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Òran Mór's summer panto, Big Bad Riding Hood, is now playing lunchtimes in Glasgow until 19th July. Read my review below. Big Bad Riding Hood ★★★☆☆ Review: 03 July 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow The annual Òran Mór, adults-only, summer panto is back. Produced by the team behind A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Big Bad Riding Hood brings all the traditional Scottish Christmas panto shenanigans to Glasgow lunchtimes this July. Written and directed by award-winning writer Gary McNair, with m

"There's so much great art outside of London, and people really love it." says Les Dennis, who is currently playing 'Old Joe' on tour opposite Carrie Hope Fletcher in Waitress the musical. Read the full interview with Les Dennis below. Les Dennis as Old Joe in Waitress the musical. Photo: Matt Crockett Waitress UK tour cast interview: Les Dennis Screen and stage star Les Dennis plays Old Joe, the owner of the diner and pie shop where Jenna (Carrie Hope Fletcher) works, in th

Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson's cult 90's sitcom The High Life makes the leap from TV screen to stage in a brand-new comedy musical. The show tours to theatres across Scotland this Spring following a dazzling world premiere Dundee Rep. Read my review from the opening night of The High Life the musical below. Forbes Masson & Alan Cumming in The High Life the musical. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan The High Life the musical ★★★★★ Review: 2 April 2026 | Dundee Rep Theatre Please ensur

Bethany Tennick's Outskirts premiers at A Play, A Pie and A Pint this week. The new musical comedy, co-presented with Aberdeen Performing Arts and OneRen, is at Òran Mór, Glasgow until Saturday 4 April. Read my review below. Rosie Graham, Shona White and Jake Stephen in Outskirts. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Outskirts ★★★☆☆ Review: 1 April 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow Another week another show bursting with outstanding Scottish talent at A Play, A Pie and A Pint. The little lunchtim

The National Theatre of Scotland will present an evening of Scottish artistic talent in Edinburgh on 1st May. Aptly titled Mayday, this event, curated and directed by Cora Bissett and Hannah Lavery, will bring together performances of theatre, music, poetry, comedy and dance, with audiences invited to pay what they can. Find out more below. Hanna Lavery and Cora Bissett. Photo: Peter Dibdin NTS announces Mayday Two of Scotland’s leading artists and theatre-makers, Hannah Lav

This week's 'A Play, A Pie and a Pint' at Òran Mór, Glasgow, is James Reilly's Miss Lockwood Isn't Well. The superb new comedy drama plays in Glasgow until Saturday 28th March before transferring to the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh the following week. Read my review below. Mark Cox, Karen Young and Jane McCarry in Miss Lockwood Isn't Well. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Miss Lockwood Isn't Well ★★★★☆ Review: 25 March 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow The pupils at Miss Lockwood's school have

The cast has been announced for 'Miss Lockwood Isn’t Well' by James Reilly at A Play, A Pie and A Pint. Still Game stars will take to the stage for this new comedy drama. Karen Young, Jane McCarry, Mark Cox Looking for my review of Miss Lockwood Isn't Well? Find it here: https://www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/miss-lockwood-isnt-well-review Miss Lockwood Isn't Well cast | A Play, A Pie and A Pint A Play, A Pie and A Pint has announced the cast of Miss Lockwood Isn’t Well , per

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

The world premiere tour of Guy Unsworth’s stage adaptation of ITV's beloved TV series has arrived in Glasgow this week. Midsomer Murders the play is based on the book by Caroline Graham and directed by Guy Unsworth. Read my review of The Killings at Badger’s Drift below. James Bradwell, Nathalie Barclay, Daniel Casey, Chris Agha & Rupert Sadler in The Killings at Badger's Drift, Photo: Manuel Harlan Midsomer Murders the play: The Killings at Badgers Drift ★★★☆☆ Review: 17 Fe