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Omigod you guys! Elle Woods and Bruiser Woods are on tour. The brand new 'Made at Curve' production of Legally Blonde the musical is at The King's Theatre, Glasgow until Saturday 11th April, before continuing on tour across the UK and Ireland through 2026. Read my review of this very fun - very pink! - new musical below. Sprout as Bruiser Woods & Amber Davies as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde the musical. Photo: Matt Crockett Legally Blonde the musical ★★★★☆ Review: 7 April 20

Olivier-nominated musical JUST FOR ONE DAY: THE LIVE AID MUSICAL will come to the King's Theatre, Glasgow from 27th to 31st July 2027 as part of a major new UK tour. Find out more below. Just For One Day: The Live Aid musical UK tour announcement Glasgow Producers Jamie Wilson Productions (The Devil Wears Prada, Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York, Mrs Doubtfire) are thrilled to announce further tour dates for Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical , in association w

West End hit Matilda the musical is at Edinburgh Playhouse until 22 March. I headed along to check it out on World Book Day 2026 for what proved to be the perfect bookish, stagey crossover! Read my review of Matilda the Musical , UK tour below. Madison Davis as Matilda. Photo: Manuel Harlan Matilda the musical UK tour ★★★★☆ Review: 5 March 2026 | Edinburgh Playhouse Based on Roald Dahl's beloved book and characters, Matilda the Musical has been such a success in London's Wes

The new high-energy, high-camp UK tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert the musical is at the King's Theatre, Glasgow from 2 - 7 March 2026 before continuing across the UK until July 2026. Read my review below. Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical UK tour. Photo: Johan Persson Priscilla Queen of the Desert the musical UK tour ★★★★☆ Review: 2 March 2026 | King's Theatre, Glasgow Based on the 1994 Oscar-winning film, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical follows thre

Burlesque the musical announces new UK tour, including dates in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and a return to London's West End. Find out more below. Burlesque the musical announces new UK tour and return to the West End Producers Christina Aguilera, Adam Paulden & Jason Haigh-Ellery, Steven Antin, Clint Culpepper and In Fine Company are thrilled to announce that the spectacular Burlesque the Musical will return to Glasgow for a two-week run following the sold-out Scottish premiere

Legendary entertainer Les Dennis will join the cast of the smash hit romantic musical comedy Waitress when the new UK tour comes to the King's Theatre, Glasgow in 2026. Find out more below. Waitress the musical UK Tour 2026: Cast News Producers Barry & Fran Weissler and David Ian for Crossroads Live are delighted to announce further casting for the UK and Ireland tour of the smash hit romantic musical comedy WAITRESS, with stage and screen stars Les Dennis as Joe and West E

Making its Scottish premier at the King's Theatre, Glasgow this week, John Cleese's Fawlty Towers - The Play brings the beloved TV sitcom and its characters to glorious life on stage. Read my review below. Mia Austen (Sybil) in Fawlty Towers The Play. Photo: Hugo Glendinning Fawlty Towers the play UK tour ★★★★☆ Review: 13 January 2026 | King's Theatre, Glasgow Fifty years since it first blessed our TV screens, Fawlty Towers - the revered sitcom set in a chaotic Torquay hotel

Musical theatre favourites Hannah Lowther and George Crawford will join the previously announced Amber Davies in the major new UK & Ireland tour of West End and Broadway hit musical comedy Legally Blonde the musical . The show comes to the King's Theatre Glasgow in April 2026 . Find more detail and the full cast announcement below. Legally Blonde the musical cast. L-R: Hannah Lowther, George Crawford, Annabelle Terry, Jamie Chatterton & Karen Mavundukure. Photo: Matt Crock

Jason Donovan has returned to one of his most famous roles: playing Frank-N-Furter in Richard O’Brien’s anarchic musical, The Rocky Horror Show. So, the question has to be: why? Jason Donovan as Frank-n-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show. Photo credit: Daniel Boud Interview: Jason Donovan on touring the UK with The Rocky Horror Show Jason Donovan talks to Richard Barber about playing Richard O'Brien's iconic Sweet Transvestite. So why this role? “In a nutshell,” he says, “I’m a