Theatre Royal

glasgowtheatreblog July 3, 2024

There's no denying Kay Mellor's ability to write a drama. with TV hits Band of Gold, Playing the Field and...

glasgowtheatreblog June 19, 2024

Yann Martel's 15 million copy selling, Man Booker Prize-winning novel, Life of Pi, has already had an Oscar-winning, big screen adaptation...

glasgowtheatreblog June 4, 2024

It's a dark and stormy night (isn't it always in a classic murder mystery?) in October 1968. Annabel Scarlett (Ellie...

glasgowtheatreblog May 28, 2024

Patrick Barlow’s Olivier and Tony Award-winning take on John Buchan’s classic tale of derring-do, The 39 Steps, has been doing...

glasgowtheatreblog May 21, 2024

Matthew Bourne’s contemporary ballet of Tim Burton’s much-loved movie Edward Scissorhands has been set very firmly in the 1950’s in...

glasgowtheatreblog May 9, 2024

Sir David McVicar's 2008 traditional staging of Giuseppe Verdi's tragic opera La Traviata is a favourite with Scottish Opera's loyal...

glasgowtheatreblog April 10, 2024

Human stories are so often lost in the greater turmoil of life in Afghanistan. Matthew Spangler's adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's...

glasgowtheatreblog April 5, 2024

Originally scheduled for 2020, this revival of David Dawson's 2016 work Swan Lake, heralds spring for Scottish Ballet. Gone is...

glasgowtheatreblog March 4, 2024

There's no doubting the world-wide success of Mischief Theatre's "Goes Wrong" series, both on stage and the small screen. From...

glasgowtheatreblog February 21, 2024

Adapted by Simon Beaufoy from his own 1997 film script, the play version of The Full Monty is a lovingly...