Tired of waiting for broadcast commissions, National Theatre of Scotland takes its sharpest stage talent directly to cinemas this autumn in Future Acts.
A slick marriage of honky-tonk twang and musical theatre, Oil & Whiskey boasts stellar vocals and sharp tunes, even if its script needs more emotional grit.
Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson bring effortless warmth to A History of Paper, a bittersweet musical turning scraps of memory into a tender romance.
In "The Real Kyle McCarren," co-creators Andy Roninson and Sean McVerry turn sudden, devastating personal loss into a virtuosic, uplifting anatomy of grief.