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Edinburgh Playhouse

Chicago

A sizzling production brings razzle-dazzle to Edinburgh Playhouse!

Festival Theatre

Grease The Musical

An exuberant, infectiously energetic production of a classic musical

Beasts of No Nation

A harrowing and surreal child’s eye view of conflict

Sacrilege

Watching this film is a more horrible experience than the nightmarish fates the characters experience

Kate

Assassin action drama a derivative waste of good talent

The Gateway

Muddled crime thriller sees Shea Whigham negotiate standard antihero tropes

Hall

Indie horror starts well but unfortunately drifts into mediocrity

Chernobyl 1986

Entertaining, if ridiculous, tribute to the true heroes of the Chernobyl disaster

Pitlochry Festival Theatre

The Covid Requiem

A tender tribute to those we have lost to COVID

Surge

Ben Whishaw pushed to physical and mental extremes in excellent thriller

Life Model

The Glad Cafe

Life Model / Deer Leader

Triumphant return to the stage for two of Glasgow’s finest.

Festival Theatre

balletLORENT: The Lost Happy Endings

A wonderful lesson in storytelling through the magic of fairytales

Denise Mina
Rizzio

True gem of a retelling of a shocking moment in Scottish history

Yakuza Princess

Brazil-based Yakuza epic never lives up to its enticing title

From the Vine

Crowd-pleasing story about rediscovering your roots hits all of the required narrative beats

Johnny Guitar

Crazy, brash and pioneering Western

Duel to the Death

Vastly influential swordplay martial arts is as thoughtful as it is silly

Pokey La Farge In The Blossom

Pokey LaFarge
In the Blossom of Their Shade

Pokey LaFarge presents a collection of songs filled with positive sentiment, lovely melodies and hopeful lyrics

Flowerland Pearl & The Oysters

Pearl and the Oysters
Flowerland

French-Americans’ third album is nice, if too summery

Mull Theatre [ONLINE]

Cailleach [ONLINE]

A beautiful albeit repetitive exploration of Celtic folklore