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Actor urges Scots to tackle 'massive taboo' around caring for elderly

WIPING My Mother’s Arse is not the most subtle title for a play, but it’s not supposed

The National (Scotland) · Aug 9

Gallus in Weegieland review – hilarious show sends Alice down a class rabbit hole

There are jokes aplenty in Johnny McKnight’s panto update of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland story, played with delirious daftness by an ebullient cast

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2025

Scrooge gets a hip-hop spin and the RSC does the BFG: 20 of the best UK stage shows this Christmas

From musical versions of Pinocchio, Treasure Island and Sherlock Holmes to a comedy about banana-loving beach-dwellers … dive into our selection box of festive theatre

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2025

Radiant Vermin review – cartoonish descent into property hell

A couple stop at nothing to secure their first home in Johnny McKnight’s deliciously fast-paced production of Philip Ridley’s Faustian black comedy

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024

Radiant Vermin review – Faustian take on getting a foot on the property ladder

Johnny McKnight’s snappy revival makes us all complicit in Philip Ridley’s satire on capitalism and consumerism

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024

Kym Marsh as you have never seen her before as she transforms for new stage role

Kym Marsh is taking on a very different role to what she's done before.

WhatToWatch · Apr 19, 2024

10 things that changed my life with actor and director Sally Reid

I GREW up in the Perthshire countryside before we moved into Perth itself. My grandparents lived in north Perthshire, just outside Aberfeldy.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 31, 2023

Scottish pantomime continues the long tradition of men in frocks

SCOTTISH pantomime is, as any aficionado of the popular theatrical art form will tell you, a very distinctive creature.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 3, 2023

Scotland’s pantomimes will play to the crowds this Christmas with Tory-bashing

PANTO legend Johnny McKnight is pretty sure the Tories are going to get a bashing in theatres around Scotland this Christmas.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 19, 2023

Smackdown in Scotland: the full-tilt drama grappling with national identity

What can the ancient sport of backhold wrestling tell us about today’s struggles over unity and tradition? Our writer finds out

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023