caroline
Maximal, minimal, experimental, sentimental – the shapeshifting band are a delight from start to finish
Kathleen Hughes
‘I like birch, I think she’s kind of a diva. Skinny diva.’ Kathleen Hughes goes back to her roots in new work-in-progress show ‘Twig’
Mara Joy
‘I remember watching some of Start Trek: Next Generation and being obsessed with Data.’ Mara Joy tells us about her Glasgow International Comedy Festival show, ‘I Am [Not] a Robot’
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Redux Redux
Intelligent sci-fi thriller investigates grief and vengeance through an impressively grounded multiverse
caroline
Maximal, minimal, experimental, sentimental – the shapeshifting band are a delight from start to finish
Celtic Connections: Lucinda Williams
The Americana icon shines in a touching, intimate performance
Hen Hoose Collective
The Twelve
Second album from the impressive roster of talent is as funny, catchy and insightful as you’d expect from those involved
Massimo Silverio
Surtùm
The Carnic musician mixes the experimental with the traditional on a contemplative look at the human condition
The Richest Woman in the World
An ambitious premise reduced to melodramatic clichés
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter
Forever, I’ve Been Being Born
Jesse Sykes and Phil Wandscher quietly consider cycles of mortality on their first album in over a decade.
One-Man Poe
Less means more in a characterful interpretation of much-loved gothic tales
A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First
Boyish exuberance belies a wistful study of innocence lost
Panto 2025: Jack and the Beanstalk
Visually stunning production of magical fairytale
Arlington
Shotput Theatre’s dystopian fable doesn’t reach as high as its titular tower
Esther Manito: Slagbomb
A blunt, furious tale of family life with a deceptively warm centre
Buffy Revamped
Brendan Murphy delivers an energetic attempt at retelling all seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Shy Vaudevillian
Engaging comic history defined by an inspired gimmick
caroline
Maximal, minimal, experimental, sentimental – the shapeshifting band are a delight from start to finish
Ten Thousand Hours
Mind-boggling gymnastics feats from the aptly-titled troupe Gravity and Other Myths
Breaking Bach
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Kim Brandstrup deliver an evening with fresh and unforgettable energy
Figures In Extinction
Nederlands Dans Theater and Complicité deliver a breathtaking alarm call to arrest our own extinction before it’s too late
A History of Scotland in 6 Bad Ideas
Top-notch storytelling with some hair-raising historical tidbits
Redux Redux
Intelligent sci-fi thriller investigates grief and vengeance through an impressively grounded multiverse
H is for Hawk
Adaptation of the celebrated memoir excises much of the poetry but has a great interalised performance from Claire Foy
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Puccini’s Suor Angelica
London Symphony deliver a magnificent rendition of Puccini’s one-act opera
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Alison Jackson’s Faking Famous: You Can be a Celebrity Too
Entertaining deep dive into fake news
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Ten Thousand Hours
Mind-boggling gymnastics feats from the aptly-titled troupe Gravity and Other Myths