The glitzy pianist, who famously hid his sexuality, was dismissed as a "vulgar joke" in his lifetime. But a new play gets to the truth of who he was, in private as well as in public.

The 51-year-old comedian and podcast host on his love of Shakespeare, masculinity and his efforts to reverse the ageing process

Liberace’s critics may have dismissed him as flashy and vulgar, but Martin Sherman’s new play offers an fresh perspective on the storied entertainer, writes Joyce McMillan

Swinton takes a dead man’s identity, Glasgow’s heir to Billy Connolly heads on tour and Gillian Anderson, Keira Knightley and Natalia Osipova all hit the stage

We might have worked on different sets, for different directors, in different eras, but every child actor bears the same recognizable wounds.

A new magical Scottish musical about unbounding joy, impossible grief, a man, a woman and the little bits of paper that make up a life.  Starring Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s first Lear in its 75-year history is an ambitious and visceral modern updating.

Lear is to open at Pitlochry next month

The set depicts a typical Irish pub

28 years ago, Andrew Quick and Pete Brooks pioneered the use of film in theatre. They talk to Matt Barton about blazing trails, staging sci-fi, and "failing beautifully"

The sudden closure of the arts venue has left creative artists concerned about where they can show their work.

The first Out in the Hills festival was a stunning success, writes Joyce McMillan

New LGBTQ+ festival included McKellen in a fiery monologue and Norton in conversation, as well as a queer ceilidh and ‘kilted yoga’

The Emmy and Tony Award winner opens up his latest exciting venture at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre and why he now "just wants to make people gasp".

What is the effervescent new boss at Pitlochry theatre planning for his first season? Huge names, undersung stars – and a King Lear played by ‘the woman who changed my life’

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Queen of Crime, the iconic Val McDermid, is bringing her forensic gaze to bear on one of the theatre's most enduring mysteries -- the death of Christopher Marlowe in Deptford in 1593

Neil Cooper gives his verdict on beauty school drama and teen angst of Grease performed at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre

As Pitlochry Festival Theatre gears up for its summer season, the venue’s new artistic director Alan Cumming tells Joyce McMillan what makes it so special

Richard Baron and Ellie Zeegen’s studio-sized play rifles through Shepherd’s back pages for this dramatic homage that attempts to get to the…

Elizabeth Newman, Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, has adapted F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, which is now 100 years old, for the stage for the theatre she recently left, Pitloch...

Steve Carell stars in Succession creator Jesse Armstrong’s new satire targeting tech billionaires, while the long-awaited games console is finally here