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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

Andy McGregor's glorious one-man LGBTQ+ musical comedy Crocodile Rock has been reworked for 2026. Starring the ever fabulous Darren Brownlie, Crocodile Rock is at A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór in Glasgow this week, before it heads to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August. Read my review of this wonderful wee Scottish musical below. Darren Brownlie in Crocodile Rock. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Crocodile Rock (musical) ★★★★★ Review: 23 June 2026 | A Play, A Pie and A Pint

Dame Maureen Lipman stars in Peter Quilter's new comedy play Allegra at the Theatre Royal Glasgow until Saturday 27th June 2026. Read my review below. Maureen Lipman, John Middleton, Elizabeth Bower and Bailey Patrick in Allegra Allegra ★★★☆☆ Review: 22 June 2026 | Theatre Royal, Glasgow Touring the UK for the first time in 20 years, 80-year-old Dame Maureen Lipman stars in the world premiere of Peter Quilter's new comedy play Allegra ahead of a run in the West End this summe

Scottish playwright Douglas Maxwell debuts his new play Inexperience at Pitlochry Festival Theatre from 13 June - 4 July 2026. Read my review below. Adura Onashile and Sandy Grierson in Inexperience. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Inexperience by Douglas Maxwell ★★★★☆ Review: 18 June 2026 | Pitlochry Festival Theatre, studio To open its 2026 studio season, Pitlochry Festival Theatre is staging the world premiere of the latest play from award-winning Scottish playwright Douglas Maxwe

The penultimate show in A Play, A Pie and A pint's Spring season at Òran Mór in Glasgow is Cry/Laugh by Nay Dhanak. Read my review of this creative, absurd comedy below. James Peake & Morven Blackadder in Cry Laugh. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Cry/Laugh at A Play, A Pie and A Pint ★★★☆☆ Review: 16 June 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow You never know what you're going to get at A Play, A Pie and A Pint, and this week's premiere Cry/Laugh is up there with one of the most bizarre pieces of