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Irish theatre company Fishamble brings Eva O'Connor's excellent new play For Dolores to Edinburgh for its UK premiere. For Dolores, directed by Jim Culleton, is at the Traverse Theatre until Sunday 30th August as part of TravFest26, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Read my review below. Catriona Faint and Lara McDonnell in For Dolores. Photo by Pat Redmond For Dolores ★★★★★ Review: 7 August 2026 | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh When we first meet Mo - the Scottish one (Catriona

An extraordinary performance from Nicole Cooper anchors the Traverse Theatre Company's world premiere of Supposing, written and directed by Zinnie Harris. Supposing plays in Traverse 2 until Sunday 30th August as part of TravFest26 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Read my review below. Nicole Cooper in Supposing. Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic Supposing ★★★⯪☆ Review: 7 August 2026 | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Sally (Nicole Cooper) thinks that she's been cursed. It all started when

Milly Sweeney's multi award-winning play Water Colour is at the Traverse Theatre until Sunday 30th August as part of TravFest26, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Read my review below. Molly Geddes and Ryan J Mackay in Water Colour. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Water Colour ★★★★☆ Review: 7 August 2026 | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh I'd heard a great deal about Water Colour, the critically acclaimed play by the 'St Andrews Playwriting award-winning' Scottish writer Milly Sweeney. Al

James Rowland's solo theatre show Team Viking is at the Pleasance Courtyard, at Edinburgh Festival Fringe through August 2026. Read my review here. James Roland, Team Viking Team Viking ★★★★☆ Review: 5 August 2026 | Edinburgh Fringe, Pleasance Courtyard Ten years since its 2016 Edinburgh premiere, James Rowland brings his solo show Team Viking back to the festival. In the intervening years, Rowland has toured Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe's hit Every Brilliant Thing, as

I Can Die Too plays at Pitlochry Festival Theatre until 2nd August. Read my review below. Frances Ruffelle and the cast of I Can Die Too. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan I Can Die Too ★★★★☆ Review: 16 July 2026 | Pitlochry Festival Theatre (Studio) I Can Die Too is advertised as 'a play with music', but it could just as easily be billed as 'musical theatre', a chamber musical or 'gig theatre'. The creative team at Pitlochry Festival Theatre have torn up the rulebook with this one, cr

Finn den Hertog directs Maureen Beattie in Shakespeare's Lear at Pitlochry Festival Theatre this July. Read my review below. Maureen Beattie and Forbes Masson in Lear. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Lear ★★★★☆ Review: 09 July 2026 | Pitlochry Festival Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre's production of Lear features the wonderful Maureen Beattie as the ageing British monarch. The 'King' has been dropped from the title in this gender-swapped version of Shakespeare's tragedy, as Beatti

Òran Mór's summer panto, Big Bad Riding Hood, is now playing lunchtimes in Glasgow until 19th July. Read my review below. Big Bad Riding Hood ★★★☆☆ Review: 03 July 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow The annual Òran Mór, adults-only, summer panto is back. Produced by the team behind A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Big Bad Riding Hood brings all the traditional Scottish Christmas panto shenanigans to Glasgow lunchtimes this July. Written and directed by award-winning writer Gary McNair, with m

The new stage adaptation of the beloved 1980s film The Karate Kid has arrived in Glasgow this week as part of its UK premiere tour. The new musical is at the Theatre Royal until Saturday 4th July. Read my review here. Gino Ochello & the cast of The Karate Kid, the musical. Photo: Manuel Harlan The Karate Kid, the musical ★★★★☆ Review: 30 June 2026 | Theatre Royal, Glasgow Another musical adapted from a popular 1980s film? Indeed. But this one is excellent! The Karate Kid, the

Tina Fey's Mean Girls musical is on tour across the UK and has now arrived in Glasgow for a two-week run. The show is at The King's Theatre until Saturday 11th July. Read my review here. Mean Girls the musical UK tour. Photo: Paul Coltas Mean Girls (musical) UK Tour ★★★☆☆ Review: 29 June 2026 | King's Theatre, Glasgow After a successful year in London's West End, musical comedy Mean Girls - based on the 2004 Lindsay Lohan film of the same name - is now on an extensive UK and