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Éimi Quinn's latest play takes pride of place as A Play, A Pie and A pint's Halloween special this year. Hauns Aff Ma Haunted Bin! is directed by 'Bard in the Botanics' Associate Director Jennifer DIck , and runs at Glasgow's Òran Mór for one week only, Monday 27 October - Saturday 1 November. Read my review below. Isabelle Joss, Gavin Jon Wright & Éimi Quinn in Hauns Aff Ma Haunted Bin! Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Hauns Aff Ma Haunted Bin! ★★★☆☆ A Play, A Pie and A Pint's Hallow

Raw Material Arts have announced dates and an updated cast for their multi-award-winning production of Douglas Maxwell's play So Young as it returns to the stage in Edinburgh and Glasgow this October. Yana Harris in So Young by Douglas Maxwell. Photo: Aly Wright A Raw Material & Traverse Theatre production in association with the Citizens Theatre So Young by Douglas Maxwell A huge hit at the Traverse Festival 2024, So Young is a multi-award-winning comedy play written by Do

Casting has been announced for Fawlty Towers - The Play as the new UK & Ireland theatre tour production of the beloved tv comedy gets set to visit Scotland in 2026. The West End smash hit comedy play, written and adapted for the stage by John Cleese, will have its Scottish premier at Glasgow's King's Theatre in January 2026, followed by dates in Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Find out more below. Fawlty Towers - The Play, 2025 / 2026 UK tour Casting is announced today for John Clee

Following a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2024 and acclaimed New York runs, Sam Kissajukien brings his original comedy, art, theatre show...

Awkward Productions , the iconic team behind Fringe hits Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story and Gwyneth Goes Skiing , return to the...

Original play F.U.D.S. (formerly known as Doped) premiered at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe. Reconnect Theatres bring it back to the festival...

Solve It Squad ★★★★★ A sublime comedy caper Tin Can Bros Review: Assembly George Square Studios Edinburgh Festival Fringe 12 August...

Shirley Valentine review, A play by Willy Russell, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Sally Reid, Pitlochry Festival Theatre Production.

The 39 Steps review, Patrick Barlow, UK Tour, Theatre Royal, Glasgow May 2024