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From left: Tommy Reilly, Cora Bissett, Roddy Hart, Douglas Maxell and Robert Florence (and passing dog). Photograph Colin Mearns

"It’s Rodgers and Hammerstein with a lot more swearing." Inside new NTS musical Orphans
IT BEGAN with a small idea to do something big. Writer, director, actor and one-time musician Cora Bissett was talking to Jackie Wylie, director of the National Theatre of Scotland, about the possibility of doing a musical.

Dancing with the Devil

Story of Bible John victims told in new musical Dancing With The Devil
THE fascination with Bible John, it seems, will never fade. BBC Scotland has produced a documentary series on the killer who preyed on his victims at the Glasgow Barrowland in the late 1960s.

Rokia Koné Image: Karen Paulina Biswell

What's on the radar? Prue Leith, Craig Hill and Rokia Kone and Togo All Stars

Bus Regulation The Musical - Image by Erika Stevenson

Ellie Harrison’s glorious Glasgow piece of agit-prop theatre. Review

Magnetic North Theatre Company

Review: We Will Hear the Angels, Fruitmarket Warehouse, Edinburgh

Sara Pascoe: The secret of success? Stop moving the goalposts

The Delgados

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On the radar: From wintry nightmares to watery laughter Cultural highlights

Bearing witness to atrocity, reinventing the world through harmony

On the radar: Bearing witness to atrocity, reinventing the world through harmony

Divas, handsome fellas, fab songs – Bodyguard is back

Theatre: Divas, handsome fellas, fab songs – Bodyguard is back

John Wetten Brown died on December 16, 2022

John Wetten Brown: A true original who helped make Glasgow Garden Festival a success

Paul Black, Susie McCabe and Marc Jennings are among the attractions at this year's Glasgow International Comedy Festival

Paul Black leads Glasgow Comedy Festival lineup with Billy Connolly tribute planned

Justin Edwards and Miles Jupp in The Lavender Hill Mob.

Theatre: The Lavender Hill Mob are back and so is Play, Pie and Pint

Glasgow's iconic Pavilion Theatre

Curtain falls on Pavilion theatre sale to rival group after talks break down

Déborah Lukumuena as Grace and Le’Shantey Bonsu as Ama in Girl

Glasgow Film Festival returns for 2023 with UK premiere and strong female focus

Kinglsey Ben-Adir, Ryan Gosling (as Ken) and Ncuti Gatwa in Barbie

23 to see for 2023: What to read, watch, listen to and see for the year ahead

The Gift by Barrowland Ballet

Picture: Paul Campbell

Start a New Year’s revolution with music, dance and a film-lover’s dream

The arts contribute more than £5 billion to Scotland's economy every year, it's time to champion and support it

Opinion Stephen Langston: The arts in Scotland – a hidden economic driver

Celebrity deaths in 2022: Remembering the famous faces we lost this year

Celebrity deaths in 2022: Remembering the famous faces we lost this year

Can the governments of Rishi Sunak and Nicola Sturgeon come to an agreement on gender reform?

Letters: Tories and SNP must get together to work out gender bill solution

The Krankies in Alhambra panto 1980

From all-women casts to a drag queen Dorothy, the changing face of panto

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Picture: Douglas Robertson

'A panto that pushes its luck' - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Festival Theatre

Nation's arts funders resort to dipping into reserves after Scot Gov cuts

Nation's arts funders resort to dipping into reserves after Scot Gov cuts

Martine McMenemy plays Fairy G in Cinderella, currently showing in Glenrothes

Theatre: Small pantos pack a punch, Oh yes they do

Red Riding Hood - Citizens Theatre at Tramway - L-R Francesca Hess, Michael Guest, Cindy Awor, Ewan Miller, Maureen Carr - Credit Mihaela Bodlovic

Panto review: Red-caped crusader turns Grimm existence into a joyful Christmas

Altered Images play Glasgow's St Luke's on Friday

Entertainment guide: From classical music, theatre to some blasts from the past

Out of the ash pan and into the midden

Theatre: Cinderella - Out of the ash pan and into the midden

Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Peter Pan production...

It’s beginning to look a lot like showtime: Our picks for this festive season

Daniel has found happiness

Comedian Daniel Sloss on burnout and learning his limits

An Edinburgh Christmas Carol

From Highland folk to Scrooge in the city - What to see and hear this week

Darren Brownlie, Elaine C Smith and Johnny Mac in Beauty and the Beast at King’s Glasgow Photo credit - Richard Campbell

Hiya pals! What's the verdict on Elaine C and co in the big Glasgow panto?

James McAvoy in Cyrano de Bergerac with co-star Evelyn Miller, who plays Roxanne

Glasgow actor James McAvoy 'glad to leave' city after racist taunts

L-R Julie Wilson Nimmo (Lion), Tyler Collins (Scarecrow), Johnny McKnight (Dorothy) and Lauren Ellis Steele (Tin Wummin)

Review: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Tron, Glasgow, five stars

He quit acting for journalism. Now Nigel Pivaro is back playing a hardened cynic

Principals Constance Devernay-Laurence and Jerome Anthony Barnes in Scottish Ballet’s The Snow Queen

Unmissable: A deeper, darker take on a Scottish Ballet favourite

Who owns Scotland's theatres, bars, nightlife and music venues? The Herald and The Ferret investigate

Investigation Who owns Scotland's theatres, bars, nightlife and music venues?

With the spectre of venue closures looming, venues like King Tut's are being taken over by global companies with links to offshore tax havens

Investigation Who owns Urban Scotland: Iconic Scottish cultural venues vulnerable to takeovers

Taylor Swift's latest album, Midnights, is a global chart-topper, with fans desperate to see her perform tracks on her new tour left locked out of Ticketmaster after the firm cancelled public sales amid

Issue of the day: Swift ticket debacle sparks debate

Peter Pan and Wendy at the Pitlochry Theatre

Theatre: Even a rank baddie has his funny side

Barbara Dickson

Playing the strings of the heart, looking through the windows of the soul

Fontaines DC are performing at the O2 Academy

On the radar with Teddy Jamieson

Pussy Riot is performing this Saturday at Maryhill Community Central Halls as part of multi-venue music and arts festival The Great Western

Pussy Riot: 'Don’t keep silent, go to the streets with your own actions and protest'

There is hope that the Edinburgh Filmhouse could be saved after a vigorous campaign, but how secure are Scotland’s other cultural attractions?

Opinion Rosemary Goring: The arts must be saved as a beacon amidst the gloom

Jessica Fostekew Picture: Idil Sukan

On the radar: From the theatre of daydreams to a comedy of manners

Peter Capaldi given lifetime honour by BAFTA Scotland

Peter Capaldi given lifetime honour by BAFTA Scotland

Scottish Opera’s performance of Ainadamar at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow

REVIEW Review: RSNO and Dunedin Consort/Chan, four stars

Members of Holyrood’s Culture Committee are now calling on the Scottish Government to consider the matter with “increased urgency”

Scotland’s culture sector facing 'perfect storm' of increased costs and budget cuts

Scottish Opera performance of Ainadamar at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.

Review: Ainadamar at Theatre Royal, five stars

Pride and Prejudice (*sort of) is at the King’s Theatre

Theatre: A spoof sure to be universally applauded

British-Irish actor, writer and comedian Spike Milligan

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Spike Milligan’s view was that the world was run by idiots. It’s a valid point

On the radar: Visions of mortality with a chorus of laughter, poetry and song

Nicole Lily Baisden and Conner Peirson in The Book of Mormon

Picture: Paul Coltas

Theatre: The Book of Mormon - naughty, outrageous – and such great songs

Enough of Him Picture: Tommy Ga-Ken-Wan

Theatre: Finding shades of grey amid the darkness

The actor was known for his roles in TV series Cracker and as Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.

Obituary: Robbie Coltrane, iconic Scottish actor and giant of stage and screen

Coltrane won three BAFTAs for best actor

The great Robbie Coltrane performances: From Cracker to Hagrid

Obituary: Angela Lansbury, gifted actress whose success ranged across stage, film and television

Obituary: Angela Lansbury, gifted actress whose success ranged across stage, film and television