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Tron Theatre Company's production of D.C. Jackson’s much-loved rom-com My Romantic History is at the Tron until Saturday 13 June, then it tours to community venues across Glasgow. Read my review of this brutally honest, sharp and cheeky comedy play below. Rebecca Wilkie as Amy and Julie Wilson Nimmo as Sasha. Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic My Romantic History ★★★☆☆ Review: 09 June 2026 | Tron Theatre, Glasgow Tron Theatre Company have restaged Scottish playwright D.C. Jackson's My R

Oran Mór have announced their popular lunchtime summer panto for 2026. Big Bad Riding Hood by Gary McNair will run at the venue from 1 - 19 July 2026. Find out more below. Big Bad Riding Hood summer panto at Oran Mór Oran Mór is delighted to announce that its iconic lunchtime pantomime will return for Summer 2026, running from 1st-19th July, with tickets on sale now. From the award‑winning team behind the world‑famous A Play, A Pie and A Pint, this year’s sunshine‑soaked spec

Just ahead of Scotland playing in their first World Cup for 28 years, a new play about Scotland captain Andrew Watson - the world's first international black footballer - has opened at A Play, A Pie and A Pint. The Corinthian plays at Òran Mór, Glasgow, this week before transferring to Edinburgh's Assembly Roxy. Read my review here. Dayton Mungai in The Corinthian. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan The Corinthian ★★★★☆ Review: 02 June 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow In just a few weeks, Scot

The highly anticipated Pitlochry Festival Theatre production and Scottish premiere of Once runs in Pitlochry until 27th June 2026. Read my review below. Dylan Wood, Lydia White, Jos Slovick and Charlie West in Once at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Photo credit: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Once at Pitlochry ★★★★☆ Review: 30 May 2026 | Pitlochry Festival Theatre Launching Pitlochry Festival Theatre's 75th anniversary season, and Alan Cumming's first as Artist Director of the much-loved "the

Glasgow panto favourite Darren Brownlie returns to the cast of King's Theatre's annual pantomime Aladdin. Darren will join Elaine C Smith and Johnny Mac at the venue from 21 Nov 2026 to 3 Jan 2027. Find out more below. The King's Theatre, Glasgow 2026 panto cast news | Aladdin The King’s Theatre, Glasgow is delighted to announce that Darren Brownlie will return to the cast of their annual pantomime Aladdin, produced by Crossroads Pantomimes. Darren returns for his sixth panto

Full casting announced for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre production of Lear Lear at Pitliochry Festival Theatre: Cast News Pitlochry Festival Theatre has today announced the full cast for their forthcoming production of Lear - Finn den Hertog’s new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy. As previously announced, the production will be led by Scottish stage and screen icon, Maureen Beattie as Lear and Forbes Masson as Gloucester. They will be joined in the cast

Breathtaking Roads is the latest play of A Play, A Pie and A Pint's 2026 Spring season. It's on at Òran Mór, Glasgow until the 30th May and then it zooms over to the King’s Theatre, Kirkcaldy for the first week of June. Read my review below. Ros Watt, Liz Kettle and Jill Riddiford in Breathtaking Roads. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Breathtaking Roads ★★☆☆☆ Review: 26 May 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow Set in rural Ulinish on the Isle of Skye, Breathtaking Roads is a new drama from debut

Members Only, by River City's Marc Pye and Gayle Telfer Stevens, premiers as part of A Play, A Pie and Pint's spring season Òran Mór, Glasgow, before touring to Stranraer, Dumfries and Moffat as part of this year’s Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival. Read my review below. Julie Duncanson and Sandra McNeeley in Members Only. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Members Only ★★★☆☆ Review: 19 May 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow Best pals Linda (Sandra McNeeley) and Angie (Julie Duncanson) love a ni

Gary McNair's warm-hearted stage adaptation of Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil features music by Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross. It runs at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh until 23 May. Read my review below. "The theatre x football crossover I didn't know I needed!" Dawn Steele in Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil. Photo: Aly Wright Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil play ★★★★☆ Review: 13 May 2026 | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil is the s