Reading Time: 2 minutesA compelling and strikingly original celebration of queer Scottish history told through traditional music and poetry ‘Sometimes in the world of traditional music and ancient languages, queerness can feel like an afterthought’ is what traditional folk singer…
Reading Time: 2 minutesTelling the story of Johnny Cash and June Carter through a theatrical lens, this production blends concert-style performance with biographical storytelling, aiming to offer a fresh perspective on two of country music’s most iconic figures.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA’ Chiad Litir (The First Letter), celebrates the life of 16th-century poet and ‘Scottish Sappho’ Marie Maitland, through new music and song presented by folk singer, songwriter, and composer Josie Duncan and a specially formed band. A’ Chiad Litir (The First Letter) takes place on Monday,…
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn ambitious play which falls flat at points but shows great potential John Le Carré’s classic Cold War spy novel, adapted for the stage by playwright David Eldridge and directed by Jeremy Herrin, is an ambitious work…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSomething very special happens when an artist decides to explore a story about their own craft. It often means that the story is told with heart, passion, and nuance, and that’s one of the things that makes Matthew Bourne’s telling of The Red Shoes so mesmerising – one of the many things.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter its initial Glasgow showcase in 2022 and its reimagining in 2025, Scottish Street Dance troupe Three60 is now taking “World’s Evolution” on tour.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn absurd, over the top spectacle, full of fun “This overacting is exhausting…but not for us” From the moment the show starts, until its frenetic conclusion, it is impossible not to be drawn into the camp and…
Reading Time: 2 minutes A fun and freaky production that succeeds in what it sets out to do. To take on a Gilbert and Sullivan production as a student group in the medium-sized space of Bedlam Theatre is, at first glance,…
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe festival theatre in Edinburgh this week presents “The Constant Wife” by stage and screen writer Laura Wade, famously well known for her TV-writing- “Rivals”- and her award-winning writing for stage performance “Home, I'm Darling”.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAgatha Christie’s Death on the Nile, adapted by Ken Ludwig and directed by Lucy Bailey, plays at the Festival Theatre Edinburgh from 24–28 March 2026. This touring stage production, starring Mark Hadfield as Hercule Poirot and is produced by Fiery Angel