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BWW reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue reflects on 2023 in theatre.

BWW Scotland Editor selects her top picks of the 2024 Glasgow International Comedy Festival

Lea will launch the tour with her first return to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane – the iconic venue where she made her name as the original Miss Saigon 35 years ago – ahead of bringing her spine-tingling vocals to the Festival Theatre on Sunday June 30.

Get ready for a disco inferno, as we join the McTwank family in the town that Stirling Stella almost forgot- Discotopia. Here lives widow Marge O'Reen McTwank, owner of the last laundrette in town. Her oldest daughter, Aladdin, is wildly in love with Prince Jasper but can love survive the grease stains and smell of fabric conditioner?

Panto is back! Join CHRIS ALEXANDER and ALAN ORR this Christmas for PACE Theatre Company’s 34th annual pantomime.

Think you’re having a bad day? Snow White’s is worse. She’s just found out that not only has her dad, the King, remarried – but he’s only gone and died!

The entire pantosphere is decking the halls and rocking around their Christmas trees. Well, everywhere except one place: Dickensian Street, home of the frightful Aganeza Scrooge, the scariest skinflint in the pantosphere. A woman so tight with money she makes Fifers look generous. And Aganeza HATES Christmas!

Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF) has announced its return with huge headliners set to once again transform Glasgow into the ‘funniest city in the world’ from 13th - 31st March 2024.

Join Peter Pan as he sets sail on a brand-new adventure for Christmas 2023. Returning for another year to the Festival Theatre, are pantomime favourites Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan Young.

When the beautiful and fearsome Snow Queen steals young Kei away to her frozen kingdom, she leaves behind the brave and brilliant Gerda, an Edinburgh lass who will stop at nothing to rescue her best friend.

In East Belfast, a man’s loyalty to the Union spirals into an all-consuming obsession with the ‘fleg’ outside his house in this new dark comedy.

Once upon a time in the late ’80s, Vivian met Edward and her life changed forever. Be swept up in their romance in this dazzlingly theatrical take on a love story for the ages – and get to know these iconic characters in a whole new way – in a sensational show that took London’s West End by storm, guaranteed to lift your spirits and light up your heart.

Castle Fallon is a pleasant way to spend an hour as the cast are great and there are a few interesting twists in the script

A comedy about two Highland women who must bicker, blackmail and backstab to keep their jobs at a historic heritage site when a new boss takes charge.

WICKED, 'one of the most successful musicals of all time' (BBC News), releases rehearsal photography by Mark Senior of its 2023/5 tour cast.

Playthrough is a new spooky interactive play that explores the darkness and addiction that lurks at the heart of our seemingly innocent playthings.

A compilation of the relaxed and accessible performances of theatre shows around the UK this Christmas.

One lamp, three wishes and infinite possibilities… Disney's Aladdin features iconic music by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice. This exuberant production is filled with unforgettable magic, comedy and breath-taking spectacle, making it a perfect show for all.

Treason is the new musical drama about the notorious gunpowder plot of 1605, set to completely blow you away with stunning original folk and pop songs, this one-of-a-kind show tells one of the most intriguing tales in Britain’s history as it’s never been seen before.

IS IT A BIRD? IS IT A PLANE? NO... IT'S PETER McPAN