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Roxana Silbert directs a glorious revival of Beckett's Happy Days at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Read my review here. Siobhan Redmond and Forbes Masson in Happy Days. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Happy Days ★★★★★ Review: 26 September 2026 | Pitlochry Festival Theatre Samuel Beckett's post-war play Happy Days is revived by Roxana Silbert at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, who directs two of Scotland's finest actors in a powerful, unforgettable tragicomedy. Winnie (Siobhán Redmond) is b

Cast news: Siobhán Redmond and Forbes Masson to star in Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s production of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days Happy Days cast announced for Pitlochry Festival Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre has today announced the full casting for their forthcoming production of Samuel Beckett’s surreal masterpiece Happy Days, part of Alan Cumming’s inaugural season as Artistic Director. As previously announced, the production will be led by the celebrated Scottish stage

SCOTS is on a Spring tour of Scotland, and this week arrives at Glasgow Pavilion Theatre. Read my review of the newly upscaled, uproarious musical history lesson below. SCOTS. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan SCOTS ★★★★☆ Review: 18 March 2026 | Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow What makes a country? SCOTS sets out to answer that question via a whirlwind musical history lesson. Written by Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie of award-winning musical theatre partnership Noisemaker and produced by

Twenty years since his first appearance in panto at Macrobert Arts Centre in Stirling, Johnny McKnight returns to the stage with Weans in the Wood . Read my review of this exhilarating Christmas pantomime below. Johnny McKnight & Dani Heron in Weans in Wood. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Weans in the Wood panto, Macrobert Arts Centre ★★★★★ Review: 4 December 2025 | Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling Scotland's premier pantomime dame Johnny McKnight returns to Macrobert Arts Centre t

Escaped Alone review, Caryl Churchill, Glasgow Tron Theatre 2024, Blythe Duff, Anne Kidd, Irene Macdougall, Joanna Tope

Adults by Kieran Hurley review, Conleth Hill, Dani Heron, Anders Hayward. Traverse Theatre, Travfest23, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023.