Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s has announced further productions for Alan Cumming’s second season as Artistic Director in 2027, featuring an exciting line-up of World Premières and revivals of musicals and plays. The Main House Season 2027 will open with a new production of Alan Ayckbourn’s dramatic comedy Absent Friends (12 March – 3 April) and directed by Owen Horsley (Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare’s Globe). Set in 1974, Absent Friends sees a well-intentioned tea party descend into chaos as wealthy, unfulfilled housewife Diana arranges a gathering of old friends to cheer up bereaved Colin, whose fiancée drowned two months earlier. Performed in…
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The Scotland team is under the editorship of Lauren Humphreys. The Reviews Hub was set up in 2007. We aim to review all professional types of theatre, whether that be Commercial, Repertory or Fringe as well as Comedy, Music, Gigs etc.
The Dundee-born legendary actor will return to the theatre where his career began more than six decades ago for a special Q&A with screenwriter and fellow Dundonian Neil Forsyth on Monday 9 November. Author and screenwriter Neil Forsyth will join the actor on stage, accompanied by film clips and followed by an audience Q&A. A multiple BAFTA and Royal Television Society Award winner, Forsyth is the creator of acclaimed television dramas including Guilt and The Gold, and first worked with Cox on the Dundee-set BBC comedy Bob Servant, in which Cox played the title role. Presented by Dundee Bairns in…
Part of the Ultimate Masterclass Festival, run in conjunction with Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce, this event is a live interview with a British queen of pop about her life in the public eye. Mel C aka Melanie Chisholm is best known as Sporty Spice, one of the much loved Spice Girls. Although since then, she has produced nine solo albums and once she hit her late forties finally got round to learning to DJ, and now tours the world “spinning records” and singing. Unlike her concerts, the stage at the Music Hall for this event features some attractive…
Writer: Eleanor Bergstein Director: Federico Bellone For almost four decades, Dirty Dancing has lived in the hearts of millions, and this stage adaptation proves that audiences are still eager to see the beloved story brought to life. From the moment the first dance begins, audiences know they are in for the time of their lives. Written by Eleanor Bergstein, who wrote the original movie script, Dirty Dancing brings audiences to the summer of 1963 where we meet Frances “Baby” Houseman as she and her family arrive at Kellerman’s resort for a wholesome time, completely unaware her life is about to…
You can look forward to a feast of wonder and delight this Christmas as some of the best magicians gather in the world’s most magical city for MagicFest. Today sees the unveiling of the programme for the 17th Edinburgh International Magic Festival, with its main events running from 19 to 30 December 2026, where magic comes in all shapes and sizes – from spectacular theatre shows to performances for an audience of just one, with experimental surprises, family favourites and curious exhibitions along the way. Topping the bill is Magical Christmas, bringing together Edinburgh’s own award-winning physicist-turned-magician Kevin Quantum and Britain’s…
Book: Kate Prince & Priya Parmar Music: Josh Cohen & DJ Walde Lyrics/Director/Choreographer: Kate Prince The Pankhursts, a dynasty that changed the course of British history, went from close-knit to dysfunctional family in short order. Matriarch Emmeline and her oldest daughter Christabel are probably best-known today, but younger daughter Sylvia gets her own showcase in this high energy, hip-hop musical by Kate Prince (book, director and choreographer), Josh Cohen and DJ Walde (music). Evolving from an Old Vic production in 2018, and influenced inevitably by Hamilton, albeit with a Mancunian accent, it follows Sylvia’s early life as her mother’s campaign…
Book: Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Music: Bob Gaudio Lyrics: Bob Crewe Director: Des McAnuff Emerging in America at the same time as The Beatles were taking the UK by storm, the Four Seasons never quite made the reverse trip across the Atlantic that Lennon and McCartney managed to achieve. Their success here was limited to a handful of top 20 singles in the 60s, and a few more that cracked the top 10 in the mid-70s. That one of those was December 1963 (Oh What a Night) a song that is still instantly recognisable to audiences around the world,…
Goldilocks and the Three Bears is set to fill His Majesty’s Theatre with spectacular festive magic this Christmas, and to celebrate the occasion, 300 tickets are being given away to local charities. Aberdeen Performing Arts and the show’s producers, Crossroads Pantomimes, are inviting charities to apply for free tickets to the Christmas pantomime, which runs at His Majesty’s from Saturday, 28 November to Sunday, January 3. Charities can apply using the application form on the Aberdeen Performing Arts website for tickets to the 7pm performance on Wednesday, December 2. The deadline for applications is Tuesday, October 27. Those who are…