REVIEWS

glasgowtheatreblog February 7, 2026

The background to Shen Yun is an interesting one. Branded by the Chinese government a ‘cult’, it has been dubbed...

glasgowtheatreblog February 4, 2026

Adapted from the 1935 RKO musical comedy starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, writers Howard Jaques and Matthew White transport...

glasgowtheatreblog January 27, 2026

Matthew Bourne has taken Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1948, Technicolor masterpiece of British cinema, The Red Shoes and turned...

glasgowtheatreblog January 21, 2026

Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black has had an enviable life, originally a 1983 Gothic novella, followed four years later...

glasgowtheatreblog January 14, 2026

Nostalgia sells and it sells especially well when the source material is Fawlty Towers, a TV show held so close...

glasgowtheatreblog December 6, 2025

Once again, the Citizens theatre proves itself to be in a class of its own with this season's festive family...

glasgowtheatreblog December 6, 2025

Never known as the merriest of festive tales, A Christmas Carol proves to be a joyless offering at Platform this...

glasgowtheatreblog November 30, 2025

Once again Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre has delivered a fabulous, fun-filled feast of entertainment for all the family. This year's offering...

glasgowtheatreblog November 28, 2025

With glittering costumes, gorgeous lighting and a host of Glasgow's stage favourites, this year's pantomime, The Little Mermaid, marks a...

glasgowtheatreblog November 1, 2025

The musical that answers the question: "How does a Bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in...