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Omigod you guys! Elle Woods and Bruiser Woods are on tour. The brand new 'Made at Curve' production of Legally Blonde the musical is at The King's Theatre, Glasgow until Saturday 11th April, before continuing on tour across the UK and Ireland through 2026. Read my review of this very fun - very pink! - new musical below. Sprout as Bruiser Woods & Amber Davies as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde the musical. Photo: Matt Crockett Legally Blonde the musical ★★★★☆ Review: 7 April 20

Flora is a new musical from Genesis Theatre Productions that brings the life story of Flora MacDonald to the stage. Best known for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie escape capture after the Battle of Culloden, the new musical written by Belle Jones , with music from AJ Robertson and John Kielty , presents the mostly unknown story of the Scottish Jacobite heroine to audiences who may be curious about what happened to Flora after she smuggled the bonnie prince 'Over the sea to

Olivier-nominated musical JUST FOR ONE DAY: THE LIVE AID MUSICAL will come to the King's Theatre, Glasgow from 27th to 31st July 2027 as part of a major new UK tour. Find out more below. Just For One Day: The Live Aid musical UK tour announcement Glasgow Producers Jamie Wilson Productions (The Devil Wears Prada, Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York, Mrs Doubtfire) are thrilled to announce further tour dates for Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical , in association w

The stage adaptation of The Shawshank Redemption plays at Glasgow Theatre Royal until Saturday 28th March before continuing on UK tour through 2026. Read my review below. Ben Onwukwe and Joe McFadden in The Shawshank Redemption. Photo: Jack Merriman The Shawshank Redemption (UK tour) ★★★★☆ Review: 24 March 2026 | Theatre Royal, Glasgow The Shawshank Redemption is a play based on Stephen King’s 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption . The work has been adapted f

The third year BA Musical Theatre students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) bring the magic of Paris to Glasgow with their take on quirky romantic musical Amélie. Amélie plays at the New Athenaeum Theatre at RCS from 17 to 20 March 2026. Read my review below. Amélie at RCS. Photo: Hope Holmes Amélie ★★★★☆ Review: 17 March 2026 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Amélie the musical is based on the 2001 French-language film of the same name by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Ador

Horrible Histories: The Concert brings original actors and hit songs from the award-winning CBBC TV series 'Horrible Histories' to stages across the UK. The musical comedy concert featuring famous and fearsome figures from history is at Glasgow Theatre Royal from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 March 2026. Read my review below. Horrible Histories - The Concert UK tour cast. Photo by Matt Crockett Horrible Histories (Live and Dead)! the concert ★★★★☆ Review: 20 March 2026 | Theatre Ro

Acclaimed one-woman play about love and lighthouses returns to UK stages on tour this year. The Light House opens at the Traverse Theatre on Saturday 28 March. Find out more about the show and the tour below. Alys Williams in The Light House. Photo: Anthony Robling The Light House by Alys Williams | Directed by Andrea Heaton “Everyone should see The Light House”, said one audience member after seeing the show’s premiere at Leeds Playhouse in 2023. And now they can, as The Lig

The full cast has been announced for the UK tour of The Karate Kid: The Musical, which comes to Glasgow Theatre Royal from Tuesday 30th June to Saturday 4th July 2026. Find out more below. The Karate Kid: The Musical UK tour announced full UK cast Producers Naoya Kinoshita, Kumiko Yoshii, John Gore, Kenny Wax, Michael Wolk, Jack Lane and Leo Stages today announce the full casting for the UK premiere production of THE KARATE KID - THE MUSICAL . Based on the smash hit Columbia

Following a three-month run in London's West End, Michael Longhurst's revival of Alan Ayckbourn's dark comedy play Woman in Mind arrived in Glasgow this week. Starring Olivier Award winner Sheridan Smith and comedian Romesh Ranganathan in his stage debut, Woman in Mind plays at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow until Saturday 14 March. Read my review below. Sheridan Smith in Woman in Mind. Photo: Marc Brenner Woman in Mind ★★★★☆ Review: 10 March 2026 | Theatre Royal, Glasgow On a