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Kenny Boyle's new Scottish folk horror play Badhbh-Shith and The Storytellers is the Halloween special at A Play, A Pie and A Pint this year. Read my review here. MJ Deans and Kenny Boyle in Badhbh-Shith and The Storytellers. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Badhbh-Shith and The Storytellers ★★★★☆ Review: 27 October 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow A bothy is a simple shelter often found in remote, mountainous regions of Scotland. Originally built to house hardy estate workers, these basic sh

A blend of Shakespeare and Scots language are used to tell the tale of a struggling working class actor in this week's delightful show Bottom's Dream at A Play A Pie and A Pint. Read my review here. Martin O'Connor in Bottom's Dream. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Bottom's Dream ★★★★☆ Review: 13 October 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow Nick Bottom has always wanted to be an actor. Yet he has followed his working-class family's footsteps into the trade as a weaver. His dream of being on stag

Martin O’Connor’s critically-acclaimed Through the Shortbread Tin explores Scottish culture, myths, history and identity. Performed in Scots with Gaelic songs, it's on tour to some stunning historic venues across Scotland this September. Read my review from Glasgow Cathedral here. Martin O'Connor in Through the Shortbread Tin. Photo: Eoin Carey Through the Shortbread Tin ★★★★☆ Review: Glasgow Cathedral | 4 September 2026 Following a critically acclaimed theatre tour in 2025 a

Sarah-Louise Young returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with a new heartfelt comedy cabaret show featuring an unlikely TV legend. The Bob Ross Effect plays at Assembly Gardens until 31 August. Read my review below. Sarah-Louise Young, The Bob Ross Effect. Photo: Steve Ullathorne The Bob Ross Effect ★★★★★ Review: 15 August 2026 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Assembly George Square Gardens Is this the only Fringe show offering welcome biscuits along with drawing pap

Tom Neenan brings his new hour of comedy Portrait of a Tom as Young Neenan to Underbelly George Square, at Edinburgh Festival Fringe through August 2026. Read my review here. Tom Neenan. Photo: Matt Stronge Tom Neenan: Portrait of a Tom as a Young Neenan ★★★☆☆ Review: 11 August 2026 | Edinburgh Fringe, Underbelly George Square Writer of The Mash Report and numerous other BBC radio and TV comedies, Tom Neenan returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with his new come

Bryony Kimmings brings her latest show Bog Witch to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe where it plays at the Traverse Theatre until Sunday 30th August as part of TravFest26. Read my review below. Bryony Kimmings Bog Witch. Photo: Rosie Powell Bryony Kimmings: Bog Witch ★★★★★ Review: 9 August 2026 | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Bog Witch is the real-life story of how performance artist Bryony Kimmings, at forty-something, moved herself and her family out of the city and into a remot

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