The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Recent Cutbacks will return to Pleasance Courtyard at Edinburgh Fringe with FLY, YOU FOOLS!, a live parody compressing 178 minutes of iconic fantasy cinema into 60, featuring three actors and a Foley artist.
Paul Shearman's solo show THE LAST AUDITION, which blends Shakespeare with a personal exploration of dementia and memory loss, will make its UK premiere at theSpace on the Mile during Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Comedian Garrett Millerick will bring a live comedy experiment to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, partnering with an AI expert to build a bot version of himself and test whether machines can replace comedians.
Oh!Scare Wilde Productions will present the UK premiere of THE PIGEON FACTORY at Underbelly Cowgate as part of the Culture Ireland Edinburgh Showcase, a darkly absurd one-man show written and performed by Aaron O'Neill.
Initially a 1963 novel by John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold sneaks into Glasgow this week in a fresh new stage adaptation .
Piper Theatre Productions will present The Bloody Ballad of Bette Davis at Assembly Roxy Upstairs in Edinburgh, a camp horror musical fantasy set in 1970s Hollywood exploring aging, motherhood, and Tinseltown's dark side.
Premiering in New York in 2012 and winning eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Once is now coming to Scotland for the very first time.
Forbes '30 Under 30' cover star Abby Govindan will make her Edinburgh Fringe debut with Pushing 30, a new stand-up show about dating, aging, and generational curses, produced by Daniel Sloss and presented by Hasan Minhaj.
Hot on the heels of their Off-Broadway opening, Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody will have its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August.
BAD BOY, a solo comedy with live original music written and performed by Daniel Adolfsson, will make its UK premiere at Underbelly Cowgate during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, following a struggling musician facing hard truths before a career-defining audition.
Actress Abby Goldfarb brings her queer origin story to the Edinburgh Fringe with MOST OF MY MOMS ARE GAY, an original comedy musical featuring 13 songs, co-produced with Jody Shelton and directed by Eddie Grey.
Michael Hockey's non-verbal horror comedy TO BE FRANK, loosely inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, will make its UK premiere at Pleasance Courtyard during the Edinburgh Fringe, blending physical theatre, clowning, and a live punk-inspired electric guitar score.
Comedian James Trickey returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new hour, SPLIT, following a sold-out debut run that included a fire alarm mid-show and a punch to the face at a Fringe award entry.
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Senbla and SEGA announced Sonic Live In Concert, a new concert experience celebrating 35 years of the franchise, with US and UK premieres featuring a live orchestra, rock musicians, and vocalists performing music from across the Sonic universe.
Mark McAuley's one-man show Diary of a Mad Man, adapted from Gogol's 1835 story and set in contemporary Ireland, traces a corporate worker's psychological collapse through Instagram reels at Assembly Roxy.
The full cast has been revealed for Rollers Forever - the smash-hit musical celebrating the songsof the beloved Bay City Rollers
The Legend of Korra in Concert, a new live-to-picture orchestral experience that brings the animated series to life on stage, is coming to the UK in 2027.
Ahead of English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2026, Artistic Director Aaron S.
LUNG Theatre's WOODHILL, a verbatim dance theatre work drawn from testimonies of families who lost loved ones to suicide at HMP Woodhill, will play ZOO Southside at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before an autumn UK tour including London.
Steve Burns's autobiographical one-person show STEVE BURNS: ALIVE and Liliana Padilla's TWITCH will make their UK premieres at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, both running at Underbelly venues.
Comedian and filmmaker Rory Cargill returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with ON TV!, a live multimedia show examining 70 years of British television through character-driven comedy and period-accurate filmed segments.
Francesca Moody Productions and Shedinburgh announced five recipients of the 2026 Shedload-of-Future Fund, a bursary supporting early-career artists taking work to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time.
Low Fat Productions will present SPRAYWATCH: A BEAUTIFUL RESCUE, a new original musical comedy inspired by a 90s American lifeguard drama, at theSpace @ Niddry Street during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The Gilbert Twins, known for their 3M+ social media following, will bring their original musical comedy UNDER THE INFLUENCE to Edinburgh Festival Fringe's Underbelly Bristo Square, following a London preview.
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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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One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum Greenside Venue @ Riddles Court (Willow Studio) – Venue 16 - 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2PG (8/08-8/28) |
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The Second Best School Shooting Pleasance Courtyard (8/05-8/30) |
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Rollers Forever King's Theatre (10/27-10/31) |
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Giraffe Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/31) |
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The New Year Lime Studio Greenside@George Street (8/07-8/15) |
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AEW All In: London Wembley Stadium - Connected by EE, London (8/30-8/30) |
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This Is How I Got Arrested (after smuggling drugs across the border but never actually getting caught with any drugs) ZOO (Playground 3) (8/07-8/30) |
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The Business Man and The Case of M. Valdemar Greenside Venue @ Riddles Court (Willow Studio) – Venue 16 - 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2PG (8/07-8/28) |
