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Award-winning playwright Tim Benzie talks about his return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025 with cult interactive show...

Cast announced for Perth Theatre panto The Snow Queen. Perth Theatre has announced the cast for its ‘coolest’ ever panto, The Snow Queen Writer and Director Barrie Hunter , who plays panto dame Grannie Frannie McMannie, will be joined by another Perth panto regular Ewan Somers as Larry McGlumpher/Roger the Reindeer. Lauren Ellis-Steele plays The Snow Queen, Nina Gray is Gerda McMannie, Stuart Edgar plays McKay McGlumpher, Julia Murray is Gretel McPetal/Herda the Herder,

Accordion Ryan 's upbeat musical cabaret show has had audiences singing and dancing in the aisles at the Edinburgh Fringe since 2022....

Award-winning actor and producer Scott Kyle talks about bringing a very personal story to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. His...

The full cast has been revealed for Rollers Forever - the brand-new musical featuring the songs of the legendary Bay City Rollers -...

Glasgow invited to celebrate as the Citizens Theatre reopens with the Homecoming Festival including a community procession and an Open House weekend, where the public is invited to explore the redeveloped theatre for the first time in over seven years. Glasgow Citizens Theatre. Photo credit: Mark Liddell The Citizens Theatre is back! After a transformative seven-year redevelopment of its Gorbals home, the Citizens Theatre today marks one month until it reopens to the public

A brand new theatre show about Scotland’s world-famous wrestling bear is touring the country from 27th September - 29th October 2025. Ben...

Outlander star Mark Hadfield will step into famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot's shoes in a brand new UK & IRELAND Tour of Agatha...

A contemporary hip hop musical about William Wallace and a new thriller set on the Isle of Lewis are just some of the 12 brand-new plays performing at Òran Mór Glasgow and across Scotland this Autumn as part of the famous A Play, A Pie and A Pint programme which runs from 1 September - 22 November 2025. A Play, A Pie and A Pint Autumn season 2025 A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) has today announced its Autumn 2025 season, with 12 brand-new productions performing weekly from Mon