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Waitress has music and lyrics by American singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles and a book by Jessie Nelson based on the film of the same name by Adrienne Shelly. choreographer Lorin Latarro and multi-Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus, Royal Derngate Theatre, UK ,2022, Credit: Johan Persson

Waitress – a musical with the perfect recipe for success

Musicals are wonderful things - they can be set anywhere... high schools... London buses... The streets of Paris... And now, a pie diner in America....
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Engaging people with dementia through music and art

Memory Spinners, Scottish Opera's project designed to engage with people living with dementia through music and art, has begun. Sessions are taking place at Glasgow's...

Whisky and murder in the Scottish Field podcast

We've got whisky and writing in the 43rd episode of the Scottish Field podcast. We're just over two weeks away from the return of the...

The most ship-shape cookbook of all time

I always pictured food served aboard our mariners and matelots to be a school canteen situation with wrinkled sausages and dry mash. I’m thankful to...
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A Gothic version of Rabbie Burns’ stories

A contemporary take on the gothic Edinburgh of Rabbie Burns is coming to the capital this week. Tam O’Shanter, Tales & Whisky premiers at Assembly...

Soundtrack to Scots musical Orphans is released

National Theatre of Scotland has announced the launch of Orphans, the soundtrack of their brand-new Scottish musical. Orphans is a darkly comic musical about family,...


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