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Roxana Silbert directs a glorious revival of Beckett's Happy Days at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Read my review here. Siobhan Redmond and Forbes Masson in Happy Days. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Happy Days ★★★★★ Review: 26 September 2026 | Pitlochry Festival Theatre Samuel Beckett's post-war play Happy Days is revived by Roxana Silbert at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, who directs two of Scotland's finest actors in a powerful, unforgettable tragicomedy. Winnie (Siobhán Redmond) is b

Fresh from playing Off-Broadway, Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library makes its European premiere at the Traverse Theatre, where it plays until Sunday 30th August as part of TravFest26 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Read my review below. Brett Temple and Ella Dershowitz in Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library. Photo: Valerie Terranova Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library ★★★☆☆ Review: 7 August 2026 | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh American new writing

Siobhán Redmond is to star in Pitlochry Festival Theatre production of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days from 18 September to 10 October. Find out more below. Siobhán Redmond to star in Happy Days Pitlochry Festival Theatre has today announced that Siobhán Redmond will star in a new production of Samuel Beckett ’s surreal masterpiece Happy Days . A new addition to Alan Cumming ’s inaugural season as Artistic Director, the revival of Beckett’s iconic 1960 play Happy Days will run a

Paul Hendy's Edinburgh Fringe sensation The Last Laugh has arrived in Glasgow as part of a new UK tour. The play about three 1970s and...

Pulitzer prize winning writer Lynn Nottage reunites with director Lynette Linton to bring her acclaimed play Intimate Apparel to the Donmar Warehouse in London. Playing from 20 June to 9 August 2025, Intimate Apparel stars Emmy Award Winner Samira Wiley. Review: Donmar Warehouse, London | 10 July 2025 Samira Wiley in Intimate Apparel at the Donmar Warehouse. Photo: Helen Murray Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage review | Donmar Warehouse ★★★★★ New York City, 1905. Thirty-five y

Review: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, RCS The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2025

Titanique is what happens when you take the love story from the Titanic film and give it more Céline Dion, more farce & more sparkles. Read my review here

No Love Songs review, Tron Theatre Glasgow 2024. Kyle Falconer, Laura Wilde, Johnny McKnight

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change review, theSpace, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024, Surgeons Hall, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre.