If you’re looking for something a bit different from the usual musical theatre subject matter, then how about a show about two sociopathic serial murderers from the Great Depression? 23 year old Bonnie Parker and 25 year old Clyde Barrow achieved notoriety and a lasting infamy due to their bank robbing and subsequent killing spree on the run across the USA in the 1920s. SPOILER ALERT! Dying in a hail of 167 steel jacket bullets in their Ford V8 on a lonely back road in rural Louisiana. Ivan Menchel’s Bonnie and Clyde endeavours to explain the reasons behind the pair’s life choices: poverty, la ..read more

When she was six years old playwright Zoë Bullock was given Annouchka Gravel Galouchko’s picture book Shō and the Demons of the Deep (originally Shō et les Dragons D’Eau) by her Japanese grandmother. The tale of the inhabitants of a Japanese village who, when troubles arise, simply throw them into the sea. But the sea becomes full to overflowing with demons and the villagers end up with even greater troubles to deal with. Bullock has used the story as the basis for this family-friendly, visually exciting play, but expanded it and added original flourishes: the sea in the book is a river in th ..read more

The Theatre Royal, Glasgow is one the latest venues set to see the National Theatre’s global smash-hit production of War Horse visit as part of a major 18-month UK and Ireland tour. The unforgettable theatrical event based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel, arrives for the first time in Glasgow for two weeks from 25 March – 5 April 2025. War Horse, adapted by Nick Stafford and originally directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, has become the most successful play in the history of the National Theatre, winning more than 25 majo ..read more

Faye Treadwell trail blazed the way, becoming the first female African-American music manager of note. On the death of her talent manager husband in 1967, Treadwell took over the sole management of one of his most famous acts – The Drifters. As known for their ever-changing line-up (60 members over the years) as for their raft of hits in the 50s, 60s and 70s, The Drifters are still touring to this day. Indeed they have an eye-watering number of dates in the UK stretching well into 2025.   In The Drifters Girl, Treadwell recounts her inspiring story to her young daughter. There is much of ..read more

Human stories are so often lost in the greater turmoil of life in Afghanistan. Matthew Spangler’s adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s 2005 novel The Kite Runner principally tells Amir’s story of guilt and redemption played out against the backdrop of 25 years of Afghan history, pre-Russian Invasion to Taliban regime. The events of the winter of 1975 change the privileged Amir’s life forever. His horrific betrayal of his childhood friend Hassan, the son of his father’s servant and kite running expert, leave him with a lasting sense of guilt and shame. In the present, Amir is living in California wh ..read more

The King’s Theatre in Glasgow are delighted to announce the multi award-winning musical CHICAGO will be coming to the venue from 18-23 August 2025 and tickets are on sale now. Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, CHICAGO is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage o ..read more

Originally scheduled for 2020, this revival of David Dawson’s 2016 work Swan Lake, heralds spring for Scottish Ballet. Gone is the traditional villain Rothbart, gone are the lavish sets and gone are the feather-laden tutus. Dawson’s has eloquently and elegantly pared back the classical masterpiece to its essential story of first love and rooted it firmly in the present. John Otto’s minimalistic set is simplicity personified, the palette muted shades of grey, the set dressing almost non-existent. Costume designer Yumiko Takeshima’s swan’s barely clad in white leotards with a suggestion of feat ..read more

It is a damning indictment of the society in which we live when a post-apocalyptic world such as the one portrayed in Tortoise in a Nutshell and Norway’s Figurteatret i Nordland’s Ragnarok isn’t that hard to imagine: the situation in Gaza, climate change, deforestation, pollution, hunger, make it all depressingly familiar. Taking inspiration from the catastrophic Norse end of days myth, we come to the story with our young heroes (a brother and sister), three years on and knee-deep in an end of the world scenario. Odin’s ravens Hugin and Munin communicate with our young heroine and the Celtic W ..read more

Audiences in Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh have the chance to experience a revival of world-renowned director Sir David McVicar’s (Il trittico 2023) treasured production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata this summer. Opening at Theatre Royal Glasgow on 8 May, this passionate staging began life at Scottish Opera in 2008 and has frequently been seen at the houses of co-producers Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, and Welsh National Opera. It brings the Company’s 61st Season to a sumptuous close. Soprano Hye-Youn Lee  ..read more

David Ian for Crossroads Live is delighted to announce that Elaine C. Smith will play the role of The Childcatcher in the new production of the most fantasmagorical musical of all time, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG flying into The King’s Theatre, Glasgow from 27 August – 8 September 2024. Elaine will join Olivier-nominee Adam Garcia as Caractacus Potts, Emmerdale star Liam Fox as Grandpa Potts, Ellie Nunn as Truly Scrumptious, Martin Callaghan as Baron/Sid, Jenny Gayner as Baroness/Violet, Adam Stafford as Boris, M ..read more