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Lucie Barât, sister of The Libertines' frontman Carl Barât, steps into the spotlight in the world premiere of her autobiographical...

Scotland’s award-winning contemporary dance company Barrowland Ballet presents Chunky Jewellery by Natasha Gilmore and Jude Williams ,...

Meme Girls, written and directed by Andy McGregor, is the latest 'A Play, A Pie and A Pint' production. It's a fantastic new play with music about two friends whose relationship is derailed by the quest for online fame. Review: Oran Mor, Glasgow | 3 June 2025 Julia Murray and Yana Harris in Meme Girls. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Meme Girls, A Play, A Pie and A Pint 2025 ★★★★☆ Jade (Julia Murray) and Clare (Yana Harris) are best friends at school in Largs who dream of becoming

Martin Green's new play Keli for the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) tells the story of a girl who has grown up in a former mining...

Gwyneth Goes Skiing review, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024, Awkward Productions, Pleasance.

June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me premier at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 ahead of Scottish tour. Charlene Boyd, Cora Bissett

Dirty Dancing on stage ★★★★☆ Review: 25 October 2023 | King's Theatre, Glasgow In the summer of 1963, 17 year-old 'Baby' and her family arrive at Kellerman's resort for a holiday in New York's Catskill mountains. Baby discovers a raunchier side to the squeaky-clean resort when she stumbles across the staff quarters and witnesses the scorching hot dance moves of the entertainment staff and of lead dance instructors Johnny and Penny. Soon launched into their darker world, Baby'

Lena, the Lena Zavaroni play review at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023. Erin Armstrong, Jon Culshaw.

What Girls Are Made Of review, Cora Bissett, Gig Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023.