Theatre Royal

glasgowtheatreblog September 14, 2018

Here is a glimpse behind the scenes of Glasgow's oldest and Scotland's longest-running theatre, the Theatre Royal. Originally opening as...

glasgowtheatreblog June 30, 2018

Adapted from a 1934 short story Philomel Cottage, Agatha Christie wrote an unperformed stage version of the same name which...

glasgowtheatreblog June 1, 2018

Rachel Wagstaff has gamely adapted Sebastian Faulks' sprawling, nearly 500 page novel Birdsong, into a two hour 20 minute stage...

glasgowtheatreblog April 16, 2018

This review was originally published by The Reviews Hub. An almost universal hit on its debut in the 90s, French...

glasgowtheatreblog February 18, 2018

Jonathan Dove and April De Angelis' contemporary opera Flight is almost universally loved and with good reason. A knockout score...

glasgowtheatreblog February 3, 2018

Based on Steven Berkoff's riff on Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, Greek has fast forwarded the story from Thebes, 429 BC to...

glasgowtheatreblog November 30, 2017

It’s been a dream come true for much-loved Scottish tenor Jamie MacDougall to bring Jimmy Logan’s ‘play with tunes’ back...

glasgowtheatreblog November 26, 2017

2014 Britain's Got Talent winners, Collabro have had an enviable career since the TV talent show. Unlike some of their...

glasgowtheatreblog November 26, 2017

As the opening act for audience favourites Collabro you will always have a hard job of winning over the band's...

glasgowtheatreblog October 24, 2017

OVERVIEW: The Theatre Royal is the oldest theatre in Glasgow, originally opening in 1867, the name changing to the Theatre...