The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
The Garfield Weston Foundation has committed £250,000 toward the redevelopment of The Arts Theatre Cambridge, marking a significant funding milestone for the historic venue.
Response Theatre Company, the UK's first Meisner-based movement company, will present I MADE YOU A MIXTAPE at The Cockpit in London ahead of Edinburgh Fringe, featuring a 90s dorm party-inspired dance theatre show where no two performances are alike.
Imagine Theatre's GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BONNIE BEARS at Glasgow Pavilion will feature returning cast members Grado, Stephen Purdon and Scott Fletcher, joined by The Dolls' Louise McCarthy in her first appearance in the production.
A live-looped musical comedy about how far one woman will go to escape her demons… and which ScotRail service will get her there the fastest.
Spanning from 1980 to 1995, the story dives into the highs and lows of queer life during a time of upheaval, hope, and hard-won joy.
Based on astounding true events, Jackals is a contemporary retelling of the bewildering professional relationship between the young, ambitious Emma, and her fledgling doctor with a point to prove.
Guy Masterson will present 11 and a Half Angry Men, a spoof of the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe hit, at the Pleasance EICC Pentland Theatre.
Award-winning theatre company Jordan & Skinner will tour Scotland with DO NOT PASS GO, a new physical theatre and comedy show about Lizzie Magie, the uncredited inventor of Monopoly.
After six weeks of voting, BroadwayWorld readers have crowned Newsies the Ultimate Best Movie Musical in the 2026 edition of BroadwayWorld's Annual Bracket.
GARRY STARR: CLASSIC PENGUINS will present its biggest run yet at The Grand at Pleasance Courtyard during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performing every Penguin Classic novel ever written, mostly naked, with flippers.
Gilded Balloon announced the return of DORIS, DOLLY AND THE DRESSING ROOM DIVAS to Edinburgh's Gilded Balloon Patter House, reuniting the original cast of Gail Watson, Frances Thorburn, and Clare Waugh under writer-director Morag Fullarton.
THE BURNS PROJECT will return to Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre following previous sold-out runs.
RUPTURE, Company of Wolves, and Katharine Williams will present THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBOURS, a dance theatre show inspired by Glasgow's 2021 Kenmure Street protest, at the Citizens Theatre Studio.
Glasgow's Citizens Theatre announced its autumn season, marking one year since its reopening, with productions including EAST IS EAST, OTHELLO, TRISTAN AND YSEULT, and CINDERELLA.
A sparse gym in rural Donegal.
Written by Jess Brodie (nominee for the Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland St Andrews Playwriting Award 2024) and directed by Becky Hope-Palmer (Sherlock Holmes and The 12 Days of Christmas – Birmingham Rep, Woman Walking – Sylvian Productions), GUSH is a funny and frank exploration of the barriers
From Olympus to Hollywood and Paris, dancers, screen legends and Greek gods are starstruck by love as mythology meets backstage drama, with the sparkling Jazz Age music of George Gershwin and Maurice Ravel performed by the Scottish Ballet Orchestra.
The Caring Scotland project has launched Ten Portraits and The Sound Collection, highlighting the stories of care experienced people in Scotland.
Cheeyang Ng, winner of the 2024 Jonathan Larson and Fred Ebb Awards, will bring solo musical LEGENDARY to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Ivor Novello Award-winning composer Martin Green's FOLDING SONGS will receive its world premiere at Perth Theatre and Concert Hall, featuring vocalist Svetlana Spajić, guitarist Graeme Stephen, and a newly invented instrument called the Syndrone.
ACID'S REIGN, a drag climate musical from Relish Theatre, will present at the Edinburgh Fringe and Pleasance London, starring RuPaul's Drag Race alumni Victoria Scone and Scarlett Harlett.
Edinburgh-based Union Theatre will present MARY, Rona Munro's political thriller about Mary, Queen of Scots, at Hill Street Theatre, completing The James Plays cycle in Scotland.
Call the Midwife actor Laura Main, who got her start at Aberdeen Arts Centre at age 13, has been named patron of the venue as it continues its Save Aberdeen Arts Centre fundraising campaign.
Tom Johnson, Chris Roberts, and Rob Glenister will bring ARMAGEDDON OUTTA HERE to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a surreal sketch comedy hour following two astronauts as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth.
Brooklyn-based clown company DEVON LOVES ME! Productions will present TIME TRAVEL POSTMAN at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, following runs across the US and New York City's The Tank.
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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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Patient 13 Zoo (Playground 2) (8/07-8/30) VIDEOS |
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The Borrowed Room Woody's (7/31-8/01) |
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Black Blues Brothers: Let's Twist Again! Underbelly (8/05-8/31) |
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Rollers Forever King's Theatre (10/27-10/31) |
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Reparations Pleasance Courtyard (Above) (8/05-8/30) |
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Giraffe Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/31) |
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Long Way Home Gilded Balloon (Snug) (8/05-8/31) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! EICC (5/30-5/30) |
