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Still Game's Gavin Mitchell has been announced as Marley to Marti Pellow’s Scrooge in Scrooge the Musical at the SEC Glasgow Armadillo this Christmas. Read more below. Still Game's Boaby the barman, Gavin Mitchell, to join Marti Pellow in Scrooge the musical Best known and loved as Boabby the barman in Still Game, Gavin Mitchell is a star of film, television, radio, theatre and panto. He will now take on the ghostly role of Jacob Marley alongside music legend Marti Pellow as

Mischief Comedy's brand new 'Goes Wrong' show is on tour across the UK, and this week has arrived in Glasgow. Christmas Carol Goes Wrong sees Charles Dickens' classic tale get the chaotically brilliant Mischief treatment. Read my review below. Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, Daniel Fraser & Henry Lewis. Photo: Mark Senior Christmas Carol Goes Wrong ★★★★☆ Review: 18 February 2026 | King's Theatre, Glasgow Christmas Carol Goes Wrong is the latest 'Goes Wrong' play' from Mischief C

Mischief Comedy announces the cast for Christmas Carol Goes Wrong , their brand new chaotic comedy show touring the UK in 2026, including a stop in Glasgow. Find out more below. Looking for my review of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong? Find it here: Review: Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, UK tour | Glasgow - Mischief Comedy have created a Christmas Cracker --- Adding a festive feel to February, the multi-award-winning company behind The Play That Goes Wrong and Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Marti Pellow is to star as Scrooge in a major new musical production at Glasgow’s Armadillo this Christmas. The pop prince and former frontman of Wet Wet Wet, realises his lifelong dream of bringing the iconic Christmas Carol character to life on a major stage. Presented in Glasgow’s SEC Armadillo for a limited, 5-week run in December 2026, Scrooge The Musical is directed by one of the UK’s most exciting theatre directors, Thom Southerland (Titanic The Musical). Find out more

Aganeza Scrooge review, Glasgow Tron Theatre panto, pantomime, 2023, Johnny McKnight, Louise McCarthy

Wake Up by Solar Bear Theatre Company - review, Cumbernauld Theatre, October 2023. Deaf Directors.

Glasgow Tron Theatre announces new Autumn-Winter 2023 programme. Show listings here!

An Edinburgh Christmas Carol review | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh 2022