Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland Announce 2025 Shortlists
The 2025 Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland will be presented on the afternoon of Sunday June 8 at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh.
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OPERATION MINCEMEAT Set to Launch World Tour in 2026
Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award nominated Best Musical, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical is launching a globe-spanning World Tour.
Cast Set For BERNIE DIETER’S CLUB KABARETT at Edinburgh Fringe
The international cabaret icon and punk provocateur Bernie Dieter is set to make her return to the Edinburgh Fringe with her new show Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett.
Review: SPRING AWAKENING, Tron Theatre
Students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland upload Anya Reiss’s unique adaptation of Spring Awakening to the Tron this week.
Janine Harouni Returns To The Edinburgh Fringe With New Show
2023 Best Show nominee Janine Harouni is returning to this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her brand-new hour ‘Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For'.
Aussie Vocalist Amelie Peters Will Make EdFringe Debut
One of Adelaide's most sought after vocal coaches, award-winning performer, songwriter and vocalist Amelie Peters will make her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut Sink or SING.
Review: DOON THE WATTER, Paisley Centre
Join two sisters as they set off and go on an exciting trip ‘doon the watter’ to their favourite island! With the salty sea breeze in their hair and the gentle waves carrying them along, they fill the journey with stories of magical mermaids, soaring seabirds, and mischievous seal pups who love
Review: MISTERO BUFFO, Òran Mór
An actor bursts into the theatre, pursued by the authorities.
Review: KIM'S CONVENIENCE, Pavilion Theatre
Now a global smash hit, this hilarious and heartwarming drama about a family-run Korean store that inspired the Netflix phenomenon, is written by Ins Choi, who calls the play his 'love letter to his parents and to all first-generation immigrants who now call Canada their home.
Eight Australian Acts Will Be Showcased By House of Oz This August in Edinburgh
House of Oz will return to Edinburgh, with eight Australian shows across multiple venues, and a range of genres from dance, opera, cabaret, musical comedy, acrobatics to dark thriller.
Interview: Aidan MacColl On Making His West End Debut In POP OFF, MICHAELANGELO!
BroadwayWorld caught up with Aidan MacColl to chat about making his West End debut in Pop Off, Michaelangelo!
Francesca Moody Productions Launches SHEDINBURGH Edinburgh Fringe Spinoff
The Edinburgh Fringe is changing – and SHEDINBURGH is rewriting the narrative.
Joe Kent-Walters Returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe With More Frankie Monroe
Award winning comedian Joe Kent-Walters is set to return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with a brand new hour, 'Joe Kent Walters is Frankie Monroe: DEAD!!! (good fun time)'.
Kate Skinner Will Lead HELP! I’M TRAPPED IN A ONE-WOMAN SHOW at Edinburgh Fringe
Broadway and television star Kate Skinner has been announced to star in Help! I’m Trapped In A One-Woman Show, written by Mark Hampton with Skinner, at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025.
Summerhall Arts Reveals Inaugural Festival Programme
Summerhall Arts has launched its inaugural festival programme, and the 14th to take place in the now iconic Summerhall building this August.
Ellie Keel Makes Playwriting Debut With SKYE: A THRILLER at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
K Media and Summerhall Arts have announced the world première at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 of SKYE: A Thriller, by Sunday Times bestselling author and award-winning theatre producer Ellie Keel, in her playwriting debut.
Here & Now Showcase Returns To The Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Here & Now will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 with a programme of the best dance, installation, integrated performance, movement and theatre being created in England right now.
Underbelly Unveils 2025 Programme For 25th Year at the Edinburgh Fringe
2025 marks Underbelly's 25th year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, celebrating a milestone year at the heart of the world's biggest arts festival.
THE SCARING Comes to Edinburgh Fringe 2025
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominees Crybabies (James Gault, Michael Clarke, Ed Jones) and the Olivier Award-winning producers behind Fleabag and Baby Reindeer join forces to present The Scaring.
SPACE HIPPO Returns To Edinburgh Fringe
The hilarious, weird, and epic sci-fi from Japan is back! Space Hippo returns for Edinburgh Fringe 2025, with an updated script and even more space-hopping irreverence than before.
JUMPER BUMPS Will Debut at EdFringe
Jumper Bumps by Amelia Rodger will premiere at Fringe 2025 with a run at Gilded Balloon Appleton Tower in August.
Review: STUDIO 3 SEASON, Tron Theatre
The three plays that form this mini-rep season were all first commissioned by A Play, A Pie & A Pint, and are now receiving a revival in the Tron Theatre Changing House Studio.
Review: JELLYFISH, Bedlam Theatre
JELLYFISH is a one-act, absurdist comedy coming to Bedlam Theatre this April in collaboration with Filfbag Theatre.
Equity Re-Elects Paul W Fleming As General Secretary
Equity members have overwhelmingly re-elected Paul W Fleming to serve a second term as General Secretary of the performing arts and entertainment trade union.
215 Festival Specialists Gathered This Week In Edinburgh For European Arts Festivals Summit 2025
Hosted by the Edinburgh International Festival, Festivals Edinburgh, and the City of Edinburgh Council, the Arts Festivals Summit 2025 of the European Festivals Association's (EFA) welcomed over 200 festival professionals for a four-day conversation about festivals, arts, and the role of arts festiv
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Antigone 1989: A Town Hall Musical Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/05-8/29) |
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Elvis in Chaos Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street (8/07-8/15) |
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Operotica: Lovers in Every Lifetime Underbelly Bristo Square (8/05-8/30) |
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Father, Away She Goes Zoo (Playground 1) (8/07-8/30) |
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An Ode to the Casting Director Assembly George Square Studios (8/05-8/29) |
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Glass Child Summerhall (8/06-8/16) |
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Thermodrama Summerhall (8/07-8/31) |
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A STAN IS BORN! – Encore Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/06-8/16) |
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The List Festival Awards W Edinburgh (8/28-8/28) |
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Roomies Underbelly (Jersey) (8/05-8/31) |