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CEILIDH, which is part of Alan Cumming's inaugural season as Artistic Director in this the Theatre's 75th anniversary year, is a musical that invites you to step into one of Scotland's oldest and most beloved traditions – a gathering to share songs, stories and, most importantly, dancing!  

Everyone knows how Jason won the Golden Fleece - everyone knows how he became a hero for all time - and everyone knows the part his wife, Medea, played in creating his legend - don't they?

McCabe is back and she has more to say than ever. After a health scare at 44, she was on a path to a more stress free life… Then her life came crashing down around her, followed by having to show her mum how to live in the modern tech world.

In this new musical about one of Scotland's most famous daughters, Flora is a reluctant heroine caught up in the power games of the men around her, as she braves imprisonment, fame, famine, migration and war in her lifelong struggle to keep her family safe.

Despite protests of his innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murders of his wife and her lover. Incarcerated in the notorious Shawshank facility, he quickly learns that no one can survive alone.

From the wings of the West End to the bright lights of Broadway, John Barrowman has spent more than three decades commanding stages and screens with irresistible charm and show-stopping vocals.

You may know her as Bake-Off Sue, Taskmaster Sue, Just A Minute Sue, or the Sue that gives you travel envy – but stand-up Sue is full of surprises. In this brand-new show, she shares the unlikely happenings from a career in the spotlight.

Kim Blythe is a cowboy – not the rugged, western kind but more like a questionable tradesman. Unsure but thriving after a sold-out Fringe run, Kim brings her second show Cowboy to the GICF for one last rodeo as she tries to make sense of it all. If you feel like you’re constantly winging it through life, then Cowboy is the show for you! If you don’t feel like that, it’s still a great show we promise.

Following her sold-out Fringe run and a smash-hit tour, MP-turned-comedian Mhairi Black returns with her Difficult Second Album.

The musical history lesson no-one asked for but everyone needs! SCOTS is the story ofScotland. Its past, present and future. Its people and places, triumphs and failures. All told by a figure who has seen it all...

Joy, a self-identified spinster librarian, is sad most of the time. Why would her parents place the burden of such a name upon her? When a particularly disastrous date leads to her potential beau declaring she needs to find a sense of humour, Joy wonders… what if he’s right? Could finding the funnies actually be the solution to living up to her name?

This year's winner will join previous recipients Janey Godley (2023), Susie McCabe (2024) and Rosco McClelland (2025). 

The not-too-distant future. A world where the air is unbreathable. A jury of twelve angry teenagers. A chance to put the adults on trial for the devastating damage they have done to the planet. Can they deliver justice, or are they just out for revenge?

Directed by John Tiffany (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Black Watch and Wild Rose), the uplifting and moving new production will run at Pitlochry Festival Theatre from 23 May- 27 June.

Emma walks into Dexter's life on the night of their graduation. One unsuspecting day that changes them both forever. But where will they be on this day next year? And the year after that? And every year that follows?

A desperate young woman and a smooth-talking swan go on an extraordinary flight across Edinburgh’s starlit city skies and pulsing basement bars in this uplifting new musical featuring original songs, and live music on stage with Dale Parker on piano, and musician Rachel Duns (Scottish Jazz Awards Rising Star) on saxophone.

Directed by Michael Longhurst (Constellations, Caroline or Change, and former Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse) this spellbinding revival explores one woman’s fractured reality with heart and humour.

The heart of Scottish theatre beats proudly this year at the Pavilion Theatre Glasgow. From bold new musicals to laugh-out-loud comedy and powerful drama, the theatre has programmed a vibrant celebration of Scotland’s stories, voices and unmistakable spirit in the first half of 2026.

Glenn McQuaid’s pitch-perfect ode to high melodrama and the sci-fi/horror mash-up, The Restoration at Grayson Manor, meets the Universal Monsterverse in a uniquely camp sci-fi horror comedy.

A darkly funny comedy about an incarcerated man who does whatever he can to honour his late pal and make him a legend.