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Wacky, brilliant, and moving: 11 shows not to miss at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe

EDINBURGH FRINGE 2025: Big celebrity names and familiar premises are simply not the point of Edinburgh Fringe. Isobel Lewis collates some of the best shows at this year’s festival worth taking a chance on

The Independent UK

Shedinburgh festival returns with new 100-seat venue at Edinburgh fringe

Francesca Moody and Gary McNair’s innovative DIY solution to Covid restrictions will be revamped for a series of in-person, one-off shows

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh festival 2024: the best comedy, theatre and dance already reviewed

Five-star standup, late-night debauchery, staggering circus tricks … as the arts spectacular approaches, here are some of the shows rated by our writers

The Guardian - UK

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The best theatre to stream this month: Jekyll & Hyde, Daniel Kitson’s Tree and more

Forbes Masson stars in Gary McNair’s version of the gothic novella, Tim Key joins Kitson in an Old Vic two-hander and Jason Manford celebrates all musicals great and small

The Guardian - UK

'An embarrassment of riches': Highlights of Scottish theatre in 2023

SCOTTISH theatre continues to make an encouragingly strong recovery from the Covid pandemic. Indeed, the impressive quality of much of the work can…

The National (Scotland)

Show billed as 'love letter to Billy Connolly' to hit stages across Scotland

A SHOW paying homage to comedy giant Sir Billy Connolly will be returning to the stage next year.

The National (Scotland)

Nae Expectations: Andy Arnold on a gallus Dickens, Glasgow’s Tron and ‘catastrophic’ arts cuts

As he stages Gary McNair’s twist on the tale of Pip, the director reflects on 16 years of spotting and developing raw talent while running the Tron

The Guardian - UK

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Theatre show sharing the best stories of Billy Connolly coming to Glasgow

A theatre production celebrating the Big Yin aka Billy Connolly is coming to the King's Theatre later this month after a successful run throughout the country.

Glasgow Live

A love letter to Billy Connolly from the heart of Scotland

IT takes some amount of courage, not to say bare-faced cheek, to make a one-man show that attempts to reflect the affection in which Billy Connolly,…

The National (Scotland)

Dear Billy review – brilliant tribute to the Big Yin

Gary McNair delivers verbatim interviews and misremembered Connolly routines from ordinary people in this love letter

The Guardian - UK

Billy Connolly in Ayrshire - show set to hit theatres icon once graced

Dear Billy, a show that pays homage to Scotland's favourite comedian, is heading to the Gaiety Theatre and the Palace Theatre this month.

Daily Record

A ‘love letter’ to Billy Connolly is about to go on tour

The show will feature a collection of moving and funny tales about the comedy legend.

The Independent UK

‘Love letter’ to Sir Billy Connolly set for theatre tour

The show will feature a collection of moving and funny tales about the comedy legend.

The Independent UK

Jekyll and Hyde review – Stevenson’s shocker rewired as a riveting solo

Playwright Gary McNair turns the gothic novel into a brilliantly bewitching show performed by Audrey Brisson

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