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Maureen Beattie looks to the future with her take on Lear

FOR Scottish theatre doyenne Maureen Beattie, it makes perfect sense for King Lear to be played by a woman – even if it could have Shakespeare…

The National (Scotland)

Scottish musical cancelled one hour before curtain at King's Theatre

A theatre show with an all-star cast was called off one hour before curtain tonight

The National (Scotland)

The High Life: The Musical, Still Living It! review – Alan Cumming’s creation flies into deliriously silly panto territory

Cumming and Forbes Masson revive their cult 1994 TV sitcom with brilliant songs and a Beano-esque plot as budget Air Scotia is threatened with takeover

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Orphans: Gritty absurdist play about two damaged brothers has mystery and threat

4/5 This revival of Lyle Kessler’s Philadelphia set play at Jermyn Street Theatre energetically tells the story of two orphan brothers having their strange world punctured by an outsider

Evening Standard

Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson reunite for The High Life musical

Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson are reuniting with other original members of The High Life cast to create a musical based on the 1990s TV show

The National (Scotland)

Alan Cumming and other original cast from The High Life reuniting for musical

The show will tour Scotland in spring 2026.

Evening Standard

The best theatre to stream this month: Jekyll & Hyde, Daniel Kitson’s Tree and more

Forbes Masson stars in Gary McNair’s version of the gothic novella, Tim Key joins Kitson in an Old Vic two-hander and Jason Manford celebrates all musicals great and small

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Farm Hall review – riveting wartime thriller shows secret mission to bug German nuclear scientists

As the race to produce the first atomic bomb nears its terrible conclusion in 1945, six members of Germany’s nuclear weapons programme are detained at a stately home in Cambridgeshire

The Guardian - UK

Where are the cast of The High Life now?

Divorce, death, and Hollywood - the cast of the classic one season show The High Life have had different paths since Air Scotia landed their last flight.

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