From Bulgaria with Love at Kelvingrove
3 February 2025
Review: The warmest of welcomes for the staggering polyphonic vocals of Bulgarian Voices, visiting Celtic Connections at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove.
Performing Arts
Join us as we highlight the news and reviews from the world of music, opera, dance theatre, screenings and more.
On Your Feet! Femi Kuti at Celtic Connections
31 January 2025
Review: Femi Kuti and his band’s joyously infectious Afro-beat gets folk up and dancing at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall.
Give the People What They Want: corto.alto’s Celtic Collective
20 January 2025
Review: The corto.alto project brought together an almighty collective experience at Glasgow’s Barrowland for Celtic Connections on Sat 18th Jan, in the festival’s first weekend.
Bringing Folk Together: Celtic Connections 2025
19 December 2024
Having grown from relatively modest beginnings in 1994, Celtic Connections is the world’s premier folk and roots music festival, this year welcoming around 1,200 musicians and artists from 20 countries for 300 events in 25 venues across Glasgow.
Thinking Outside the Box at at Studio Theatre Edinburgh
10 December 2024
In a beautiful production taking ordinary objects and making them extraordinary and magical, Barrowland Ballet return to Edinburgh’s The Studio theatre with their award-winning production, The Gift.
Never Growing Up at King’s Theatre Glasgow
7 December 2024
Review: Glasgow pantomime legends Elaine C Smith, Darren Brownlie and Jonny Mac are back, bringing Peter Pan to the stage once more.
The Weekend Means Music: The Soundhouse Winter Festival
29 November 2024
A new music festival has kicked-off in Edinburgh: The Soundhouse Winter Festival features big names alongside up-and-coming artists from across Scotland.
You Shall Go to the Panto: Edinburgh Festival Theatre’s Cinderella
26 November 2024
Edinburgh’s Christmas-Hogmanay pantomime returns with a reliably spectacular family panto, Cinderella.
Basquiat and Cage Return to Fruitmarket Edinburgh in Deep Time
19 November 2024
The festival of new music Deep Time returns to Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket, inspired by composer John Cage and artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who made their marks there 1984.
Mist & Wing Single Takes Off
16 November 2024
Scottish Country-folk duo Mist & Wing – Alan and Grace Murray – are launching a new single, Fade, with a short Scottish tour.
Aladdin at Theatre Royal, Glasgow
12 November 2024
Review: Aladdin has boarded the magic carpet and arrived in Glasgow (in style!)
The Prince in Jeans: Hamlet at the Lyceum, Edinburgh
19 August 2024
Review: A bold, brave modern version of the classic Shakespeare play at the Edinburgh International Festival features a cast affected by Down’s syndrome.
Jaw-Dropping Jaw-Harp: Ustatshakirt Ensemble at The Hub
15 August 2024
Review: Edinburgh’s Hub plays host to the extraordinary sounds of traditional Kyrgyz music played and sung by the Ustatshakirt Ensemble.
Chilly Gonzales’ Recurring Dream at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall
13 August 2024
Review: Virtuoso piano maverick Chilly Gonzales returns to Edinburgh International Festival to scale further musical heights.
Jordan Rakei Finds the Sweet Spot at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall
9 August 2024
Review: Edinburgh International Festival welcomes the versatile Jordan Rakei to impress with his vast musical capabilities, at the Usher Hall.
Torment, Toreadors and Time-Travel: a Parisian Carmen at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre
7 August 2024
Review: Edinburgh International Festival’s staging of Opéra Comique’s production of Carmen transports the audience into a world of love, lust and betrayal.
Grupo Corpo: Bringing Brazil to The Playhouse, Edinburgh
7 August 2024
Review: The taste of Brazilian music, art, and culture is vivaciously captured in the vibrant music and exhilarating dance of Grupo Corpo at Edinburgh International Festival.
Mister E’s Mysteries: Please Right Back at Studio Theatre Edinburgh
6 August 2024
Review: Theatre group 1927’s production of Please Right back at Edinburgh’s Studio Theatre seamlessly blends imagination and reality to tell the story of the fantastical adventures of the elusive Mr.E.
Home Is Coming: The Outrun at Edinburgh’s Church Hill Theatre
5 August 2024
Review: The Outrun at Edinburgh’s Church Hill Theatre relates a painfully raw rite of passage for a young Orcadian woman, in a stage adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s memoir.
The Best of the Fests
30 July 2024
With the world’s largest arts festival happening in Edinburgh in August, the only question is where to start. Veteran festival critic Susan Mansfield selects highlights for Artmag readers from across the Festivals.
Hamming It Up: Naomi Paul’s UK Culinary Exploration
30 July 2024
Midlands-based writer/performer Naomi Paul makes a culinary journey from the Baltic to Birmingham.
Esther Swift is Bringing the Strings
12 June 2024
An immersive visual art and sound experience will launch Scottish harpist Esther Swift’s debut solo album.
Keeping it Reel: The Reeling Music Festival Returns to Glasgow
29 May 2024
Rising Scottish traditional music stars are due to play in Glasgow as The Reeling festival returns to the city’s Rouken Glen Park for a second year.
Hope of Happiness in the Ruins: The Girls of Slender Means at the Lyceum, Edinburgh
29 April 2024
Review: Muriel Spark’s drama depicting the hope of happiness in the poverty immediately following the Second World War is at Edinburgh’s Lyceum.
