebrated Scottish theatre-makers and filmmakers to tell the stories. Read my review below. Future Acts ★★★★☆ Review: 1 October 2026 | Glasgow Film Theatre As part of the National Theatre of Scotland's 20th anniversary year,

A Play, A Pie and A Pint's Artistic Director Brian Logan presents his new play as part of the Autumn season at Òran Mór, Glasgow. Whaur's yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo? premieres in Glasgow this week before heading to Edinburgh and then Aberdeen. Read my review below Gavin Jon Wright in Whaur's yer Wullie Shakespeare noo? Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Whaur's yer Wullie Shakespeare noo? ★★★☆☆ Review: 1 October 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow In 1750s Edinburgh, church authorities deemed the

Emma Rice's critically acclaimed Tristan & Yseult plays at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow this week before heading to the Lyceum in Edinburgh as part of a UK tour. Read my review of this outstanding piece of theatre below. Nandi Bhebhe and John Leader in Tristan & Yseult. Photo: Steve Tanner Tristan & Yseult ★★★★★ Review: 30 September 2026 | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow It's difficult to think of a current theatre production that has a better reputation than Emma Rice's Tristan

Pitlochry Festival Theatre hosts the world premiere of Martin Sherman's new play I'll Be Seeing You starring Simon Russell Beale and Fra Fee. Read my review below. Simon Russell Beale in I'll Be Seeing You. Photo by Tiu Makkonen I'll Be Seeing You ★★★☆☆ Review: 26 September 2026 | Pitlochry Festival Theatre Lauded American playwright Martin Sherman (writer of the groundbreaking 1979 play Bent) has chosen a theatre in the Scottish Highlands for the world premiere of his latest