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Gary McNair in Dear Billy PIC: Eoin Carey

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Sir Billy Connolly.

5 of the best films starring Billy Connolly

Gary McNair PIC: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Gary McNair on his new Billy Connolly show, Dear Billy

A dress rehearsal for the Scottish Opera's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers, at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow.

Scottish Opera boss tells of ‘direct impact’ of ‘diminution’ of music teaching

Jackie Wylie is artistic director and chief executive of the Nationa Theatre of Scotland. Picture: Kirsty Anderson

National Theatre pledges to bring in 'more diverse voices' under future vision

The National Theatre of Scotland's production of Kidnapped is currently touring across Scotland (Picture: Mihaela Bodlovic)

Stage reinvention of Kidnapped shakes up idea of a night at the theatre

Writer Andrew O'Hagan. Picture: Jon Tonks/PA Wire

Mayflies author Andrew O’Hagan to launch new Truman Capote play at the Fringe

Ryan J Mackay and Malcolm Cumming will be playing Davie Balfour and Alan Breck Stewart in the forthcoming National Theatre of Scotland production of Kidnapped. Image: Laurence Winram

Kidnapped: Turning Stevenson's adventure into a new coming-of-age stage show

Andy Arnold is artistic director of the Tron Theatre in Glasgow. Picture: John Johnston

Tron Theatre boss hits out after city council pulls the plug on its funding

Eilidh Loan PIC: National Theatre of Scotland

Ones to watch in 2023: Eilidh Loan

The National Theatre of Scotland show Thrown will be performed around Scotland to coincide with Highland Games events before a run at the Edinburgh International Festival in August. Picture: Mihaela Bodlovic

Thrown: The all-women stage show exploring ‘what it means to be Scottish’

Ewan Black as Turnbull, Malcolm Cumming as Donald and Daniel Cahill as James IV PIC: Mihaela Bodlovic

Arts review of 2022: Joyce McMillan on the year in theatre

Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP was watched by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as he delivered his budget to the Scottish Parliament.Picture: Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament/PA Wire

Creative Scotland in crisis after 10 per cent Scottish Government funding cut

National Theatre of Scotland artistic director Jackie Wylie (front row, second from right) with some of artists and creatives working on the company's 2023 shows. Picture: Kirsty Anderson

National Theatre reviews role due to 'fragile' economic climate

Gary McNair is creating the National Theatre of Scotland show 'Dear Billy.' Picture: Tommy Ga Ken Wan

New Billy Connolly-inspired stage show to go on tour around Scotland

The Stamping Ground, a new musical inspired by the songs of Runrig, has been one of the most successful shows at Eden Court this year. Picture: Ewen Weatherspoon

Arts centre to cut jobs, scale back opening hours and offer discounted tickets

Omar Austin as Joseph Knight in Enough of Him PIC: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Enough of Him: new play remembers the slave who won his freedom in a Scottish co...

Actor, director and playwright Isobel McArthur and musician, sound designer and composer Michael John McCarthy are leading the creation of the new stage version of Kidnapped for the National Theatre of Scotland.

Kidnapped: Stevenson adventure to become 'coming-of-age rom com' for the stage

Rocket Post! comes to the Barn next month. (Tommy Ga-Ken Wan)

A story that is out of this world ...

Alan Cumming is portraying Scotland's most celebrated poet, Robert Burns, in the new dance-theatre show Burn, which is currently touring Scotland. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Festival Diary: Alan Cumming returns for book festival and a bagel party

Alan Cumming in Burn.

EIF theatre review: Alan Cumming in Burn

The Book of Life

Edinburgh International Festival: 4 theatre highlights for 2022

The National Theatre of Scotland is creating it own version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for Paisley over the next year. Picture: Robert Perry

Wizard of Oz to be relocated to Paisley by National Theatre of Scotland

Nigel Havers presents The Bidding Room. which will be filmed in Leith Theatre for around 10 weeks this year.

The Bidding Room: Historic theatre to be become new home of daytime TV show

Chloe Hodgson, Amy Conachan, Betty Valencia and Amber Sylvia Edwards in Orphans. PIC: Mihaela Bodlovic

Theatre reviews: Orphans | My Doric Diary

Orphans will officially open at the Armadillo in Glasgow on Thursday. Picture: Mihaela Bodlovic

Making a song and dance out of Scottishness might make be a saviour for theatres

Alan Cumming, who is set to star as Robert Burns in his solo dance theatre debut during the Edinburgh International Festival. Picture: Edinburgh International Festival/PA Wire

EIF launch: Theatre programme's scale impresses

Reuben Joseph, Harry Ward, Charlie West and Martin Quinn in rehearsals for the new National Theatre of Scotland production of Orphans PIC: Eoin Carey

'It's wild with grief' – Douglas Maxwell on adapting Orphans for the stage

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Nationwide audiences watch Gothic horror filmed at Leith Theatre - Liam Rudden

Erin Armstrong stars in Lena PIC: Murdo Macleod

How the Beacon in Greenock took centre stage

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is coming to Leith Theatre

Jekyll and Hyde: The strange case of the hybrid theatre show

Henry Pettigrew as Dr Jekyll and Dr Hyde in the National Theatre of Scotland's production at Leith Theatre

Watch National Theatre of Scotland's Jekyll and Hyde in a cinema near you

V&A Dundee will be playing host to a celebration of Scottish dancer and choreographer Michael Clark in 2022.

All the big Scottish cultural projects and events to look forward to in 2022

Ground-breaking Jekyll and Hyde is coming to Leith Theatre

Leith Theatre to host historic ‘live filming’ of Jekyll & Hyde

The National Theatre of Scotland will be transforming Leith theatre for its Edinburgh-set version of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Reimagined Jekyll & Hyde theatre experience to reopen Leith Theatre

Gerda Stevenson

Book review: Letting Go – A Timeline of Tales, by Gerda Stevenson

Dianne Pilkington in Bedknobs and Broomsticks PIC: Johan Persson

Bedknobs and Broomsticks: Scottish duo to bring Disney classic to the stage

Gabriel Quigley and Hannah Donaldson are starring in the new National Theatre of Scotland show The Enemy. Picture: Mihaela Bodlovic

How The Enemy raises key questions about future of live theatre – Brian Ferguson

Kieran Hurley in rehearsals for The Enemy PIC: Mihaela Bodlovic

Kieran Hurley on updating Ibsen for the National Theatre of Scotland

Hannah Donaldson and Gabriel Quigley are the stars of The Enemy. Picture: Mihaela Bodlovic

The 139-year-old health crisis play revived for the National Theatre's comeback

Playwright and poet Hannah Lavery

Hannah Lavery: 'My way in is to ask, who is at the edges, in the silence?'

Mangersta Beach (Traigh Mhangurstadh), Uig Peninsular, Isle of Lewis PIC: Roger Cox / JPI Media

For surfers on the Isle of Lewis, very good things come to those who wait

Director Cora Bisset and artistic director Jackie Wylie photographed at the SEC, Glasgow, for National Theatre of Scotland's season launch.

NTS announces journey back to live theatre

Lament for Sheku Bayoh PIC: Mihaela Bodlovic

Edinburgh International Festival preview: Theatre

Daisy Chute (right) with Midori Jaeger

The Scotsman Sessions #246: Daisy Chute with Midori Jaeger

A pro-democracy activist holds a yellow umbrella in front of a police line in Hong Kong (Picture: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

True values are not Scottish or British, they are universal – Joyce McMillan

Franesca Taylor Coleman has made her professional acting debut in Danni the Champion.

Hebridean teenager goes global with film debut made after lockdown drama classes

Alan Cumming in Out of the Woods, part of the National Theatre of Scotland's Scenes For Survival series

Arts review of 2020: Joyce McMillan on the year in theatre

Cameron Barnes and Blythe Duff launch their re-imagined version of The Pogues' Fairytale of New York to raise funds for two charities (Pic: Scott Wood)

Scots TV and music stars unveil stunning re-working of Pogues' Fairytale Of New ...

More than 5.5 million have watched the two films Janey Godley has made for the National Theatre of Scotland this year.

Cultural events set to stay online after audiences return – Brian Ferguson

Garry Robson appears in Tiny Tim by Robert Softley Gale as part of the Lyceum Christmas Tales. Picture: Aly Wight

Royal Lyceum Theatre cancels plans to bring audiences back for Christmas shows

Robert Louis Stevenson. PIC: Creative Commons.

Book review: A Friendship in Letters: Robert Louis Stevenson & JM Barrie, edited...

Sita Pieraccini

The Scotsman Sessions #148: Sita Pieraccini

Hannah Lavery

The Scotsman Sessions #143: Hannah Lavery

The 75th anniversary of the Edinburgh International Festival, which is staged at venues like the Usher Hall, will coincide with Festival UK 2022. Picture: Clark James

Scottish cultural organisations defend involvement in post-Brexit festival

National Theatre of Scotland artistic director Jackie Wylie says the Festival UK 2022 initiative has given the company the opportunity to work with an 'extraordinary' team of partners. (Picture: Eoin Carey)

Scottish culture can't turn its back on 'Festival of Brexit' – Brian Ferguson

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Ian Blackford is waving goodbye to his time as an MP.

Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford standing down at next election

Lorna Slater is the minister for green skills, circular economy and biodiversity. Picture: PA

Lorna Slater confirms deposit return plans scrapped in current form

Ange Postecoglou has left Celtic to take charge of Tottenham Hotspur. (Photo by Rob Casey / SNS Group)

Postecoglou Celtic exit confirmed as new Spurs boss delivers farewell speech