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Review: Weans in the Wood panto, Macrobert Arts Centre 2025. Panto at its very best!
Twenty years since his first appearance in panto at Macrobert Arts Centre in Stirling, Johnny McKnight returns to the stage with Weans in the Wood . Read my review of this exhilarating Christmas pantomime below. Johnny McKnight & Dani Heron in Weans in Wood. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Weans in the Wood panto, Macrobert Arts Centre ★★★★★ Review: 4 December 2025 | Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling Scotland's premier pantomime dame Johnny McKnight returns to Macrobert Arts Centre t

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Dec 6, 20254 min read


Fringe hit So Young to play Edinburgh and Glasgow
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

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Oct 7, 20253 min read


Review: Small Acts of Love, Glasgow Citizens Theatre | Lockerbie play
The historic Citizens Theatre in Glasgow reopens this week after more than seven years of major building works. The foyer has been...

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Sep 13, 20254 min read


Full cast announced for Macrobert Arts Centre 2025 panto: Weans in the Wood
Macrobert Arts Centre has announced the full cast for this year’s Christmas pantomime production, Weans in the Wood . Weans in the Wood cast. Clockwise from top left: Johnny McKnight, Helen McAlpine, Dani Heron, Robbie Jack, Craig Hunter, Katie Weir, Robin MacKenzie, Kara Swinney. Weans in the Wood panto cast | Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling This year's Christmas pantomime at Macrobert Arts Centre on the University of Stirling campus is Weans in the Wood by Johnny McKnight

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Aug 31, 20252 min read


Small Acts of Love cast announced for Glasgow Citizens Theatre reopening show
The Citizens Theatre has revealed the full cast for Small Acts of Love , the first production to be performed on the theatre’s home...

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Jun 27, 20254 min read


Review: Glasgow Tron Theatre panto 2024 - Peter Panto and the Incredible Stinkerbell
Glasgow Tron Theatre panto 2024: Peter Panto and the Incredible Stinkerbell review

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Nov 27, 20244 min read


Review: (disco) Aladdin | Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling panto 2023
Aladdin panto, pantomime review, Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling panto 2023. Johnny McKnight, Dylan Wood.

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Dec 16, 20235 min read
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