Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In was reviewed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. The production is touring until 10 June 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The story of the occupation of the Lee Jeans factory in Greenock is uplifting and unexpectedly moving.
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Nessie – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Nessie continues at Pitlochry Festival Theatre until 16 August 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Prepare to be charmed – this is an absolute delight.
A Mother’s Song – Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling
A Mother’s Song was reviewed at the Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This highly original musical traces the migration of folk music, primarily from Scotland and Ulster to the Appalachians in America.
Islander is named as Musical Theatre Review Best Musical at Edinburgh Fringe 2019 with Armour, Burns and Sold given special awards
Islander: A New Musical at Roundabout @ Summerhall has won Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award, given to recognise excellence in the challenging form of musical theatre and to highlight the best of the genre in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 programme. Directed by Amy Draper, with a book by Stewart Melton and a score by Finn Anderson […]
Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard continues at the Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre – Basement, Edinburgh until 24 August 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Armour focuses on Sarah Burns, Robert and Jean Burns’ granddaughter and her journey as a young girl from her native India to stay with her […]
Burns: A Lost Legacy – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Gilded Balloon
Burns: A Lost Legacy continues at the Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre – Basement, Edinburgh until 25 August 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Making their return to the Fringe and the Scottish Bard, Fearless Players continue their theme honouring the women surrounding Robert Burns. Moving a couple of generations along, Burns’ […]
Armour – A Herstory of The Scottish Bard – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – theSpace @ Jurys
Armour – A Herstory of The Scottish Bard continues at theSpace @ Jurys until 25 August (not 19). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Comprising recent graduates from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Fearless Players is a female-led collective of actors, writers and theatre makers, taking an insightful look at some of the women in […]
