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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.

Suede

Picture by Emma Sheppard

Snaps, cackles and pop: the summer of culture goes on
MUSIC

Don Quixote - Man of Clackmannanshire

Theatre: The impossible dream comes close to home

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

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

Carole King

Picture: Getty

Theatre: Music, insight and humour: just Beautiful

Irvine Welsh is at the top of his game. so why does he crave obscurity?

Theatre experiences like the National Theatre of Scotland production Black Watch could become luxury commodities

The arts in Scotland is facing an existential crisis, says Dr Stephen Langston

PREMIUM Shining alight on the dark evils carried out against women claimed to be witches

It has been reported that the ScotRail board was in favour of reintroducing alcohol on some of kits services, but the decision was overruled

Letters: Scottish Government should tell us: why aren't we considered civilised enough to have a drink on a train?

Play is essential to early child development

Letters: A play-based kindergarten school stage would be a vitally important culture change

Actor Alan Cumming offers a daring new insight into the life of Robert Burns

BEST OF SCOTLAND Actor Alan Cumming offers a daring new insight into the life of Robert Burns

All piled up and nowhere to go - rubbish in Edinburgh's Grassmarket

Why the festival city is caught in a stink

Soprano Angel Blue

Four stars for Thank You in Edinburgh

Julia Hales wowing audiences in Edinburgh

Four stars for You Know We Belong Together

Rock Of Ages Production with Kevin Kennedy

©The Other Richard.

Theatre: The final countdown to a great rock show

Comedian Rachel Jackson ahead of her run at the Edinburgh Fringe festival..29/06/17. (Photo by Kirsty Anderson/Herald & Times) - KA..

On the Radar: Feel the Burn of the best comedy, dance and music

The Akram Khan Company in Jungle Book re-imaginedPhoto credit - Ambra Vernuccio

PREMIUM 'Cinematic. Multifaceted. Powerful.' Jungle Book re-imagined review

Sebastian Serantes, Gustavo Saffores and Felipe Ipar in Sergio Blanco's production of When You Walk Over My Grave at Edinburgh International Festival. Image ©_JShurte_24

PREMIUM 'A perversely life affirming piece of meta-theatrical fun'

Edinburgh Festival: Katie Wood's pick of the best shows to see in the final week

The famous venue could close its doors unless additional cash for a vital redevelopment is found

Stars call for extra funding to save King’s Theatre in Edinburgh from closure

The Massed Pipes and Drums perform on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle at this year's Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Letters: Why have they messed about with the Tattoo?

The cast of The End of Eddy

Edinburgh Festival Theatre: The End of Eddy Review

Ramsey Nasr as Jude

Edinburgh Festival Theatre: A Little Life Review

Comedian Jo Caulfield

Edinburgh Festival: From comedian Jo Caulfield to a world renowned Ukrainian ballet

Comedian Jason Byrne

Jason Byrne on his heart scare and why the Scots love a moan like the Irish

Scottish Ballet Principal Constance Devernay-Laurence (left) as Swanhilda in Coppelia Photo: Andy Ross

PREMIUM 'Truly breath-taking' – Edinburgh International Festival: Coppelia, Festival Theatre, Five stars

Joseph Ogeleka and Pauline Goldsmith in Grid Iron's Edinburgh International Festival production of Muster Station - Leith. Image © Jess Shurte

PREMIUM 'Sadly, this doesn't seem far-fetched' - International Festival review: Muster Station, Leith Academy, Four stars

Former Pop Idol contestant and theatre star Darius Campbell Danesh has been found dead in his US apartment room at the age of 41, his family announced.

Simon Cowell leads tributes to ‘charismatic’ Darius Campbell Danesh

The Book of Life

PREMIUM 'A glorious dance of life' – Edinburgh International Festival review: The Book of Life, Church Hill Theatre, Four stars

This is Memorial Device

PREMIUM 'Euphoric' – Fringe review: This is Memorial Device, Wee Red Bar, Four stars

Photo: Hopscotch Theatre.

Obituary: Ross Stenhouse, actor who inhabited his character roles with conviction and subtlety

Principal Constance Devernay-Laurence and Soloist Bruno Micchiardi in Scottish Ballet's Coppelia. Credit Andy Ross

PREMIUM 'Truly trail-blazing' - Edinburgh International Festival, Dance, Coppelia, Festival Theatre, Five stars

PREMIUM 'A sensual revival of Lochhead’s ferocious take on Euripides' tale' – International Festival, Medea, The Hub, Five stars

Andrew Leigh often steered organisations through turbulent times with a level-headed and good-humoured approach

Obituary: Andrew Leigh, renowned theatre manager who worked at the Citizens, Traverse, and the Old Vic

Karen In Finance

Fringe highlights: Check out these Australian beauties

PJ Harvey, rocker turned poet

Hitlist: Our pick of the 10 best Edinburgh International Book Festival shows

The Royal Mile during the festival

Picture: Alamy/PA

Edinburgh Fringe: Why laughter is the best medicine

David Hayman returns as everyman Bob Cunninghame

Theatre: Bob lets rip on a long dark night of the soul

'I, Joan' has sparked a 'woke' row for presenting Joan of Arc as non-binary

Issue of the day: 'Woke' row as new play portrays Joan of Arc as non-binary

Paul plays Ross Raymond, the man who curates the interviews and stories to piece together the story of the local heroes and the legends of the time

BEST OF SCOTLAND Rare reflections on the post-punk era

Paul Higgins is the star of the new drama This Is Memorial Device

BEST OF SCOTLAND Bold theatre production sees actor Paul Higgins embrace Scotland’s post-punk music scene

Vaishnavi Suryaprakash and Kaivalya Suvarna in Belvoir Theatre's production of Counting and Cracking at Edinburgh International Festival © Jassy Earl

'A beautiful spectacle' – International Festival review: Counting and Cracking, Lyceum, 4 stars

Alan Cumming in Burn at the Edinburgh International Festival

Review: 'Hugely clever, complex' - Alan Cumming brings Robert Burns to life in Burn

'Sumptuous. Utterly gorgeous' - Festival Opera review: Rusalka, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, five stars

'Spectacular and imaginative' - Edinburgh Festival review: MACRO, BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh, four stars

Americana Picture: Pepperdine Scotland

Agenda: Why the Fringe is a priceless gift to the world

Lila Palmer Picture: Daniel Welch

Agenda: So why does opera have such a problem with women?

Theatre: How do you turn a book about Roman history into a road movie for the stage

The Comedy of Errors

Theatre: A serious farce that is slicker than politics

Confrontational New York rapper Princess Nokia

From cutting-edge theatre to thrilling musicals: 10 of the best Edinburgh International Festival shows

Join us on a whirlwind tour of the very best highlights in the festival season

BEST OF SCOTLAND 20 Scottish shows you must see at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe

The memoir, Walking Back Home: Deacon Blue and Me, is accompanied by a new solo record, Short Stories Vol 2

BEST OF SCOTLAND Ricky Ross shares his story with new book

Tony McGeever, front, and Paul Boggie

Agenda: Helping others to turn from heroin to hero

Akram Khan's Jungle Book Reimagined

All the world's a stage: our pick of the Edinburgh International Festival shows

Texan rope performer Duke Loopin on Edinburgh's Royal Mile on the final day of the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Edinburgh's High Street: the busy, buzzing heart of the festival city