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Linda McLean (Glory on Earth at The Lyceum) has written a play with songs (by Michael John McCarthy) about the strength, wit and resilience of those who were sent to Lennox Castle during a regime of segregation from the 1930s to the 1990s.

The Juliet Allotments are the most sought-after plots in Glasgow’s West End and constantly eyed by covetous property developers.

Eric (David Hayman) is a Belfast Loyalist, still very much stuck in the past. Completely convinced, despite his family’s protestations, that his five week old granddaughter is in fact the Sinn Fein leader, Gerry Adams, Eric believes his Protestant cultural heritage is under siege. What can he do? He must act!

Join Diana in heaven as she shares the untold and untrue tale of her extraordinary life. Combining drag, multimedia, audience interaction, puppetry and a lot of queer joy – this unique celebration of the People's Princess is as hilarious as it is tasteless.

It's a love story. It's a love letter to friends. A love song to your best mates. It's about being yourself when everyone around you wants you to be something different. It's about trying to be yourself when the country's in lockdown. And it's about picking up the pieces and remembering who you really are, on the other side.

There’s a tiger at the door! Ash is lost, wandering in childhood memories of India while their house fills with flood water. Mo is fighting fascists in the Arctic as icebergs dribble and melt. Alex is caught in a wildfire, burning to scoop a hot news story – literally.

Now in its ninth year, Movies to Musicals has moved to Glasgow's Theatre Royal for their annual production. Movies to Musicals is an evening of songs from stage and film performed by local talented children and a series of guests from the West End.

Every couple needs a little fantasy to keep their marriage sparkling. But behind the gingham curtains, things start to unravel, and being a domestic goddess is not as easy as it seems…

Movies to Musicals returns with a bang, but this time at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow. This is the first time the show has been to this theatre and the cast are extremely excited. 

BWW reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue reflects on her top shows after reviewing for BroadwayWorld for a decade.

The prayers of Glasgow audiences with an appetite for Scottish music have been answered, with the launch of a major new summertime festival in the city, The Reeling.

Fifteen-year-old Roxy is burning. Lost somewhere between the bonfire of girlhood and the sharp edge of womanhood, she gathers her friends and begins meddling in witchcraft to search for answers.

Celebrate 10 years of record label Lost Map, with an all-day showcase across both venues at Òran Mór, as part of Celtic Connections.

Europe's premier folk, roots and world music festival Celtic Connections drew to a close last night after 18 days of spectacular concerts, unique and powerful collaborations and captivating screenings.

This side-splittingly funny, fast-paced comedy tells the story of Henry Holland, an unassuming bank clerk who dreams of stealing the van full of gold bullion he drives across London each day. When Henry learns that his new lodger makes Eiffel Tower paperweights out of lead, he devises a plan to make his dream a reality. It’s a golden opportunity to pull off the crime of the century, they’d have to be fools to mess it up …

Get Off Live Comedy is an industry born and funded independent HR that aims to eradicate sexual harassment in the industry we love. This fundraising gala is part of a number of incredible benefits that have taken place this year to support the initiative.

This is Celtic Connection's annual highlight-packed exploration of classic influences on contemporary music. Tonight’s show revisits themes including tributes to The Women of Song, The Band, Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles’ Abbey Road and the music of Laurel Canyon. Curated as ever by Glasgow’s own Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire, the guestlist likewise comprises an array of return visitors.

Within the dramatic setting of the iconic Glasgow Cathedral, experience the story of Gaelic Glasgow through songs, poetry and performance from the 1100s to the present day. With a particular focus on Glasgow’s High Street you are invited to share in rich Gaelic stories from Glasgow’s early beginnings, its industrial past as well as the exploration of some urban myths. Please join Alasdair Whyte, Màiri MacMillan and friends on this exciting promenade and musical experience as part of the celebrated Celtic Connections Festival.

Robert Burns is alive and well and living in the modern world! A genius with weakness? Yes. A womaniser, yes, but a cheat, no. Gifted, passionate and flawed, this farmer's son wants to make his father proud but is pulled between a life of duty and the calling of his creative destiny.

Tonight’s opening gala celebrates that history with a panoply of artists who’ve featured prominently over the years, alongside those emerging from the vibrant folk scene - reflecting such Celtic Connections' multi-generational breadth, its Internationalism and collaborative, cross-genre spirit.