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Kym Marsh and Lisa Faulkner star in the UK tour stage adaptation of 90s thriller Single White Female. The play has its Scottish premiere in Glasgow this week, playing at the Theatre Royal until Saturday 6 June 2026. Read my review here. Kym Marsh (Hedy) and Lisa Faulkner (Allie) Photo: Chris Bishop Single White Female ★★★★☆ Review: 02 June 2026 | Theatre Royal, Glasgow Allie (Lisa Faulkner) is a single mum who has recently moved into a new apartment building with her teenage

Just ahead of Scotland playing in their first World Cup for 28 years, a new play about Scotland captain Andrew Watson - the world's first international black footballer - has opened at A Play, A Pie and A Pint. The Corinthian plays at Òran Mór, Glasgow, this week before transferring to Edinburgh's Assembly Roxy. Read my review here. Dayton Mungai in The Corinthian. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan The Corinthian ★★★★☆ Review: 02 June 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow In just a few weeks, Scot

Breathtaking Roads is the latest play of A Play, A Pie and A Pint's 2026 Spring season. It's on at Òran Mór, Glasgow until the 30th May and then it zooms over to the King’s Theatre, Kirkcaldy for the first week of June. Read my review below. Ros Watt, Liz Kettle and Jill Riddiford in Breathtaking Roads. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Breathtaking Roads ★★☆☆☆ Review: 26 May 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow Set in rural Ulinish on the Isle of Skye, Breathtaking Roads is a new drama from debut

An excellent adaptation of a complex le Carré spy thriller that is often more clever and visually impressive than riveting. The new play based on John le Carré's breakout novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold stars The Royle Family's Ralf Little. It plays at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, until Saturday 30 May 2026. Read my review below. Ralf Little in John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Photo: Johan Persson John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (pla

Members Only, by River City's Marc Pye and Gayle Telfer Stevens, premiers as part of A Play, A Pie and Pint's spring season Òran Mór, Glasgow, before touring to Stranraer, Dumfries and Moffat as part of this year’s Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival. Read my review below. Julie Duncanson and Sandra McNeeley in Members Only. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Members Only ★★★☆☆ Review: 19 May 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow Best pals Linda (Sandra McNeeley) and Angie (Julie Duncanson) love a ni

Gary McNair's warm-hearted stage adaptation of Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil features music by Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross. It runs at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh until 23 May. Read my review below. "The theatre x football crossover I didn't know I needed!" Dawn Steele in Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil. Photo: Aly Wright Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil play ★★★★☆ Review: 13 May 2026 | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil is the s

The Citizens Theatre, Glasgow and Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh's new production of Sweat by American playwright Lynn Nottage is playing in Scotland this May and June. Read my review of this superb new staging of this award-winning play below. Lucianne McEvoy & Debbie Korley in Sweat by Lynn Nottage at Citizens Theatre. Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic Lynn Nottage's Sweat ★★★★★ Review: 7 May 2026 | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow Since the Citizens Theatre reopened after major redevelopm

Brian Vernel takes on the role of notorious Glasgow serial killer Peter Manuel in a new adaptation of Denise Mina’s crime thriller The Long Drop at Citizens Theatre this June. Meet the full cast below. Citizen's Theatre The Long Drop cast announced The Long Drop is a darkly stylish descent into the heart of a city – and the haunted minds of the men who shape it, as it brings Mina’s razor-sharp writing to one of Glasgow’s biggest stages. The Citizens Theatre is pleased to anno

The National Theatre of Scotland and Tron Theatre Company bring the true story of the Greenock Lee Jeans factory occupation to the stage for the first time. Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In premieres at Glasgow Tron Theatre this week, then heads out on a tour across Scotland that culminates at the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock, close to where the legendary factory once stood. Read my review of this exhilarating new play below. Chiara Sparkes and the cast of Stand and De