Fiona Scott

Fiona works towards her medicinal chemistry PhD by day but can usually be found in a theatre at night. She enjoys writing about science, musicals and more!






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Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, King's Theatre Glasgow
Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, King's Theatre Glasgow
October 18, 2023

The touring version of the acclaimed Regents Park Open Air Theatre production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar comes to Glasgow. After an initial UK (indoor) run at the Barbican, the show toured the US before embarking on this UK tour.

Review: 42ND STREET, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Review: 42ND STREET, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
August 22, 2023

“Come and meet those dancing feet” on Hope Street, where the UK tour of 42nd Street is making its Glasgow stop at the Theatre Royal. This sparking revival of this show-within-a-show started life at the Leicester Curve earlier this year.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: WE MUST DO THIS MORE, Royal Scot's Club
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: WE MUST DO THIS MORE, Royal Scot's Club
August 21, 2023

Six years after debuting at the PBH Free Fringe, We Must Do This More returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, this time playing at the Royal Scot’s Club. The show is an autobiographical piece that explores the highs and lows of female friendship over a year in the life of one Mhairi McColl.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE CLIMATE FABLES, Greenside @ Nicholson Square
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE CLIMATE FABLES, Greenside @ Nicholson Square
August 21, 2023

You have the opportunity to see two shows written and directed by Padraig Bond, on alternating days by coming along to The Climate Fables. On this particular day, Debating Extinction, a retelling of Rapunzel through a dystopian climate lens, was the show in question.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THUNDERSTRUCK, Scottish Story Telling Centre
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THUNDERSTRUCK, Scottish Story Telling Centre
August 19, 2023

What’s it really like to play the bagpipes? Should you ever meet your heroes? Thunderstruck is a dazzling one-man show where David Colvin retells the tale of a young piper from Fife, from when he picked up his first chanter to stumbling across, Gordon Duncan, a bin man from Pitlochry who was also a fellow piper, and pioneer in stretching the rules on what you could play on a set of bagpipes, who leaves an impact on the young piper forever.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TED HILL: TRIES AND FAILS TO FIX CLIMATE CHANGE, Assembly George Square, The Crate
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TED HILL: TRIES AND FAILS TO FIX CLIMATE CHANGE, Assembly George Square, The Crate
August 18, 2023

How do you fix climate change? Ted Hill thinks he has the answers.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CHRISSIE & THE SKIDDLE WITCH: A CLIMATE CHANGE MUSICAL, Greenside @ Riddle's Court
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CHRISSIE & THE SKIDDLE WITCH: A CLIMATE CHANGE MUSICAL, Greenside @ Riddle's Court
August 16, 2023

Geologise Theatre brings its environment-focussed musical to the Edinburgh Fringe. Written by Roberta Wilkinson and Matthew Kemp, the show is inspired by conversations with climate researchers and boasts a second-hand set, props and costumes, harmonised with hues of blues and yellows against a painted backdrop of a coastline.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ON YOUR BIKE, Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ON YOUR BIKE, Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
August 11, 2023

The Edinburgh Fringe truly demonstrates that anything can be a musical. Whether it’s recent political events, or a modern cultural phenomenon, On Your Bike gives the humble delivery driver a moment in the spotlight. After winning a best musical award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2021, the show returns to Edinburgh for another spin – pun intended.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CHILD OF SUNDAY, Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CHILD OF SUNDAY, Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
August 8, 2023

Hailing from Australia, Elisa Riddington brings her solo show, Child of Sunday, to the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the Free Fringe programme. The backdrop of the show on entry is a cross-shaped stained glass window with light pouring through. 

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: STUART GOLDSMITH: SPOILERS, Monkey Barrel
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: STUART GOLDSMITH: SPOILERS, Monkey Barrel
August 8, 2023

Everyone has a part to play in the fight against the climate crisis, even comedians, Stuart Goldsmith argues. His lighthearted hour at the Monkey Barrel gently encourages the audience to consider the climate and their everyday actions.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TINK, Underbelly Clover
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TINK, Underbelly Clover
August 8, 2023

It’s hard to believe there are any origin stories that haven’t been explored yet at this stage given the success of previous shows such as Unfortunate at multiple Fringe venues, but there is still one, tiny tale to be told: that of a certain fairy from JM Barrie’s Peter Pan and how she ended up so small. 

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BIG FISH, Assembly Rooms, Music Hall
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BIG FISH, Assembly Rooms, Music Hall
August 8, 2023

Big Fish is one of two shows presented by students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The musical is an adaptation of the 1998 Daniel Wallace novel and 2003 Tim Burton film of the same name. The screenwriter John August then worked with composer-lyricist Andrew Lippa to adapt the piece for the stage in 2012, with this version directed by Tom Cooper.

Review, THE MOUSETRAP, King's Theatre, Glasgow
Review, THE MOUSETRAP, King's Theatre, Glasgow
May 3, 2023

After nearly 30,000 performances at the St Martins Theatre, Agatha Christie’s play, The Mousetrap is also playing to theatres around the UK as part of a 70th anniversary tour. This week, the classic whodunnit comes to the Glasgow King’s Theatre.

Review: A MOTHER'S SONG, Macrobert Arts Centre
Review: A MOTHER'S SONG, Macrobert Arts Centre
February 25, 2023

What did our critic think of A MOTHER'S SONG at Macrobert Arts Centre?

Review: PETER PAN AND WENDY, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Review: PETER PAN AND WENDY, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
December 1, 2022

What did our critic think of PETER PAN AND WENDY at Pitlochry Festival Theatre?

Review: SISTER ACT, King's Theatre, Glasgow
Review: SISTER ACT, King's Theatre, Glasgow
November 16, 2022

What did our critic think of SISTER ACT at King's Theatre, Glasgow?

Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, Edinburgh Playhouse
Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, Edinburgh Playhouse
October 26, 2022

Way, way back, what back feels like, many centuries ago, an all-singing, all-dancing revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed by Laurence Connor, opened at the London Palladium in the summer of 2019.

Review: DREAMGIRLS, King's Theatre, Glasgow
Review: DREAMGIRLS, King's Theatre, Glasgow
October 12, 2022

What did our critic think of DREAMGIRLS at King's Theatre, Glasgow?

Edinburgh 2022: Review: STOP THE WORLD, WE'RE GETTING OFF, theSpace
Edinburgh 2022: Review: STOP THE WORLD, WE'RE GETTING OFF, theSpace
September 1, 2022

What did our critic think of STOP THE WORLD, WE'RE GETTING OFF at theSpace?

Edinburgh 2022: Review: HIYA DOLLY! at TheSpace @ Surgeon's Hall
Edinburgh 2022: Review: HIYA DOLLY! at TheSpace @ Surgeon's Hall
August 25, 2022

What did our critic think of HIYA DOLLY! at TheSpace @ Surgeon's Hall?



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