Since 2004, a boozy lunchtime institution has launched careers, staged 40 new plays a year and changed the landscape of Scottish theatreIt defies all the rules of theatre marketing. Scarcely…
Dundee Rep, DundeeThis modern reimagining of Shakespeare's gore-fest, set in a warehouse-style restaurant, is dynamically realised " in spite of some shaky verse-speakingWe're seated along t…
It has staged shows in a barn in Perthshire, a forest in Mid Argyll and now on a Glasgow canal. This shape-shifting company puts place at the heart of its playsFor two or three centuries, na…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghRona Morison is a smart, vivacious and quick-witted queen in Linda McLean's poetic historical drama, directed by David GreigWe're in the court of Mary, Queen of Scots …
Tron, GlasgowMoral questions about our complicity in war are muddied in this Faustian tale of a musician selling his soul for a shot at successThings were going well for Jake Rae in 1998. Hi…
Station Hotel, PerthThe second part of Oliver Emanuel's first world war trilogy is a confrontational patchwork that shatters the myth of Britain's cheerful army of working womenOne day last …
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghSandy Grierson brings humour and bitterness to Douglas Maxwell's tale of a redemptive mission, directed by Matthew LentonThe eponymous figure at the centre of Douglas …
Macrobert Arts Centre, StirlingIts bewildering mix of projections, music and ariel work makes Mark Murphy's show about a coma patient a technical marvel, but the story is ultimately prosaicI…
Tron, GlasgowIn this exquisite solo piece, with parallels to Shakespeare's play, the writer and performer David Leddy gets under the skin of an outsiderChris has an identity crisis. Played b…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghA crisp combination of stillness and urgency powers Caryl Churchill's teasing speculations on identityCaryl Churchill's two-hander zips along in an hour, so most eveni…
Traverse, Edinburgh Stef Smith's dystopian sci-fi two-hander, staged during the Edinburgh international science festival, anatomises our relationships with technologyThe lines of Neil Warmin…
Traverse, EdinburghStevie finds out about her husband's affair in Edward Albee's thrilling drama from a letter sent by their old friend Ross. What he wrote, she says, was "awful and absurd, …
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghDominic Hill's production of this sharply observed comedy is at its best when mocking the social embarrassments of polite societyNoël Coward's silly, subversive 192…
Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh Scottish writer James Robertson has translated selected scenes in this ravishingly lit and superbly designed production of Shakespeare's playJohn Michie's Leontes has…
Gary McNair has created a show using verbatim testimonies from hundreds of interviewees to reveal the prevalence of a hidden, misogynistic male languageGary McNair has accosted a stranger. H…
SSE Hydro, GlasgowFord Kiernan and Greg Hemphill return to the stage with an even more ambitious live show " and just as many laughsWhen does a sitcom get too big for its boots? It's a worry…
Traverse, EdinburghFisk, a meditative evocation of mental breakdown onboard a paper boat, is a highlight at the festival of animation, puppetry and movementThere's a turntable in the Travers…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghLutton's production of the classic 1967 novel is a metaphor for the underlying contradictions of colonialismIt feels like an unresolved chord. Everything is on edge. S…
Traverse, EdinburghThe beguiling playfulness of this rollicking adaptation cleverly amplifies the high drama of Anna Sewell's equestrian adventureThey should have called it Horse Play. This …
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghNeilson's playful take on the much-loved novel is an eccentric fantasia full of clever theatrical tricksIt was in this theatre 12 years ago that Anthony Neilson presen…
Tron, GlasgowAnything goes, especially Hans Christian Andersen's original story, in Johnny McKnight's hyperactive festive rompIf you're looking to buy some red glitter in central Glasgow, do…
Festival Square theatre, Edinburgh Bandleader Louis Jordan's songwriting skill shines through in this breezy jukebox show, which makes up for sparse plotting with abundant feelgood spiritHow…
Macrobert Arts Centre, StirlingHigh-density gags featuring a host of fairytale favourites cover up the narrative cracks in Johnny McKnight's subversive panto"Weans in the Wood is about some …
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghCora Bissett's spirited revival is performed by a fine ensemble beneath a towering set but doesn't go deeper than a lightweight observational comedyShe's a woman who f…
In 1968, MP Enoch Powell prophesied doom over mass immigration. Now, nearly 50 years later, Ian McDiarmid is playing him in new drama What Shadows. How does it feel to voice his notorious sp…