Race Relations: The Fellowship at Hampstead Theatre London
29 June 2022
Review: The intricacies of relationships cut across one family’s navigation of death, violence, race and systemic injustice in The Fellowship, at London’s Hampstead Theatre.
Performing Arts
Join us as we highlight the news and reviews from the world of music, opera, dance theatre, screenings and more.
Saints of Jazz & Blues are Marching in to Edinburgh
29 June 2022
The annual Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is back with a host of top Scottish and international talent across the city.
Scottish Theatres Go Technicolor for Joseph
22 June 2022
The new touring production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat comes to Glasgow and Aberdeen.
Byrne Brings Back 1960’s Paisley, from Underwood Lane to Baker Street
22 June 2022
Artist and playwright revisits early-1960’s Paisley in Underwood Lane, inspired by his late friend Gerrry Rafferty, and a companion piece to The Slab Boys.
Scottish Opera Popping-Up Around Scotland
22 June 2022
Scottish Opera is back on the road with Pop-up Opera, featuring three half-hour shows for audiences of all ages. All the drama of grand opera
A Skin-Deep Look on the South Asian Women of Southall
15 June 2022
Review: A Southall beauty salon is the setting for an examination of life in mid-1960s London for South Asian and Sikh women, in Hampstead Theatre’s production of Tamasha theatre company’s ‘Lotus Beauty’.
Laurel and Hardy, Revisited by Stan and Ollie, at Edinburgh’s Lyceum
7 June 2022
Laurel and Hardy returns to The Lyceum in Edinburgh nearly twenty years after it was first performed at the Theatre.
The Real Jerusalem, the Future Palestine, at The Royal Court Theatre London
7 June 2022
Review: London’s Royal Court Theatre offers a futuristic history of Palestine’s contested land and legacies from a surprising perspective.
How the Beck and Depp Show Rocked Glasgow Concert Hall
4 June 2022
Review: Acclaimed veteran rock guitarist Jeff Beck brings his mighty six-string skills to Glasgow – and introduces his not-so-secret star frontman.
Sparkle is the Name of the Game at King’s Theatre, Glasgow
31 May 2022
Review: The popular ABBA jukebox musical shines just as brightly as the films, with the magical sparkle of the Swedish pop group’s biggest hits.
Eating Myself: A Woman Stews over Food, Family, and South America
23 May 2022
Review: Pepa Duarte’s one-woman show is an examination of the rich joys of food – and its obsessional, personal aspect of body-image.
Interrupting Antigone with Scottish Dance Theatre
20 May 2022
Joan Clevillé’s re-imagination of Sophocles’ classic story for a contemporary world, told through the body and the voice of a single performer.
Highlights of the Season at Pitlochry Festival Theatre
19 May 2022
The new season at Pitlochry Festival Theatre opens with a new production of Sunshine on Leith, followed by other classic programme highlights.
Aberdeen Performing Arts Stages Three for May
19 May 2022
Aberdeen Performing Arts’ programme for May continues with three top-class performances.
Gardens’ Grassroots Theatre Staging a Revival in StagEHd
19 May 2022
Edinburgh is due to host a new free theatre festival called StagEHd, a weekend of al fresco drama at the 2,500-capacity Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens.
Douglas Gordon’s Musical Journey into Dark History at the DCA Dundee
12 May 2022
Turner Prize winner Douglas Gordon’s new multi-screen film installation at Dundee Contemporary Arts takes us on a European railway journey into dark and personal histories.
Colourful Life in Revolutionary Red, at Edinburgh’s Lyceum
12 May 2022
Written by Caroline Bird and directed by Wils Wilson, Red Ellen at Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre is a new play about the Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson – on the right side of history, but the wrong side of life.
Toreadors Bring the Enduring Appeal of Bizet’s Carmen to Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
4 May 2022
Review: Ellen Kent’s touring production of Bizet’s classic opera brings the full flavour of southern Spain to a full Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
Who’s Coming to Dinner: Table Manners at Queen’s Hall Edinburgh
2 May 2022
Review: In its debut as a touring show, the award-winning hit podcast Table Manners arrives in Edinburgh, with special guest Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
Island Mentalities: The Women Bridging Britain and Japan at Tsunagu/Connect
29 April 2022
Review: Part-oral history project, and part-verbatim theatre, Tsunagu bridges Britain and Japan by storytelling – in theatre and by exhibition – in Shoreditch, London.
The Shoe Must Go On: ‘Jamie’ at Theatre Royal, Glasgow
29 April 2022
Review: The popular coming-of-age stage musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is a frantic celebration of individuality and drag culture.
Sumptuous Borders Setting for Chamber Music at Paxton
27 April 2022
The beautiful setting of Paxton House in the Scottish Borders is the backdrop to a ten-day programme of sumptuous chamber music in July.
Scottish Opera: the Roguish Don Giovanni Set to Charm Scotland
27 April 2022
Scottish Opera’s Spring Season in venues across the country continues with Mozart’s masterpiece Don Giovanni, one of the world’s most performed operas.
Small-Town Waitress in the Big Town: King’s Theatre, Glasgow
15 April 2022
Review: Based on the 2007 movie of the same name, Waitress is the ultimate story about a small-town girl with big dreams.
