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Katie Tonkinson as Raven and Glenn Adamson as Strat in Bat Out of Hell

Bat Out Of Hell, Edinburgh review: 'a powerful parable for our time'

John Douglas Thompson as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice

John Douglas Thompson on playing Shylock at the Lyceum

John Douglas Thompson as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice

Ten must-see theatre shows coming to Scotland in 2025

Swamplesque at Assembly

Theatre reviews: Swamplesque | Mary - A Gig Theatre Show

Paisley Town Hall, pictured in 1940, is now 'a world-class venue and one of Scotland’s best performance spaces', available for weddings, business meetings and other events (Picture: Hulton Archive)

Scotland needs a grassroots revolution to defend democracy Joyce McMillan

Charlene Boyd in June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music, and Me

The best theatre of 2024: Joyce McMillan's top ten shows of the year

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Edinburgh review

A Christmas Carol

Theatre reviews: A Christmas Carol | Beauty and the Beast

Mother Goose at Perth Theatre

Theatre reviews: Mother Goose | Weans in the Woodlands

Jade Chan as Jim and Amy Conachan as Lean Jean Silver in Treasure Island at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

Theatre reviews: Treasure Island | Peter Panto

The SNP should see Scottish Greens like Lorna Slater as their natural allies and partners in government (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Why Scotland needs SNP and Greens to get back together Joyce McMillan

Hannah Lavery

Push the Boat Out review: 'the work of younger poets shone through'

Kirsty Findlay as Maria in The Sound of Music at Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Theatre reviews: The Sound of Music | Jellyfish

The choices faced by the real-life people behind the Sound of Music are facing a new generation in Europe and America

As far-right rises again, Sound of Music's message is no longer a joke Joyce McMillan

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101 Dalmatians

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Paul Whitehouse as Grandad in Only Fools and Horses

Theatre reviews: Only Fools and Horses | Blast Off, Starburst

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Scot who created Open University can help us respond to Trump's win Joyce McMillan

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Theatre reviews: Jennie Lee: Tomorrow is a New Day | Ghost Off

There's a Place

Theatre reviews: There's a Place | Cassie And The Space Cowboy

Following his death, Alex Salmond must not been turned into a standard-bearer for backward-looking, constitutionally obsessive politics that once kept the independence movement at the margins of Scottish life (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Salmond’s death must not be used to return SNP to fundamentalist past Joyce McMillan

The Book of Mormon

Theatre reviews: Book of Mormon | Detained

UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced that a trial involving 5,000 obese people will test whether weight-loss help them find new jobs (Picture: Oli Scarff)

Using weight-loss drugs to get jobless back to work is worrying sign Joyce McMillan

The Baddies at the Lyceum, with James Stirling as the Ghost, Yuki Sutton as the Girl, Rachel Bird as the Witch and Dyfrig Morris as the Troll

Theatre reviews: The Baddies | Lost Girls at Bus Stops

Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico, as seen from the International Space Station (Picture: Nasa)

Storm exposes left-wing inaction, right-wing denial of climate crisis Joyce McMillan

Michael Ball as Javert in Les Misérables - The Arena Spectacular

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The Events

Theatre reviews: The Events | Glasgow Kiss

The Conservatives have adopted the culture-war language of those who want to see democratic politics paralysed by division (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

Why Tory conference was just a GB News-style freak show Joyce McMillan

(L-R) Redmand Rance (Mike Costa), Chloe Saunders (Val Clarke) and Rachel Jayne Picar (Connie Wong) in A Chorus Line

Theatre reviews: A Chorus Line | Armour

A young delegate heckles Keir Starmer during the Prime Minister's speech to the Labour party conference (Picture: Oli Scarff)