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Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky

Varna International Ballet

Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh

17 January 2025

Reviews

Peter Panto & The Incredible Stinkerbell

Johnny McKnight

Tron Theatre Company

Tron Theatre

26 November 2024–5 January 2025

My Wife Fell In Love With A Life-Size Cardboard Cut Out Of Ronan Keating

P T Rose, adapted by Stuart Falconer and Dave Bennett

Falconer’s Productions

East Kilbride Arts Centre

21–22 November 2024

The World We Share

Farah Saleh and collaborators Diane Mitchell, Jack Anderson, Phoebe Knight, J...

Farah Saleh

James Arnott Theatre, Glasgow

18–20 October 2024

News

“Real treat”: David Hayman who will play Willy Loman

Hayman to lead cast of Death of a Salesman

14 January 2025

David Hayman is to play Willy Loman in a new tour of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman for Trafalgar Theatre Productions and Raw Material.

Alex Kapila, Karren Winchester and Ian Houghton in Murder Trial Tonight

New tour of Murder Trial Tonight

4 January 2025

Tigerslane Studios's third season of its true-crime series Murder Trial Tonight—The Doorstep Case is to tour the UK and Ireland.

Adult panto to go on first UK tour

17 December 2024

After two sell-out seasons in Geordieland, the north east adult pantomime is back and is to go on its first UK tour.

Dear Evan Hansen tour extends by four weeks

2 November 2024

Nottingham Playhouse's new production of musical Dear Evan Hansen has extended its UK tour by four weeks in 2025.

Features

Edinburgh Festival Director Nicola Benedetti pulls few punches on arts funding

10 January 2025

Extra funding is coming to the arts from the Scottish government, but Nicola Benedetti is still concerned about the state of the sector.

Jude Williams and Natasha Gilmore in Chunky Jewellery

Theatre in Scotland in 2024

31 December 2024

Donald C Stewart reflects on the last year of theatre in Scotland.

The Culture Secretary speaks—can Lisa Nandy save the arts?

27 September 2024

Lisa Nandy offers hope, but what about funding?

Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers in Romeo and Juliet

On Cyber Bullying, Cancel Culture and Censorship

20 September 2024

Cancel culture is becoming worryingly prevalent in and around the theatre.

Is theatre still a class act?

13 September 2024

James Graham recently lambasted the TV industry for its lack of working-class representation. Is theatre any better?

How Fragile is the Fringe?

30 August 2024

Fringe Chief Executive Shona McCarthy has delivered a downbeat view of the UK arts. We consider the Fringe's future.

Edinburgh 2024 in summary: recovering but not complacent

28 August 2024

Festival leaders are cautious about celebrating increases in visitor numbers and ticket sales for the Edinburgh Fringe, International and Book Festivals.

A week at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024

21 August 2024

Andrew Cowie was not in Edinburgh as a reviewer for BTG, but here he reflects on a week's Festival theatre-going as an audience member.

Edinburgh 2024 recommendations

28 July 2024

Andrew Cowie takes a look at this year's offerings across two Edinburgh festivals and gives his recommendations.

It’s That Time Again, Edinburgh Beckons

27 July 2024

The Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe and Book Festival are about to open.

Collapsing Theatres

19 July 2024

For a few days last year, the plight of theatres blighted by RAAC made headline news. The story may have gone away, but the problem hasn't.