The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Comedian and author Olaf Falafel will present his 15th and 16th Edinburgh Fringe shows, including a kids' comedy hour and an adult stand-up show shortlisted for the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Best Show Award.
Edinburgh Fringe First winner KANPUR: 1857, a satirical play about colonial history written by and starring Niall Moorjani, will present at Glasgow's Tron Theatre in association with Glasgow Mela.
The Chichester Festival Theatre, Stage Entertainment and Sheffield Theatres production of SINGIN' IN THE RAIN will tour the UK and Ireland, including a summer season at London's Sadler's Wells, following a Christmas run at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.
Palestinian-Syrian actor Arwa Omaren will present a one-woman reimagining of Euripides' 'The Trojan Women' at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, weaving her own experience of displacement and exile into the classical text.
Actor and writer Megan Tomei will make her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut this summer with the UK premiere of her darkly comic one-woman show SpinQueen at Jade Studio at Greenside.
After a 30-year delay in the departure lounge, The High Life returns in a new musical spectacular featuring all four original cast members - Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Siobhan Redmond and Patrick Ryecart.
Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre announced TRAVFEST26, its annual August new writing festival, featuring world premieres including CATHY starring Elaine C.
Puppeteer and clown Dik Downey makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut at 63 with DON QUIXOTE (IS A VERY BIG BOOK), a one-man show at the Pleasance Dome blending slapstick, puppetry, and Cervantes' 939-page novel into 55 minutes.
HOLE!, the two-hander musical comedy from American Sing-Song, will transfer to Soho Theatre's main space before returning to Edinburgh Fringe, following a sold-out 2025 run and performances at The Public Theater in New York.
Stephen Webb on touring with The Rocky Horror Picture Show which comes to Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre in June.
Comedian Ron Placone will premiere ANTI-FASCIST PASTA NIGHT at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a political stand-up hour exploring politics, culture, and the anti-fascist roots of pasta, with preview shows in Los Angeles and New York.
Alfie Dundas, a viral comedian with over 100 million online views, will make his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with FIRST CLASS PANIC at Pleasance Courtyard's Bunker Three.
Honk! comedy nights will present a series of Edinburgh Fringe work-in-progress shows at Rebellion Brewery in Marlow and The Relais Henley, featuring acts including Sophie Duker, Rosie Holt, and Catherine Bohart.
Opened in 1991 with the support of the UK recorded music industry through The BRIT Trust and the BPI, The BRIT School is the leading Performing and Creative Arts school in the UK and is completely FREE to attend.
You are invited to a funeral like no other, as we gather together with acclaimed performer and singer Hannah Howie for a glorious send-off for her boobs before a double mastectomy.
The Kobold Show!, a five-clown physical comedy from the co-creator of The Twenty-Sided Tavern, will present at Gilded Balloon during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after winning Best Ensemble at the NYC Fringe.
1960s rock band The Kinks never reached the towering commercial heights of The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, but Joe Penhall’s jukebox bio-musical Sunny Afternoon argues that their turbulent journey to stardom was no less dramatic.
In a small Rust Belt town in Pennsylvania, friendships are forged through sweat and laughter.
This year’s program reflects the ambition of Australia’s creative output, spanning everything from contemporary circus and physical theatre to comedy, drama, music and immersive experiences.
Edinburgh's Union Theatre will make its theatrical debut with Peter Arnott's SHALL ROGER CASEMENT HANG?, a dramatisation of Irish Nationalist Roger Casement's arrest and interrogation, performed at Hill Street Theatre.
The shortlists for the 2026 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland which have been released today, Thursday May 7
Scottish theatre artist Sharron Devine's one-on-one multi-sensory experience THE ONLY WAY OUT IS IN will have its Scottish première at Pitlochry Festival Theatre's Explorers Garden as part of Alan Cumming's inaugural season as Artistic Director.
Choreographer and dancer Joel Bray will make his UK debut with his autobiographical sugar-coated confessional, Daddy.
Kick It Anywhere, the company behind sell-out hit Brixton Calling, will present THE JOLLY FISHERMAN at Edinburgh Festival Fringe's Underbelly George Square, starring Alex Hill and Olivier-nominated Jonny Khan.
Lukas Meintjes brings B48Y CRASH LANDS ON EARTH to Edinburgh's Assembly George Square Studios following sell-out runs at Melbourne and Adelaide Fringe, where it was nominated for Best Comedy.
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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) |
