Matt Elliot

Larry Dean came to my attention earlier this year after catching him on BBC One's Live at the Apollo and the new Comedy Central show, Roast Battle. He is definitely a rising star and one of Scotland's fastest-growing comedians.

American Idiot is an adaption of the hit Green Day album of the same name. The musical follows three boys, Johnny, Will and Tunny, in their struggle to find meaning in a broken world.

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical makes a return visit to the Edinburgh Festival for its 11th consecutive year. The premise is simple; create a brand new musical from scratch at every performance, the execution is not.

Alex Edelman won Best Newcomer at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe and now returns with his third solo show, Alex Edelman: Just for Us. From the moment he comes out on stage you know you are in for a top class evening of comedy.

Six began as a Cambridge University student production before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe last year. It returns to Edinburgh this year following on from a successful run at the Arts Theatre in London and a UK tour.

Courtney Act will be best known to UK audiences from her winning stint Earlier this year in Celebrity Big Brother. More dedicated fans will know Courtney as Season 6 runner up of Ru Pauls Drag Race. She is in fine form as she takes us 'Under the Covers' of some of her favourite songs, accompanied by funny and sometimes touching stories about her life.

Creatives is a dark comic pop-opera written by Irvine Welsh and Don De Grazia with music by Laurence Mark Wythe. Set in a Chicago song writing class where students get together to create and critique each other's work, former student and now superstar Sean O'Neil returns to judge a song writing contest resulting in a finale full of revenge and jealousy.

Ed Gamble returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his new show 'Mammoth'. A show that will have you laughing from beginning to end.

Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story is the shocking true story of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, two soon to be trainee lawyers who kidnap and murder a 14 year old boy in their desire to commit the perfect crime. Returning to the fringe for the first time since 2014 this production reunites the original creative team, with direction by Guy Retallack and Musical Direction by Kris Rawlinson.

Nineteenth-century London comes to life when Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and, of course, Ebenezer Scrooge take you on a fantastical journey through Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Scrooge's story of redemption remains as powerful and uplifting as ever. Adapted for the stage by Joseph Hanreddy and Edward Morgan, A CHRISTMAS CAROL runs November 28 - December 21 at Houston Family Arts Center.

Nineteenth-century London comes to life when Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and, of course, Ebenezer Scrooge take you on a fantastical journey through Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Scrooge's story of redemption remains as powerful and uplifting as ever. Adapted for the stage by Joseph Hanreddy and Edward Morgan, A CHRISTMAS CAROL runs November 28 - December 21 at Houston Family Arts Center.

An atheist, womanizing, 316-pound communist spy brought controversy to Detroit when he painted murals on the walls of the newly constructed Detroit Institute of Arts in 1931. Workers in gas masks making poisonous effluvium, ugly women posed topless, doctors and scientists posing with a child in a mock nativity scene; ahh ... this is art - the art of Diego Rivera.

Theatre Southwest presents 'The 16th Annual Festival of Originals' produced by Mimi Holloway. For the 16th time, Theatre Southwest presents 5 new plays directed by 5 directors performed by 5 casts. Drama, Suspense and Comedy all in one entertaining evening of live theatre. Scroll down for a sneak peek at this year's shows!

Theatre Southwest presents 'The 16th Annual Festival of Originals' produced by Mimi Holloway. For the 16th time, Theatre Southwest presents 5 new plays directed by 5 directors performed by 5 casts. Drama, Suspense and Comedy all in one entertaining evening of live theatre. Scroll down for a sneak peek at this year's shows!

Dracula is a name that invokes fear and terror in me. Not because it is a horror story, but because just about every adaptation of Bram Stoker's legendary Gothic novel gets it so wrong that I am left completely cold and empty. Astonishingly, this is not the case with Theatre Southwest's brilliant and opulent production of DRACULA, written by Steven Dietz and directed by Ananka Kohnitz.

Derby Playhouse present Stephen Sondheim's insight into the complexities of modern relationships, Company, directed by Karen Louise Hebden.