The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
New York playwright and performer Jake Alexander will present his solo show LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, exploring themes of friendship, bullying, and a stray cat rescue gone awry.
Theatre Caddis, double Fringe First winners, will present JANE EYRE CONVENTION at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a comedy set at a fictional Jane Eyre fan convention featuring farce, bonnets, and literary squabbles.
Award-winning storyteller Kona Morris will present her solo show HOW TO POOP IN AN OUTHOUSE AT -58°C at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, following five award wins at NYC Fringe, including Audience Choice and Staff Choice.
New York performer Marina di Marzo will bring her solo-comedy show LOVE IN THE TIME OF FIFTH GRADE to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, exploring pre-teen romance, early 2000s nostalgia, and her Italian heritage.
Performer and writer Joanne Green will bring her solo show YOU COME FROM A LONG LINE OF SHALLOW PEOPLE to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, exploring her complex relationship with her late mother through comedy and personal reflection.
Stacie Burrows returns to Edinburgh Fringe for the fourth time with FOOL'S GOLDMINE, a solo show exploring her family's relationship with debt, featuring an original soundtrack and directed by Katierose Donohue Enriquez.
Whisper Theatre Collective will present WELL-BALANCED DADS at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, featuring performers Richie Schiraldi and Britt Anderson as two suburban dads on a camping trip blending acrobatics, dad jokes, and themes of masculinity.
Clowning artist Michele Stine will bring her five-star show ALWAYS, SOMETIMES, MAYBE back to Edinburgh Fringe, following a critically acclaimed run.
Uliana Klimchuk will make her Edinburgh Fringe debut with SELEDKA, a one-woman political satire exploring the cultural divide between contemporary America and war-torn Ukraine, directed by Lily Afghani.
Chloe Matonis returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe with LT LOVE DR'S BOOT CAMP FOR LONELY PEOPLE LIKE YOU, an interactive comedy addressing loneliness, performing at Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo.
Hannah Ponturo's satirical comedy 1518: THE DANCING PLAGUE, based on the medieval mass hysteria event, will play Edinburgh Festival Fringe at theSpaceUK Studio, following sold-out performances in Los Angeles.
Comedian Meg Millane returns to Edinburgh Fringe with BRIDE TO BE, a comedy about wedding planning and the cultural weight of marriage, following her five-star solo debut HOW TO GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS.
New York-based writer and performer Kate Daley will make her Edinburgh Fringe debut with JOIN THE CLUB! A STORY ABOUT THE SEX YOU NEVER WANTED, a solo comedic show about reclaiming agency after trauma, directed by Kelly McAndrew.
Wilison Labs will present Katie Gaven's immersive thriller 00:45:00 at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, exploring moral responsibility and the value of human life through audience participation.
A verbatim drama retelling the events of a local Glaswegian community coming together to stop a dawn raid.
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Night Waking follows Anna, an Oxford academic living on a remote Hebridean island with her husband Giles and their two young children.
All Elite Wrestling will return to Glasgow's OVO Hydro for AEW DYNAMITE & AEW COLLISION, serving as the final stop before AEW ALL IN: LONDON at Wembley Stadium.
While The Winter's Tale's regarded as a play of two halves (set in Sicilia and Bohemia), former Royal Shakespeare Company director Greg Doran's poignant and absorbing Walking Shadow is a book of two halves.
When Sally returns to Cowdenbeath from her busy city life for her father’s funeral, she’s pulled back into the world of “The Blue Brazil” – the trials, triumphs, and unbreakable loyalty of a small-town football club with a big heart.
USA Today bestselling author Kate Danley will present Madam(e) Lou at the Edinburgh Fringe, a solo show reclaiming the erased legacy of Lou Graham, a bordello queen credited with shaping the rise of Seattle.
Philadelphia-based performer Donna Oblongata will bring The Van Gogh Shogh to Edinburgh Fringe, a solo comedy show casting Van Gogh as a bewildered food courier, with audience members recruited as live painters.
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.
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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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Helen Bradley: Painter and Storyteller Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/30) |
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You Are What You Eat theSpace on the mile (8/07-8/22) PHOTOS |
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Spin Cycle Underbelly (Clover) (8/05-8/31) |
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Black Blues Brothers: Let's Twist Again! Underbelly (8/05-8/31) |
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Heart Beats Strong Pleasance Courtyard (Bunker 2) (8/05-8/31) |
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It Couldn’t Get Worse; or, The Margarita Boat Tour Incident theSpace @ Venue 45 (8/24-8/29) |
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Patient 13 Zoo Playground 2 (8/07-8/30) VIDEOS |
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Safety Underbelly, Daisy (8/05-8/30) |
