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Contact is the new play from Jonny Donahoe, co-creator and original star of the Tony Award-nominated hit Every Brilliant Thing. It makes its world premiere at A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór, in Glasgow this week before heading to Edinburgh and Paisley. Read my review here. Blythe Duff & Mark Barrett in Contact. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Contact by Jonny Donahoe ★★★★☆ Review: 8 October 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow Nothing is more complex, or more fraught with opportunities for

A Play, A Pie and A Pint's Artistic Director Brian Logan presents his new play as part of the Autumn season at Òran Mór, Glasgow. Whaur's yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo? premieres in Glasgow this week before heading to Edinburgh and then Aberdeen. Read my review below Gavin Jon Wright in Whaur's yer Wullie Shakespeare noo? Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Whaur's yer Wullie Shakespeare noo? ★★★☆☆ Review: 1 October 2026 | Òran Mór, Glasgow In 1750s Edinburgh, church authorities deemed the

Roxana Silbert directs a glorious revival of Beckett's Happy Days at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Read my review here. Siobhan Redmond and Forbes Masson in Happy Days. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Happy Days ★★★★★ Review: 26 September 2026 | Pitlochry Festival Theatre Samuel Beckett's post-war play Happy Days is revived by Roxana Silbert at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, who directs two of Scotland's finest actors in a powerful, unforgettable tragicomedy. Winnie (Siobhán Redmond) is b

Pitlochry Festival Theatre stages a revival of Iain Heggie's Fringe-First winning play Wiping My Mother's Arse twenty-five years after its debut. Wiping My Mother's Arse plays in Pitlochry's studio theatre until 5 September. Read my review here. Johnny McKnight and Anne Kidd. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Wiping My Mother's Arse ★★★⯪☆ Review: 20 August 2026 | Pitlochry Festival Theatre Ian Heggie's dark comedy play Wiping My Mother's Arse was a sold-out hit when it premiered at the

A new production of award-winning Scottish musical A History of Paper runs at Pitlochry Festival Theatre until 12 September, before transferring to Dundee Rep Theatre. Pitlochry's Artistic Director Alan Cumming comes out from behind the scenes to join his friend Shirley Henderson on the theatre's main stage. Read my review here. Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson in A History of Paper. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan A History of Paper ★★★★☆ Review: 20 August 2026 | Pitlochry Festiva

A new musical with music and lyrics by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall has its world premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this month. The Singer, based on the short film by Cora Bissett and Jamie Rea premieres at the Traverse Theatre, where it plays until Sunday 30th August as part of TravFest26. Read my review below. The Singer cast Jamie Rea and Dylan Wood. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan The Singer (musical) ★★★★☆ Review: 13 August 2026 | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Wh

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

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