If Shakespeare, Strindberg or Stoppard won’t prise you from your sofa and into the nearest theatre then Glasgow’s King’s and Theatre Royal latest offerings just might.
An array of stage adaptations of award-winning and blockbusting cinema hits are coming to town in the next few months. Here are five favourites:
After 26 years in the West End and an outing as a film in 2012 starring Daniel Radcliffe, Susan Hill’s classic Victorian chiller ‘The Woman in Black’, promises wall-to-wall thrills from Mon April 20 at the Theatre Royal.
Family favourite 'Shrek' and his band of fairytale misfits embark on a quest to rescue the beautiful (if slightly temperamental) Princess Fiona from the fire breathing, love-sick dragon at The King’s Theatre from Wed April 29.
Who would turn down the chance to sing along to Mel Brooks’ classics ‘Springtime For Hitler’ or ‘Keep It Gay’? Hit Broadway musical 'The Producers', starring comedians Jason Manford and Ross Noble, arrives at the Theatre Royal on Mon June 15. The stand up stars are joined by West End regulars Tiffany Graves and David Bedella.
Starring an array of TV favourites, including Tom Conti and 'Coronation Street' baddie Andrew Lancel, a new production of Reginald Rose’s gripping courtroom thriller 'Twelve Angry Men' begins its run in Glasgow at the Theatre Royal from Mon June 22.
Based on the 1988 Steve Martin and Michael Caine movie, 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' transports you to the French Riviera as two swindlers attempt to hoodwink a millionaire heiress. Sophisticated, suave and downright silly, it’s at The King’s Theatre from Tues June 23.
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