The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
KIRSTY MANN: CORPSE, a solo show blending comedy and horror based on a true haunting, will present its fully-realized world premiere at Summerhall after winning Best Theatre at Adelaide Fringe.
Francesca Moody Productions and Global Creatures announced the world premiere of ROLEPLAY, a one-woman comedy-thriller written and performed by Hannah Reilly, directed by Paige Rattray, at Summerhall during the Edinburgh Fringe.
theatregoose will present the world premiere of THE PLOT at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Chris Cantrill (SNL UK, Icklewick FM) returns with the follow-up to 2024's critically acclaimed, sold-out Easily Swayed.
Edinburgh's Winter Festival generated a record £241m economic impact, with over 2.
Tron Theatre Company announced a revival of MY ROMANTIC HISTORY, D.
Even 400 pages or more cannot contain whole life, nor the personality
Gilded Balloon announced a third wave of 88 shows for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, featuring comedy, theatre, musicals and family programming across Teviot, Patter House and other city venues.
Sh!t Theatre's EVITA TOO, a mega musical about Isabel Perón, will make its Edinburgh Fringe premiere at ZOO Southside's Main House, following a sold-out run at the Southbank Centre's Purcell Room.
Amanda Knox, a woman who was wrongly convicted of murder in 2007, will bring a stand-up comedy performance to Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Sauna Sessions Arts Club's Sauna Theatre, the UK's largest sauna at 80-person capacity, will present theatre, music, literature, and Aufguss rituals at Summerhall Arts during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Egg Smash Productions will present NO HARD FELIX at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, following an off-West End run.
Kristina Libby, a Moth StorySlam winner and New Yorker humorist, will present her solo show I ALMOST DIED FOR THIS?! at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, tracing her real-life journey through brain injury, near-death, and a pandemic art movement.
Faced with the threat of their factory closing, and with 240 jobs on the line, there's no way the women of the Lee Jeans factory are going down without a fight.
Written by Aron Julius and directed by Mark Womack, Conteh is a powerful and emotive drama about the life of one of Liverpool’s sporting icons.
#DANISH will present four Danish works at Edinburgh Fringe, spanning queer physical theatre, contemporary opera, political performance lecture, and dance theatre across Summerhall and ZOO Venues.
Sadler's Wells announced choreographer Hofesh Shechter as the next Guest Artistic Director of National Youth Dance Company, with auditions underway across England ahead of a new production premiering next year.
BroadwayWorld is launching the May 2026 Games Challenge - a month-long streak competition open to fans across the U.
A wildly talented group of incredible instrumentalists, world-class wordsmiths, and sensational singers, this cast of nine (extra)ordinary guys serve it all.
The Citizens Theatre has announced the ensemble cast - Andy Clark, Martin Donaghy, George Drennan, Keith Fleming, Mary Gapinski, Robert Jack and Brian Vernel - for its new stage adaptation of The Long Drop by Denise Mina.
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.
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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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Threesome Braw Venues @ Hill Street Theatre (8/07-8/16) |
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Giraffe Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/31) |
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Giovanni: Unstoppable Alhambra Theatre (4/11-4/11) |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Alhambra Theatre (10/07-10/10) |
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15 Minutes of Shame ZOO (Playground 2) (8/07-8/30) |
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Felicity Ward: I Wish I Could Come Out Of My Shell Cab Vol 1 @ Monkey Barrell (8/17-8/30) |
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Sammy J: Hero Complex Underbelly Bristo Square (8/05-8/16) |
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Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody! Gilded Balloon Patter House - Other Yin (8/05-8/30) |
