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A new Scottish Arts festival has been announced with a host of stars from music, literature and theatre set to appear. Ian McKellen, Graham Norton, Val McDermid, Armistead Maupin, Evelyn Glennie, Jackie Kay and Alan Cumming are just some of the big names on the bill for Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s inaugural Out in the Hills festival. What is the Out in the Hills Festival, Pitlochry? Pitlochry Festival Theatre is set to brighten up January with three days of theatre, music,

Mike Poulton's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull is directed by The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh's Artistic Director James Brining and stars TV favourite Caroline Quentin in her Lyceum debut. The Seagull runs at the Lyceum until 1st November. Read my review below. Caroline Quentin in the Royal Lyceum's The Seagull. Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic The Seagull, Edinburgh Royal Lyceum ★★★★☆ Gorgeous: Every scene could be an oil painting! The Seagull by Anton Chekhov | Adapted by Mik

Raw Material Arts have announced dates and an updated cast for their multi-award-winning production of Douglas Maxwell's play So Young as it returns to the stage in Edinburgh and Glasgow this October. Yana Harris in So Young by Douglas Maxwell. Photo: Aly Wright A Raw Material & Traverse Theatre production in association with the Citizens Theatre So Young by Douglas Maxwell A huge hit at the Traverse Festival 2024, So Young is a multi-award-winning comedy play written by Do

Glasgow Tron Theatre hosts the world premiere of Uma Nada-Rajah’s Black Hole Sign this autumn. The play about the beloved but struggling...

The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh has today announced the full cast for this Year's Christmas production Cinderella: A Fairytale which...

The historic Citizens Theatre in Glasgow reopens this week after more than seven years of major building works. The foyer has been...

The 2025 autumn season at A Play, A Pie and a Pint continues this week with a political drama based on the true story of one Scottish...

Uncanny star Danny Robins ' West End play 2:22 A Ghost Story returns to the King's Theatre, Glasgow with an all new cast as part of the...

Sunday Times bestselling author and award-winning theatre producer Ellie Keel makes her playwriting debut with the world première of...