I Couid be wrong, though.
Happy belated birthday to the wonderful Lesley Manville, who first came to prominence in my world as streetwise school reporter Helen Wyatt in A Bunch of Fives. Forget Sniffin’ Glue. This is where school mags went punk.
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I think it’s had it for a few years now.
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of One Day: The Musical, David Greig’s new stage version of David Nicholls’ smash hit novel that begins and ends in Edinburgh.
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@lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social
until April 19. lyceum.org.uk/events/one-day
My look in the @heraldscotland.bsky.social at the 2026 Edinburgh International Festival programme, which puts the radical voice of America at its heart.
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Shop Local! #133
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Leith Depot: People’s Leisure Club: Paradise Palms: Upright Gallery: Custom Lane: Filmhouse: House of Smalls: Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Craigmillar Now @ The Bothy: Dovecot: Out of the Blue: Cameo Cinema:
Brilliant, isn’t it.
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Herald review of The Trials, Dawn King’s play about what happens when adults are held to account for messing up the environment by a jury of teenagers.
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Tron Theatre, Glasgow until March 14. www.tron.co.uk/shows/the-tr...
They are a joy. :)
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review of The Swansong, Eve Nicol & Finn Anderson’s new lunchtime musical about a broken hearted woman who goes on a bender with a swan
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Oran Mor Glasgow until March 14:
Traverse Edinburgh March 17-21;
Ayr Gaiety March 26-28
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review of Woman in Mind, Alan Ayckbourn’s devastating 1985 play starting a wonderful Sheridan Smith with Romesh Ranganathan and Louise Brealey.
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Theatre Royal, Glasgow until March 14. www.atgtickets.com/shows/woman-...
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of The Bacchae, Ewan Downie’s new solo version of Euripides’ Ancient Greek classic.
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The Studio, Edinburgh until March 10, then tours until May. companyofwolves.org/projects/the...
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Alan Ayckbourn - Woman in Mind
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From the archive, as Alan Ayckbourn’s play, Woman in Mind, arrives in Glasgow, a 2014 interview when the play was done in Dundee
Theatre Royal Glasgow March 10-14 www.atgtickets.com/shows/woman-...
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review of Sailmaker, Alan Spence’s long neglected play about fathers, sons, grief & change presented by Ayr Gaiety with Beacon Arts Centre Greenock.
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Seen at Beacon. Touring until April 1. thegaiety.co.uk/events/sailm...
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review of Medea, Bard in the Botanics’ touring revival of Kathy McKean’s devastating version of Euripides’ play
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Seen at Traverse Edinburgh & touring throughout March and early April. www.bardinthebotanics.co.uk/productions/...
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Dennis Kelly - Writing Matilda
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From the archive, Dennis Kelly on Matilda the Musical, which returns to Edinburgh Playhouse until March 22, with Glasgow dates in November. tour.matildathemusical.com
Another fairytale in the supermarket. Stash of late 90s/early 00s Chapman mags from a golden age of Scot lit mags, 50p each from the wee charity bookshop in Broughton Road Tesco. Methinks someone is clearing out their cupboards. This is history.
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review of The Legend of Davie McKenzie, Stephen Christopher and Graeme Smith’s new lunchtime play
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A Play, a Pie & a Pint, Oran Mor, Glasgow until March 7
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. March 10-14
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review of Matilda the Musical, Dennis Kelly & Tim Minchin’s glorious adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel
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Playhouse, Edinburgh until March 22 then across the UK, including Glasgow dates in November. tour.matildathemusical.com
As the mighty Isabelle Huppert performs solo as Mary Queen of Scots in the late Robert Wilson’s production of Mary Said What She Said at Adelaide Festival this weekend, a quick chat in the Festival mag with co-director Charles Chemin.
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Leith Depot: People’s Leisure Club: Paradise Palms: Studies in Photography: Embassy be: Hearts Gallery: Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Craigmillar Now @ The Bothy: Dovecot: Custom Lane: Upright Gallery: Pleasance…
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Top 12 Theatre shows to see in Scotland in March. And there is plenty more to see besides…
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review of Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts, featuring telly’s most cultured copper
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Festival Theatre Edinburgh until March 7; His Majesty’s Aberdeen March 24-28; Theatre Royal Glasgow March 31-April 4 inspectormorseonstage.com
My thoughts in the @heraldscotland.bsky.social on the state of play at Glasgow arts village, Trongate 103, after all cultural tenants received eviction notices from City Property, Glasgow City Council’s arms length commercial property company.
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Instrument of Resistance - Piano Smashers, Droppers and Bangers
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Inspired by Rupert Page & Rob Thompson’s play, Piano Smashers and Raydale Dower’s artwork, Piano Drop, a look at how pianos can cause a commotion en route to Utopia
Here they come… The Nightingales return to Edinburgh’s Voodoo Rooms with a crunchy five-piece rumble of avant rock country Wicker Man cabaret. Plus, Terry Edwards does The Jesus & Mary Chain, with horns. What’s not to love?
For anyone at the Adelaide Fringe, a quick chat in the Adelaide Festivals mag with Marcel Cole, creator of SMILE: The Story of Charlie Chaplin, an Edinburgh hit in 2025.
The Chapel at The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum until March 8. adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/sm...
