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Andy McGregor's one-man LGBTQ+ musical comedy Crocodile Rock - set in Millport, on the Isle of Cumbrae - is returning to the stage in 2026. Audiences can see Darren Brownlie in the show at A Play, A Pie and A Pint in Glasgow and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Find all the details below. Darren Brownlie. Photo: Gavin MacQueen Scottish musical Crocodile Rock to play Glasgow and Edinburgh this year A showstopping Scottish musical comedy about a wee island, and a lad with big

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

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

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

Cast announced for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre première of Douglas Maxwell’s new play Inexperience Pitlochry Festival Theatre is set to open its Studio season 2026 with the world première of Inexperience, award-winning Scottish playwright Douglas Maxwell’s (So Young, Traverse Theatre, Raw Material and Citizens Theatre) witty and heartfelt romantic comedy about touch, memory, and the choices that shape a life. Directed by the award-winning actor Sally Reid, Inexperience wil

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

The first show of A Play, A Pie and A Pint's Spring 2026 season is Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door by Milly Sweeney. The comedy-drama about a couple who head to the Mull of Kintyre to find Paul McCartney is directed by Sally Reid and stars Jonathan Watson and Maureen Carr. Read my review below. Maureen Carr & Jonathan Watson in Someone's Knockin' at the Door. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Someone's Knockin' at the Door | A Play, A Pie and A Pint ★★★☆☆ Review: 24 February 2026 | Òra

A Play, A Pie and A Pint has announced the cast of new musical The Swansong by Eve Nicol & Finn Anderson , performing in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Ayr this March. Paul McArthur and Julia Murray The Swansong at A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Cast announced A Play, A Pie and A Pint has announced the cast of new musical The Swansong by Eve Nicol & Finn Anderson, performing in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Ayr this March. Based on the radio play by David Greig , The Swansong is a wild and sou

The popular Edinburgh Fringe hit SCOTS the musical , an irreverent and hilarious journey through Scotland’s history, returns in an up-scaled form to tour Scotland's main stages in Spring 2026. Find the SCOTS tour dates and cast announcement below. Tyler Collins will reprise his role as the toilet in Scots the musical Looking for my review of SCOTS? Click here: https://www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/scots-the-musical-review Scots The Musical Scottish tour announced Returning fo