& Juliet – The Musical 3.5***

Mama Mia! fans, Millennials/Gen z will love this!

The Olivier Award-winning musical starts its UK tour in style.

& Juliet is something of a phenomenon. Since its first appearance in London West End in 2019, it’s grown in popularity, … Read More

Carl Hutchinson Live! 5*****

Carl Hutchinson has been around for a while and has always been a quality performer. I first witnessed his 2012 Fringe performance and thought he would go far and although his profile has definitely risen with appearances on Comedy Central … Read More

Red Raw – 30 November 2015 – Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh

If there has ever been any doubt that the comedy scene in Scotland is thriving then evenings like this should dispel any thoughts of this.

Virtually every Monday night in Edinburgh and Tuesday at the Glasgow club The Stand run … Read More

Circa: Beyond 5*****

With Christmas exactly one month away Edinburgh has been transformed into a veritable cornucopia of festive cheer with lights, stalls, amusements Ferris wheels an ice rink brightening up the murky November days and at the centre of St Andrews’ Square … Read More

STICK MAN by Julia Donaldson – Scamp Theatre and Watford Palace Theatre 5*****

Photo credit – Steve Ullathorne

“Stick man” written by the author of The Gruffalo and former children’s laureate Julia Donaldson,  tells the story of a lost stick man and the various people he meets while desperately trying to find his way home.

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The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour 21 January 2015

The Strictly Come Dancing Live tour sashayed into Glasgow for a handful of dates as part of the 2015 season featuring seven pro- celebrity couples, a judging panel, a handful of backing dancers, together with the singers and band all … Read More

Roddy Frame:- Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 2 December

A fast becoming must do in early December for multitudes of his fans is a pilgrimage to Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall to feast on the delights of that are on offer from this legend of Scottish rock. Frame formed his … Read More

Stick Man 4****

An altogether thoroughly enjoyable piece of children’s theatre.

This has been wonderfully put together by Scamp theatre, they have taken one of the many delights offered up by Julia Donaldson and have produced a terrific, and rather seasonal piece … Read More

Push Kart Derby Festival Dalgety Bay Saturday 19 July

PKD Festival is fast becoming the place to be on a mid-July Saturday. The event has just grown and grown from its humble roots and version 6 was even better than ever. And like last year all the profits raised … Read More

Boothby Graffoe Scratch Tour 12 February 2014 – Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh

Some comics are fairly easy to pigeon hole, others less so and then there is Boothby Graffoe. Over a decade or more I have seen him in the region of a dozen times, be it as a comic, a playwright, … Read More