The Herald | Stage https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/stage/ The Herald Stage en-gb Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:33:36 +0000 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:33:36 +0000 https://www.heraldscotland.com/rss/terms/ M6 toby.granville@newsquest.co.uk (Toby Granville) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) https://www.heraldscotland.com/resources/images/sitelogoalt/?type=rsslogo The Herald | Stage https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/stage/ noThe Herald Stagetoby.granville@newsquest.co.uk Alan Cumming takes a dig at former drama teacher as he is honoured in Hollywood https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25753077.cumming-dig-former-drama-tutor-gets-hollywood-honour/?ref=rss Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:42:40 +0000 57854ae2f080695bdb8370c6265bb8c7 brian.ferguson@newsquest.co.uk | Brian Ferguson Edinburgh International Festival pays tribute to 'exceptional' former director https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25743508.edinburgh-festival-pays-tribute-exceptional-former-director/?ref=rss Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:07:36 +0000 89519c67f3ad1e6baaa90ea33387827d brian.ferguson@newsquest.co.uk | Brian Ferguson The pantos are over - thank goodness. Here's eight Scottish theatre shows to book now https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25723506.eight-theatre-shows-see-january-mamma-mia-fawlty-towers/?ref=rss Sun, 04 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 0eac76d9d470493394800fcffce916b3 Edinburgh Festival Fringe chiefs admit it is at risk of becoming a 'safe bets' event https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25736251.fringe-admits-danger-becoming-safe-bets-event/?ref=rss Sat, 03 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0000 a1eaa08974c6b08e8353ac7ebb221492 brian.ferguson@newsquest.co.uk | Brian Ferguson Why the Scottish cultural landscape is no longer gripped by collective anxiety https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25730165.scottish-culture-no-longer-gripped-collective-anxiety/?ref=rss Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000 1170e44a26011fb6eb90fbf2886f9699 brian.ferguson@newsquest.co.uk | Brian Ferguson Here are the 26 most exciting gigs, books, shows & exhibitions in Scotland in 2026 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25721224.26-best-gigs-books-shows-exhibitions-scotland-2026/?ref=rss Thu, 01 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 51baaf75987de356a265238ee9b52b4d Barry.didcock@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Barry Didcock My pick of the best stage shows and exhibitions to catch in 2026 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25697017.pick-best-stage-shows-exhibitions-catch-2026/?ref=rss Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000 3977b9dafa969fd0285f8b7811741b92 brian.ferguson@newsquest.co.uk | Brian Ferguson 'Willy Wonka 2.0': Parents hit out at 'shocking' Wizard of Oz panto at the Hydro https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25726064.parents-slam-wizard-oz-panto-shocking-hydro-visit/?ref=rss Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:22:00 +0000 03f2667adaf1dcdc738d95d491fec02f Josh.Pizzuto-Pomaco@newsquest.co.uk | Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco Curtain up on 2026: The Scottish theatre shows set to change your life this spring https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25702980.scotlands-spring-stage-promises-unforgettable-drama/?ref=rss Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:30:00 +0000 3b00ff47e2fee6893c2bcf337dbc158e brian.beacom@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Brian Beacom Goodbye, old pal: What Stanley Baxter taught me about life, love and laughter https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25711898.stanley-baxter-taught-life-love-laughter/?ref=rss Sat, 27 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 a49e91834203e03b4f069e90f4638a26 brian.beacom@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Brian Beacom I spent a year watching Scottish theatre - here are my highlights https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25699595.spent-year-watching-scottish-theatre---highlights/?ref=rss Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 606f41f8ab7444808de9aa7ac6e0bb76 brian.beacom@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Brian Beacom Aye, Krankies and company are lewd and libidinous but pantos are still good clean fun https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25714413.good-clean-fun-can-little-lewd-libidinous/?ref=rss Sun, 21 Dec 2025 06:15:00 +0000 235808a230a7f0a7697263218f10bc19 features@theherald.co.uk | Robert McNeil Award-winning Castle of Light: Fire and Ice offers £10 tickets for final night https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25714355.edinburgh-castle-offers-last-chance-10-deal-see-after-dark-show/?ref=rss Sat, 20 Dec 2025 15:52:36 +0000 00d9715bff44c6521fa91dec83b6ffb0 jody.harrison@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Jody Harrison Scottish legend Alan Cumming announced as Bafta Film Awards host https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25706957.scots-legend-alan-cumming-host-bafta-film-awards/?ref=rss Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:54:12 +0000 bd5e2d7492656a63bb1bae69dbd808e6 morgan.carmichael@newsquest.co.uk | Morgan Carmichael Low blow from Donald Trump regarding Hollywood tragedy https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25705519.low-blow-donald-trump-regarding-hollywood-tragedy/?ref=rss Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:30:00 +0000 0923023b2447ca041395b4fa6e2e672e letters@theherald.co.uk | Letters Mind your language: memories of the great Stanley Baxter https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25706834.mind-language-memories-great-stanley-baxter/?ref=rss Thu, 18 Dec 2025 06:30:00 +0000 2fefafee483e6157424eb65c546e4c8f This brash panto drifts a bit too near the knuckle to be entirely family friendly https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25705035.panto-review-jack-beanstalk-festival-theatre-edinburgh/?ref=rss Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:50:16 +0000 4e53e1244659ddf00349ec73b7a69d54 Reviewed: These are the eight best pantomimes across Scotland to see right now https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25695082.reviewed-eight-best-pantomimes-across-scotland-see-right-now/?ref=rss Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:30:00 +0000 54b2a535a89d87fa214072a324e48057 Oran Mor’s inventive take on It’s a Wonderful Life is a festive triumph https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25702007.review-wonderful-life-mostly-oran-mor-glasgow/?ref=rss Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 4bceebc33e2ac63ab191a5d2c02d44b8 The King of Comedy: Baxter truly was a humour legend https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25696796.king-comedy-baxter-truly-humour-legend/?ref=rss Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:30:00 +0000 5fdd0dc2bbb6931d617d0901125b7e5e letters@theherald.co.uk | Letters City's culture leaders fight back against threat of 'false economy' council cuts https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25694906.dundee-culture-leaders-fight-threat-essential-funding/?ref=rss Sun, 14 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 d000b5e1524c2f40419e10c2336612d6 brian.ferguson@newsquest.co.uk | Brian Ferguson Scottish Ballet’s Wee Nutcracker brings big magic to Tramway https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25696728.scottish-ballet-wee-nutcracker-tramway-glasgow/?ref=rss Sun, 14 Dec 2025 15:03:02 +0000 fda17647d893e4d66181cbce225ffdaf ‘Domineering and chilling’: Scottish Opera star with commanding stage presence https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/obituaries/25694219.domineering-scottish-opera-star-commanding-stage-presence/?ref=rss Sun, 14 Dec 2025 06:31:00 +0000 df0b433fe9643c84f65c585227e02886 'A very Glasgow version of It's A Wonderful Life - but does it work?' https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25684294.can-wonderful-life-work-stage-morag-fullarton-thinks/?ref=rss Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 56fb94850ac63fa7d1b6cf4a743dff23 brian.beacom@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Brian Beacom Ripping off the bandage: Gregor Fisher on real life beyond Rab C Nesbitt https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25682814.actor-gregor-fisher-reveals-truth-behind-rab-c-nesbitt-mask/?ref=rss Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 8693e9e918c6dd07b9ea28de1447ffef Sandradickmedia@gmail.com | Sandra Dick CV or not CV that is the question… for Tom Stoppard https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25693605.cv-not-cv-question-tom-stoppard/?ref=rss Sat, 13 Dec 2025 06:30:00 +0000 a799c3833d27905c12285e8d725a9610 Theatre averts closure after eleventh-hour u-turn on Scottish Government funding https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25694061.cumbernauld-theatre-averts-closure-funding-reprieve/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000 16c19d295412cf86f24e84905ee5a5f5 brian.ferguson@newsquest.co.uk | Brian Ferguson After 26 years, the sheer joy of this nostalgiafest shows no sign of dimming https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25693985.theatre-review-mamma-mia-playhouse-edinburgh-four-stars/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:04:23 +0000 6d231da242aca886b655d9579d980aa1 Sleeping Beauty panto brings heart, humour and hometown fun to Greenock https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25693232.sleeping-beauty-pantomime-review-beacon-arts-centre-december-2025/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:28:26 +0000 985ffdd7f8f840c784b31348746be128 Stanley Baxter was my ultimate comedy hero but, more importantly, he was my friend https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/obituaries/25692295.stanley-baxter-scottish-showbusiness-legend-dies-age-99/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:50:12 +0000 0c541a4d49bf2399ebcc622f9e9c8616 brian.beacom@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Brian Beacom Legendary Scottish actor and comedian Stanley Baxter dies aged 99 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25692232.scottish-actor-comedian-stanley-baxter-dead-aged-99/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:35:16 +0000 621d484ef33df703bbe84af9e520fad6 brian.beacom@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Brian Beacom William Wallace hip hop musical 'Wallace' to tour Scotland https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25695013.william-wallace-hip-hop-musical-wallace-tour-scotland/?ref=rss Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:56:11 +0000 6c071cf139c689537c3c4624119fd66d craig.williams@newsquest.co.uk | Craig Williams Jack, the beanstalk and a sassy heilan coo - a classic fairy tale with a Scots twist https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25690817.jack-beanstalk-review-dundee-rep-december-2025/?ref=rss Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000 4e0c7543989843b796b798451592106d Get on your Dancing Shoes with this feel good comic drama that subverts expectations https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25687798.dancing-shoes-review-traverse-theatre-edinburgh-december-2025/?ref=rss Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:34:46 +0000 60d071f023ff5732b888a1cd288565f4 Cumbernauld’s Snow Queen panto brings big laughs when the town needs it most https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25682590.baltic-pantomime-review-cumbernauld-theatre-december-2025/?ref=rss Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:30:00 +0000 4164e7ac61d92298488700e1c243a1a9 Comic candour meets teenage turmoil in Theatre 118’s What’s the Craic, God? https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25682366.review-craic-god-theatre-118-glasgow/?ref=rss Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:48:12 +0000 0970f6c29cfe75b8aa61b8ba81ae65e2 Piano Smashers at Pianodrome strikes a powerful chord on grief and legacy https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25681012.review-piano-smashers-pianodrome-st-oswalds-centre-edinburgh/?ref=rss Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000 ccf9bd11ae0c249d55db56b0e03fde10 A bold, offbeat Beauty and the Beast brings festive magic back to the Citizens https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25680956.review-theatre-beauty-beast-citizens-theatre-glasgow/?ref=rss Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 e26291fdddab81dd41941d11d24ae534 Cancer hospital does good job, despite its leaky roof https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25679088.cancer-hospital-good-job-despite-leaky-roof/?ref=rss Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:30:00 +0000 8878f3d4cc0fb8dbe537bf147ae98886 letters@theherald.co.uk | Letters This is a moving meditation on legacy, loss and purging old demons https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25679007.review-piano-smashers-pianodrome-st-oswalds-centre-edinburgh/?ref=rss Sun, 07 Dec 2025 14:34:33 +0000 d97e09c83bd5ac268d0fd824640b0550 This well-crafted panto stirs our hearts and delivers the true meaning of Christmas https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25678957.pantomime-review-christmas-carol-platform-easterhouse-2025/?ref=rss Sun, 07 Dec 2025 13:42:07 +0000 6b6053b5c1d3d7b5a5786ddcff9e959b Farage's migration remarks must be addressed, not dismissed https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25676531.farages-migration-remarks-must-addressed-not-dismissed/?ref=rss Sat, 06 Dec 2025 06:30:00 +0000 6f9758111174abfe3b6681e282ac998f letters@theherald.co.uk | Letters Scottish Government urged to end 'poverty wages' in the arts as AI threats are raised https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25675546.taskforce-demands-end-poverty-wages-scottish-culture/?ref=rss Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:28:38 +0000 ef564b743093ee02d9805ed35d587cee brian.ferguson@newsquest.co.uk | Brian Ferguson Fairy-tale mash-up sparkles in Weans in the Wood at Macrobert https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25676277.review-pantomime-weans-wood-macrobert-arts-centre-stirling/?ref=rss Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:01:29 +0000 e0db3b58663034374273239d9346d78f Ramble on: A questionable situation between Stoppard and fan https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25671547.ramble-questionable-situation-stoppard-fan/?ref=rss Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:30:00 +0000 f3b6f42d0f85c5fb271ae8a0b14d36b1 David Tennant rails against 'stupid' theatre cuts and 'throttling' of future talent https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25671269.david-tennant-rails-stupid-theatre-funding-cuts/?ref=rss Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:30:52 +0000 13784704325a9969c8d2e99359b0c95e brian.ferguson@newsquest.co.uk | Brian Ferguson Global Netflix favourite to open UK tour in Glasgow - with a magical twist https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25668974.netflix-phenomenon-visit-glasgow-edinburgh-uk-tour/?ref=rss Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:51:53 +0000 f638fb5c096c99bb5eb32240138fe0dd Josh.Pizzuto-Pomaco@newsquest.co.uk | Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco Thank You For Calling: A darkly comic dive into call centre chaos and connection https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25664420.thank-calling-review-theatre-118-glasgow-november-2025/?ref=rss Mon, 01 Dec 2025 16:51:41 +0000 f17d87ac67e082c1e5603ecc5c1178c2 Musician's encore was an emotional welcome for his new baby https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25662498.music-rsno-sondergard-glasgow-royal-concert-hall-december/?ref=rss Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:52:00 +0000 7238b21eb17f72c1734f483af3f048ff keith.bruce@theherald.co.uk | Keith Bruce A new take on an old tale: What did our reviewer make of The Little Mermaid? https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25661188.little-mermaid-ay-kings-theatre-review-roundly-entertained/?ref=rss Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:57:34 +0000 9670cb5f7bb4f4bac85cddfc010d4253 Mary Brennan