Braw Theatre editor Fraser MacDonald outlines his top picks of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe The Edinburgh Festival is nearly upon us – and that means the Fringe is about to kick off too! With …
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News: OCD Me at Edinburgh Fringe
Sure, we all get a bit stressed sometimes. We all feel a bit isolated, ashamed, and terrified; convinced that the minutest of our actions may somehow have catastrophic effects on our loved ones… or is …
Review: Catch Me If You Can, Theatre Royal Glasgow
⭐️ Despite a star cast, Catch Me If You Can is a slow burning, half-baked thriller that fails to captivate. Deep in the Catskill mountains, Danny Corban (Patrick Duffy) is frustrated at the local police …
News: Full cast announced for Rock of Ages UK Tour
The Edinburgh Playhouse and producers of ROCK OF AGES are thrilled to announce full casting for its UK & Ireland tour, including the return of Coronation Street star KEVIN KENNEDY as ‘Dennis Dupree’, a role he previously played to …
Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s now ten years since the National Theatre staged Mark Haddon’s Curious Incident. This latest tour breathes new life into this essential play, opening its audience to a world that few of us can …
Review: Allan Stewart’s Big, Bug Variety Show, King’s Theatre Edinburgh
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In a fitting tribute to the Old Lady of Leven Street before her curtain falls for the final time pre-refurb, Allan Stewart gives the theatre a huge hug with an evening of song and …
Interview: Allan Stewart
Ahead of his Opening Night of the Big, Big Variety Show at Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre, comedian and entertainer Allan Stewart spoken to us about surviving lockdown, poolside sketches with Roses King and returning to the …
Opinion: Restrictions are going – but I’ll still be keeping safe in Scotland’s theatres
February proved a very busy month on the theatre circuit in Scotland. In a single week, I attended six shows and reviewed five of them – three being five star productions. That tells me two …
Review: The Dresser, King’s Theatre Edinburgh
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A bitterly timely play, The Dresser may well be over 40 years old but as this pitch-perfect touring producing makes clear, it’s every bit as pertinent in 2022 as in 1980. The year is …
Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Perth Theatre
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Original Theatre inject a hearty dose of silliness to this deconstructed version of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Sherlock Holmes adventure. A three-strong cast undertake a mammoth list of roles in this tale, with David …