Fergus Morgan is The Stage’s Scotland Correspondent. He has also written for The Scotsman, The Independent, TimeOut, WhatsOnStage, Exeunt Magazine and Vice, and publishes The Crush Bar on Substack.
The festival has revealed the first details of its 2025 programme, including the world premiere from Scottish Ballet about Mary, Queen of Scots and the European premiere of Opera Queensland’s Orpheus and Eurydice
Elaine C Smith is a stalwart of Scottish comedy and pantos, and will next year be recognised with the Freedom of the
City of Glasgow. She tells Fergus Morgan about her celebrated career and why Scotland needs more touring theatre
Celebrated Shakspearean actor Oliver Ford Davies tells Fergus Morgan about biding his time when it came to playing lead roles, watching John Neville and Richard Burton at the Old Vic for just over 11p and why he felt compelled to play Malvolio in Twelfth Night
Jethro Compton and Darren Clark’s musical has made its way from Southwark Playhouse to the West End, but does its Cornish adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s short story still stir? Fergus Morgan rounds up the reviews
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has said it is ‘not in a position’ to pay out hundreds of thousands of pounds of box-office income owed to artists that performed at Summerhall in August
She may joke that she got her start in acting thanks to nepotism, but Ruby Bentall has proven herself in diverse roles on stage and screen, from Poldark to now taking on her first Shakespearean part. She talks to Fergus Morgan about her aims and inspirations
The Alan Partridge star plays four parts in this stage version of Stanley Kubrick’s classic comedy, but does Sean Foley and Armando Iannucci’s adaptation impress the press? Fergus Morgan rounds up the reviews
The luxury homes developer set to buy Summerhall has suggested that the venue’s future will be “mixed-use”, but pledged that the arts will “remain a priority” at the site