The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
In a brand new hour for Edinburgh 2025, the erudite and endlessly affable comic Alice Fraser has brought A Passion for Passion to Underbelly Bristo Square this year - a comedy show about writing a book about romance.
Family-friendly clowning is packed with silly audience interaction and goofy gags in this cheerful morning show.
Irene tumbles through the wintry dark, braving the cold, the night and the wind.
Prohibition is in full swing but you're invited to flout the rules at The Snapper…if you have the password, that is.
Full of juxtapositions and fizzing comedy, Aussie-but-Edinburgh-resident Laura Davis has opened up their heart with witty hour Despair Is Beneath Us.
Hot Mess: a new musical.
How do you rebel against parents who are already rebels? Form a band? Cool.
Henry Cyril Paget was one of the world's wealthiest men, until he lost it all by being too damn fabulous.
When Shaun turned his back on the church, he found a new home in music.
Podcaster, comedian, and bestselling author of The Guilty Feminist, Deborah Frances-White wants to know when we stopped talking and, more importantly, listening to each other.
Newly-widowed Mrs Lovett needs to find a way to survive.
Edinburgh-based international magician Kevin Quantum is offering free and cut-price tickets for a special performance in Granton of his hit Fringe show.
Emily Wilson returns to the Fringe at long last and proves herself, yet again, as one of the funniest acts at this years Fringe.
Devil's Point is an interesting show with plenty of potential, but one which never quite succeeds in engaging us fully.
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd proves himself as one of the funniest men Scotland has ever produced.
When two old friends meet at a haunt from their youth they relive their exciting teenage years in the poptastic seventies.
Dundee Rep Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for a major new production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, directed by Dundee Rep Theatre’s Artistic Director, Andrew Panton.
After her hit sold-out show at last year’s Fringe, national treasure Miriam Margolyes returns with a brand new piece.
Advertised as a 'moving and darkly comic remix' of Shakespeare's famous tragedy, Lost Lear retells the play through the eyes of Joy, an elderly dementia patient and former actress trapped in a perpetual memory of rehearsing King Lear for the stage.
Khalid Abdalla (The Kite Runner, The Crown) redefines and reclaims the solo show in a lyrical tapestry where resistance, displacement and selfhood are delicately woven through an avant-garde aesthetic.
In a perfectly paced show featuring musical numbers and smooth crowd work, Robyn Reynolds details the ups and downs of her life – or rather, brings out the silver lining in the downs.
Jennifer Irons’ roller-skating solo show Bad Immigrant nearly ended at the Edinburgh Fringe after unsafe stage conditions forced a canceled performance.
In 2023 TikTok sent a notification to millions of users with Jodie's face, and the caption 'Is She Hot?'.
Josh Elton makes an assured and highly memorable Fringe debut with Away With The Fairies, a show which captures both the unfiltered chaos of the life of a comic and the mythic absurdity which shapes it.
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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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Mythos: Ragnarök Assembly Rooms (Music Hall) (8/06-8/29) |
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Disney''s Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert Usher Hall (12/03-12/03) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! EICC (5/30-5/30) |
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Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years The Lemon Tree (9/24-9/24) |
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Venue Premium - Two Doors Down OVO Hydro (9/25-10/11) |
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A Better Memory The Green at Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33) (8/05-8/30) |
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The New Year Lime Studio Greenside@George Street (8/07-8/15) |
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Trainspotting The Musical Edinburgh Playhouse (10/19-10/24) |
