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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

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

Hairspray the musical, UK Tour review, January 2025, Glasgow King's Theatre

Hairspray the musical 2025 UK Tour cast news. Joanne Clifton joins the cast in Glasgow as Velma Von Tussle

The giant but gentle Scottish green ogre Shrek is back on UK tour, and this new production of the Dreamworks musical really is...

New production of Shrek the musical UK and Ireland tour Brandon Lee Sears (Donkey) Antony Lawrence (Shrek) Joanne Clifton (Fiona)