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Brian Conley as Fagan

Interview: Brian Conley, actor, Oliver

YOU can’t have a fat kid singing Food, Glorious Food. That’s what a teacher at stage school told a young - and presumably rather chubby - Brian Conley after he’d asked to be put forward to audition for a part in a West End production of Oliver! alongside Roy Hudd.

Some of the young cast in Cameron Mackintosh`s Oliver!

Preview: Oliver! the Musical

Cameron Mackintosh’s musical production of Oliver! – a perennial favourite in London’s West End – is coming to Scotland on a tour that requires meticulous planning, chaperones, frequent cast rotations – and enough food to feed an army of children. By Kelly Apter

Hareford bound

LIVINGSTON Players introduce audiences at The Brian Duguid Auditorium to a host of hilarious characters in their latest foot-tapping production, Me And My Girl.

Revived classic returns

TOSCA, one of Scottish Opera’s most popular productions, returns to Edinburgh next week by popular demand.

Chance to learn more about Peter Pan man

MYSTERY and scandal has long dogged the ghost of JM Barrie, creator of Peter Pan.

Theatre reviews rss

One Day in Spring starring Seif Abdelfatteh and Sara Shaarawi

Theatre reviews: One Day in Spring | The Fashion Floor | 27

David Greig’s collaboration with Arab writers is creating exhilarating results at Oran Mor, while Abi Morgan’s 27 is back – shorter, leaner and magnificently performed

Theatre review: .H.G., Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

NOT suitable for children under nine, says the stern note in the Imaginate brochure about Trickster of Switzerland’s audio installation show .h.g., playing in the studio behind the Modern Art Gallery until today.

Theatre review: Kindur, Musselburgh Brunton Theatre

IN THE last few years, Iceland has acquired an iconic status in Europe, as the little nation that found itself at the centre of the 2008 global banking crash, but somehow managed to survive.

Theatre review: The Last Polar Bears, Sorn, Ayrshire

SOMETIME today, in a small town in Ayrshire, several dozen children on bikes will ride out from the local primary school, to meet another group of cyclists coming into town. The new arrivals may be a little wet and windswept, after a journey of 20 miles or so.

Theatre review: This (Baby) Life, North Edinburgh Arts Centre

IF THEATRE has its roots in the adult impulse of communities to mourn their griefs and mock their rulers, it can be hard to see what this art form might have to offer very small babies.

Dance reviews rss

Dance review: Breakin’ Convention, Edinburgh Festival Theatre

RETURNING to the Festival Theatre once again, annual celebration of hip-hop dance theatre Breakin’ Convention is a showcase like no other.

Dance review: Danza ContemporÁnea de Cuba, Edinburgh Festival Theatre

ANYONE focusing on the “Cuba” part of this company’s name, rather than the “Contemporánea”, may have found it wanting. There’s no salsa, no high-heeled rumba – just some of the finest contemporary dancers touring the world today.

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