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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

Direct from London's West End, Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting the musical has announced the cast bringing the new UK tour to Scotland in 2026 and 2027. The show opens at Edinburgh Playhouse this October. Find out more below. Trainspotting the musical UK tour and cast announced Thirty years on from the film that changed everything, and following its world premiere in London's West End, Trainspotting The Musical will embark on a major UK tour opening at the Edinburgh Playhouse

The Citizens Theatre, Glasgow and Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh's new production of Sweat by American playwright Lynn Nottage is playing in Scotland this May and June. Read my review of this superb new staging of this award-winning play below. Lucianne McEvoy & Debbie Korley in Sweat by Lynn Nottage at Citizens Theatre. Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic Lynn Nottage's Sweat ★★★★★ Review: 7 May 2026 | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow Since the Citizens Theatre reopened after major redevelopm

Hannah Howie's autobiographical musical about her diagnosis with an aggressive breast cancer gene premiers at A Play, A Pie and A Pie this week. Funeral for My Boobs is at Òran Mór, Glasgow until Saturday 9 May, and then it heads to Ayr and Edinburgh. Read my review of this very personal, very brilliant celebration of boobs and life below. Hannah Howie, Kirsty Malone & Gregor John-Owen in Funeral for My Boobs. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Funeral for My Boobs by Hannah Howie ★★★★☆

Brian Vernel takes on the role of notorious Glasgow serial killer Peter Manuel in a new adaptation of Denise Mina’s crime thriller The Long Drop at Citizens Theatre this June. Meet the full cast below. Looking for my review of The Long Drop at the Citizens' Theatre? Find it here: https://www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/the-long-drop-play-review Citizen's Theatre The Long Drop cast announced The Long Drop is a darkly stylish descent into the heart of a city – and the haunted min

The National Theatre of Scotland and Tron Theatre Company bring the true story of the Greenock Lee Jeans factory occupation to the stage for the first time. Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In premieres at Glasgow Tron Theatre this week, then heads out on a tour across Scotland that culminates at the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock, close to where the legendary factory once stood. Read my review of this exhilarating new play below. Chiara Sparkes and the cast of Stand and De

Find out more about Mayday here Mayday: Q&A with directors Hannah Lavery and Cora Bissett How did Mayday come about? HL and CB: Mayday grew out of conversations about how heavy things feel right now, and how the arts can respond without pretending to have the answers. When National Theatre of Scotland approached us about a one‑night event, we wanted to make a space where people could sit with the complexity of the moment together, without being told what to think. Why do you

The full casting has been announced for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre production of the musical Once, directed by John Tiffany. Find the full details below. Full cast announced for Pitlochry Festival Theatre production of Once Pitlochry Festival Theatre has today announced the full cast for their forthcoming production of the Grammy, Tony and Olivier award-winning Once , which will reunite the original creative team behind the smash-hit Broadway and West End musical. As pre

Andy McGregor's one-man LGBTQ+ musical comedy Crocodile Rock - set in Millport, on the Isle of Cumbrae - is returning to the stage in 2026. Audiences can see Darren Brownlie in the show at A Play, A Pie and A Pint in Glasgow and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Find all the details below. Darren Brownlie. Photo: Gavin MacQueen Scottish musical Crocodile Rock to play Glasgow and Edinburgh this year A showstopping Scottish musical comedy about a wee island, and a lad with big