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Stage & Visual Arts

The Secret of Sherlock Holmes, Kings Theatre, Edinburgh

What, one wonders, would Sherlock Holmes make of the latest drug scare surrounding the use of mephedrone, or meow-meow if you will?

Dreamboats and Petticoats, King’s Theatre, Glasgow

Take a hit parade’s worth of pop songs, add a plot and – hey presto!

Beware of men in white coats...

In an Edinburgh community centre, there’s something resembling a riot going on.

Peter Brook takes spiritual journey back to Scotland

When the great English theatre-maker Peter Brook opens his latest production, entitled 11 And 12, at Glasgow’s Tramway venue on Tuesday, he will be adding another chapter to the history of Scotland’s most internationally acclaimed performance venue.

Rich, subtle and surreal paintings haunt the soul

There are some works of art which burn their way instantly into your synapses.

Scattered, Macrobert, Stirling

As the much-hyped 3D illusion begins to creep out of the cinema and on to television and computer screens, this Motionhouse show is a welcome reminder that live dance is a 3D experience where the special effects come courtesy of highly-trained, exuberantly flexible bodies.

Patti Smith, Oran Mor, Glasgow

Patti Smith loved Oran Mor’s beautiful auditorium and Glasgow’s architectural heritage in general.

Maria of My Soul, Parkview Day Hospital, Shettleston

When Julie Fraser’s play was premiered at Oran Mor in 2008, audiences and critics warmed to the nippy sweetie character of Doris, and were rightly touched by her situation: alone at 73, living out her days in a care home and clinging onto her memories of one precious, magical night at the Plaza ballroom.

Three Sisters, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

At first glance, this 21st century reimagining of Chekhov’s absurdist romance looks set, not in some period Russian garrison town, but among the Sunday morning aftermath of a dinner party in a posh student flat in Edinburgh.

Glasgow Comedy Festival review

Theatre review

Sick, Cumbernauld Theatre

Life in a hospital bed can feel like death even if you actually do get out alive.

The Garden, Oran Mor, Glasgow

One of six new plays given scratch premieres at the Traverse during last year’s Edinburgh Fringe under the umbrella title The World Is Too Much, Zinnie Harris’s two-hander, which she also directs here, is the last in a short series of five Traverse/Oran Mor

Laurel and Hardy, Mull Theatre

This revival of Tom McGrath’s first play will be nearing the end of its tour when the first anniversary of the writer’s death falls at the end of next month.

Jimmy’s pulling power

Lots of comedians – and rock stars, for that matter – profess to love Glasgow and its audiences above all others, but when Jimmy Carr says it, you can’t help but believe him.

Sibling rivalry is an age-old problem

WHEN done badly, Anton Chekhov’s play, Three Sisters, can appear to be as much stuck in the past as its characters.

Reviews

Karen Gillan on being the new Doctor Who companion

So where’s the Tardis then?

The Hobbit’s adventures on stage

Toklein’s imaginary world is brought to life.

Success has been a long time coming for stand-up Lee Mack

It’s a funny thing, the fame game.

RSAMD students shine in the dark

Bright performance lights up the stage in new opera

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