A cult-musical rebooting camp, horror and rock since the 1970s
Maureen Beattie has been cast as Lear in a new Pitlochry Festival Theatre production adapted and directed by Finn den Hertog. The show, staged by artistic director Alan Cumming, has opened a run from 4 July to 1 August 2026 and reframes King Lear as a matriarchal tragedy performed by a largely Scottish company.
A new opera by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek, staged by Tom Morris for Scottish Opera and Opera Ventures, uses Kafka’s fable to explore how a carnival’s ‘galloping cure’ exposes a town to pain’s true cost. Cast features Daniela Mack, Justin Austin, and Susan Bullock; staging blends spectacle with biting social critique.
Tim Curry, famed for Rocky Horror and It, has died at his Los Angeles home at age 80. Reports say the actor suffered a stroke in 2012 and had been in recovery; no cause of death has been disclosed. Tributes highlight his flamboyant stage presence and chameleon-like screen roles across decades.