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BEST OF SCOTLAND

Ken Bruce’s Chart Hits, under the baton of David Arnold, comes to Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow

Radio legend Ken Bruce on why Scotland is still the 'biggest part of him'
Ken Bruce’s Chart Hits comes to Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow and offers a selection of huge pop hits, from the Rolling Stones to Lewis Capaldi.

Review, The Snow Queen: 'A script steeped in Scotland’s fantastical mythology'

Robbie Scott as Davy and Finlay Bain as Ally in Sunshine on Leith

Review, Sunshine on Leith: 'As joyous and as heartbreaking as it ever was'

WHAT'S ON What's on: A winter wonderland of events, from carol-singing to festive markets

Neil John Gibson

It's panto season. There’s nothing like a dame if you try a little tenderness

How is Greenock’s Beacon Arts Centre faring in this former hub of heavy industry?

Louise McCarthy

‘I’m going for the miserable Glesga wummin as Scrooge,’ says panto actor

Celebrated Scots author to have work adapted for stage for first time

Christmas things to do in Glasgow December 2023

Christmas events in Scotland, from meeting reindeer to drive-in movies

Edinburgh Festival announces 2024 theme with more opera

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Amber Davies and Oliver Savile will appear in Pretty Woman: The Musical at Mayflower Theatre Image: Mayflower Theatre

'I was ready to get a new liver' – Love Island celeb brings Pretty Woman to Glasgow

Alyson Orr - Sunshine on Leith

Sunshine on Leith theatre preview: Of lost loves and community

Tartan special: the never-knowingly underdressed Fran and Anna

RAB'S SCOTTISH ICONS God bless the late Queens of Coatbridge who always sang in perfect kitsch

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Edinburgh's Usher Hall was evacuated after an unfortunate fire alarm

Man who caused accidental evacuation of Usher Hall praised as 'star' for his honesty

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The fire alarm emptied the Usher Hall during a performance with the RSNO

Exclusive Concert-goer 'feels terrible' after accidentally causing evacuation of Usher Hall

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Scottish Ballet Cinders

10 Christmas theatre shows, pantos and concerts to get tickets for now

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Flight at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Scottish arts titans join forces to discover next generation of talented singers

Boy George plays Captain Hook in Peter Pan this Christmas

Can Boy George be panto’s baddest baddie? Oh yes he can

Liam Brennan as Willie and Angus Miller in Liz Carruthers' production of Dead Dad Dog by John McKay. Photograp by Lidia Crisafulli.

THEATRE REVIEW How much has life really changed since the 1980s?

Charlie Chaplin, aboard the Queen Elizabeth in 1952

When word spread like wildfire that Charlie Chaplin was in Aberdeen

Peter Stollery conducting Any Enemy

On the radar: From comedy and music to theatre and festivals

Theatre of dreams: the amazing collection of variety theatre memorabilia now online

Forbes Masson, who next January will play the Royal Lyceum Theatre for the first time in 20 years

Forbes Masson to play Royal Lyceum in new version of Jekyll and Hyde

Kenny Boyle in rehearsals

Theatre: The playwright who found a ghost in the gaming machine

Scottish Opera's new plans for the site

Scottish Opera reveals new plans to transform area of Glasgow into cultural quarter

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Gavin Jon Wright as Pip in the Tron Theatre production of Nae Expectations, by Gary McNair after Charles Dickens, directed by Andy Arnold.

Theatre review: A gallus Pip exceeds Expectations at the Tron

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Simone McIntosh (Rosina), Samuel Dale Johnson (Figaro) and Anthony Gregory (Count Almaviva) in The Barber of Seville

Scottish Opera's Barber of Seville: Sensational Rosina steals the show

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'Vic Reeves’ Big Night Out changed my life' says Pictish Trail's Johnny Lynch

Dirty Dancing makes triumphant leap from film to Scottish stage

I, Daniel Blake

'A devastating rendering of how we live now' - Theatre review

Nicola Benedetti

Nicola Benedetti to receive 2023 Edinburgh Award for role as festival director

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Julian Clary on his new role as a glamorous, super-sleazy King Herod

What's on in Scotland: Jenny Eclair and Lau kick off the cultural week

Dave Johns in I, Daniel Blake

Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake set for the stage

Fletcher Mathers as Nan and Pauline Lockhart as Cath in Woman Walking by Sylvia Dow. Photograph by Kelman Greig-Kicks-Neon 8

'A dramatic meditation on the need for solitude': Woman Walking - Theatre review

Hallowe’en is a time when things get extra ghoulish

best of scotland Discover the spookiest Halloween events and locations to visit this season

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10 ways to blow away autumn blues

Nae Expectations by Gary McNair

Expecting a typical baddie? There's nae expectations in this version of Dickens

Myths & Monsters will be showing at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Sponsored Don't miss Halloween 'Myths & Monsters' show for children in Glasgow and Edinburgh

Katie Barnett in AyeTunes!'s production of My Doric Diary

Theatre Review: My Doric Diary, The Studio, Edinburgh, Four stars

Music, theatre, comedy: Here's what not to miss this weekend and beyond

Agenda: Don’t forget about the arts in the fight for good mental health

Robertson: Creative Scotland funding cut to pay for 'public sector pay settlements'

Exclusive Robertson says Creative Scotland £6.6m funding cut to fund public sector pay hikes

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Chiara Sparkes as Lucia and Craig McLean as Hughie in Tally's Blood by Ann Marie Di Mambro, produced by Perth Theatree, the Gaiety, Ayr and Cumbernauld Theatre. Photograph: Mihaela Bodlovic

Why this Scottish-Italian family saga has never been made into a film is a mystery

Scottish Ballet Artistic Director and Cinders choreographer Christopher Hampson with Principal dancers Bethany Kingsley-Garner and Jerome Anthony Barnes – but which one is Cinders?

Exclusive Scottish Ballet transforms classic Cinderella with a gender-swapping new production

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Rory Macleod and Monique Jonas as Romeo and Juliet in Mathew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet Photo: Johan Persson

Matthew Bourne's show is shocking - but sensational

Cordelia Braithwaite as Juliet and Paris Fitzpatrick Romeo in Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet

Letters Shame on Bourne's Romeo and Juliet for stigmatising mental illness

Danny Robins, Uncanny podcaster and author

Uncanny revelations. Why Scotland is 'one of most haunted countries' in world

Scottish Ballet dancers in Twice-Born by Dickson Mbi Photo: Andy Ross

'Broodingly cataclysmic' Review: Twice-Born, Scottish Ballet, four stars

What's on: Joseph Malik's new release, author John Niven and a ghost story

Nicole Cooper as The Fool in Bard in the Botanics production of Lear's Fool - Photograph Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Bard in the Botanics back with a deeply satisfying take on Lear’s Fool

Gold key given to Andrew Carnegie when he opened Scots theatre to go on display

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Millie Bobby Brown in Stranger Things

Theatre: A musical treat for Stranger Things fans

Danielle Jam as Mina in Dracula - Mina's Reckoning by Morna Pearson

Theatre review: 'A passionate craving for liberation that goes beyond first blood'