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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

Ceilidh, a new musical, invites ​​audiences to step into one of Scotland’s oldest and most beloved traditions. The show opens this October at Pitlochry Town Hall ahead of an extensive Scottish and UK tour. Meet the cast below. Scott Gilmour, David Rowen and the company of North American Premiere of CEILIDH. Photo by Matt Murphy CEILIDH - a new musical, announces full cast Part night out, part love story, part cultural phenomenon, now the exciting new musical CEILIDH is set t

The turbulent journey continues for the new production of Burlesque as the UK tour arrives in Glasgow. Burlesque is at the King's Theatre Glasgow until Saturday 19 September. Read my review here. Gracie O'Brien and the Burlesque cast. Photo: Rosie Moore The Social Sort Burlesque ★★⯪☆☆ Review: 8 September 2026 | King's Theatre, Glasgow The notoriously troubled Burlesque: The Musical arrived in Glasgow this week, and opening night was marred by delays and technical glitches tha

Following a summer season at London's Barbican Theatre, a new production of Cole Porter's musical High Society is now on UK tour. Directed by Rachel Kavanaugh and starring 'Call the Midwife's' Helen George, High Society plays at Glasgow's King's Theatre from 1st to 5th September before it heads to Edinburgh Playhouse the following week. Read my review below. High Society. Pamela Raith photography High Society ★★★⯪☆ Review: 1 September 2026 | King's Theatre, Glasgow Following

A new production of award-winning Scottish musical A History of Paper runs at Pitlochry Festival Theatre until 12 September, before transferring to Dundee Rep Theatre. Pitlochry's Artistic Director Alan Cumming comes out from behind the scenes to join his friend Shirley Henderson on the theatre's main stage. Read my review here. Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson in A History of Paper. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan A History of Paper ★★★★☆ Review: 20 August 2026 | Pitlochry Festiva

The new UK tour production of ABBA jukebox musical Mamma Mia! has arrived at Glasgow King's Theatre where it plays until Saturday 29 August. Read my review below. Mamma Mia! Sarah Earnshaw (Tanya), Jenn Griffin (Donna) & Rosie Glossop (Rosie). photo: Brinkhoff-Moegenburg Mamma Mia! the musical UK tour ★★★★☆ Review: 18 August 2026 | King's Theatre, Glasgow Twenty-year-old Sophie (Hazel Baldwin) is about to be married on the tiny Greek island where she lives with her fiercely i

With backing from major producers Susan Edelstein, ATG and Gavin Kalin Bliss the musical opens at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August, promising "the biggest new musical at this year's Edinburgh Fringe." Bliss plays at Pleasance Courtyard Grand until 31 August. Read my review below. Bliss. Photo: Marc Brenner Bliss the musical ★★★☆☆ Review: 15 August 2026 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Pleasance Courtyard Self-titled "biggest new musical at this year's Fringe", Bliss the mus

Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, nearly two decades after its Fringe debut. Woody Sez plays at Underbelly Bristo Square until 30 August. Read my review below. Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie. Photo: Wendy Mutz Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie ★★★☆☆ Review: 15 August 2026 | Underbelly Bristo Sq, Cowbarn Among all the new musicals trying out at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, there is a successful, c