The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Following a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 as part of the Made in Scotland Showcase, Chunky Jewellery will tour to the Open the Door International Festival and more.
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the award-winning Fringe favourites Grid Iron will present the world premiere of Mayflies, a site-specific adaptation of Andrew O'Hagan's best-selling novel.
Kate Smurthwaite is going to write 20 completely different shows, one a day, each written in 24 hours, for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Awkward Prods announced a new solo show inspired by a real-life homophobic attack on performer Linus Karp in Soho.
Summerhall Arts announced its final 30 shows for its 2026 festival, including an 80-seat Sauna Theatre, Shaparak Khorsandi's debut play KISMET, Hannah Maxwell's new show, and productions from Francesca Moody Productions and theatregoose.
Julian Clary will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time in 17 years with FULLY DILATED, a limited ten-show run at Assembly Rooms' Music Hall, promising intimate revelations and his signature camp comedy.
Avalon announced its Edinburgh Festival Fringe theatre programme, featuring Bryony Kimmings' BOG WITCH, Flo & Joan's ONE MAN MUSICAL, and the UK debut of new musical THE REAL KYLE McCARREN.
THE DISTANCE, a new solo show written and performed by former Team GB runner Ben Norris, will have its world premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, produced by the teams behind SIX THE MUSICAL and CHOIR OF MAN.
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.
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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) |
