The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
NEWSREVUE, the Guinness World Record-holding satirical comedy show, will make its Pleasance One debut at the Edinburgh Fringe, featuring all-new material skewering politics, AI, and modern headlines.
MYTHOS: RAGNARÖK, the cult hit blending comic theatre, Norse mythology, and professional wrestling, returns to Edinburgh Fringe with a new Viking rock soundtrack by Nordic composer Kjell Braaten.
MAN OR BEAR, a darkly comic play about fear, friendship and survival inspired by a viral question, will head to the Edinburgh Fringe featuring co-creator Katie Hurley and Amaia Naima Aguinaga.
Ellen Robertson and Charly Clive, known as sketch duo Britney, will bring their first theatrical two-hander JITTERS to the Edinburgh Fringe, directed by Emily Burns.
Layla Warren's solo show LONG WAY HOME traces her journey from war-torn Tehran to American television, exploring identity, survival, and the diaspora experience at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Quaz Degraft's solo play In the Black follows a first-generation Ghanaian American accountant navigating Wall Street's moral compromises.
Theatre Republic's How Not to Make It in America, a one-performer show in a story inspired by playwright Emily Steel's experiences on September 11th, will play the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the House of Oz season.
Kara Wilson, an 81-year-old playwright and painter, will bring her sixth 'painter play' to the Edinburgh Fringe, recreating a live oil painting in the style of Lancashire artist Helen Bradley, who began painting at 65.
Les Foutoukours will present the Scottish premiere of Glob at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, marking the show's 275th performance.
The Farm's documentary dance-theatre production Glass Child, exploring the sibling bond between Kayah, a dancer with Down Syndrome, and his sister Maitreyah, is set to appear at the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the House of Oz season.
Abigail Weinstock's semi-autobiographical comedy Giraffe, about masking and late autism diagnosis, will play the Edinburgh Fringe, directed by Fringe First winner Emma Jude Harris.
Emily Weitzman's award-winning solo show Furniture Boys, in which exes are reimagined as furniture, will head to the Edinburgh Fringe.
American comedian Drew Lausch will perform Friendliest at the Edinburgh Fringe, a show blending stand-up and personal storytelling about queerness, guilt, and growing up in Fargo, North Dakota.
Electra Kolb's tragicomedy Father, Away She Goes, is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, following anti-heroine Sarah Jones through ambition, deception, and survival.
Plexus Polaire will bring the UK premiere of Dracula: Lucy's Dream to Pleasance at the EICC, reimagining Bram Stoker's gothic tale through life-sized puppetry and the female lens of Dracula's first victim, Lucy.
Fringe First winner Joe Sellman-Leava brings COPYCAT to Edinburgh Fringe, a cross-genre solo show exploring AI, creativity, and democracy through impressions of Big Tech CEOs, celebrities, and teachers.
Concerts of the Future, developed at SensiLab, Monash University, will bring a participatory VR music experience to Edinburgh Fringe, allowing audiences to perform Beethoven's Symphony No.
Ockham's Razor returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time since 2019 with Collaborator, an intimate duet performed by Artistic Directors Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney exploring decades of creative partnership through aerial circus.
Canadian comedy duo Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus bring Big Stuff, their improv-driven show about grief and the objects left behind after loss, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Grace O'Keefe's first solo Fringe show, An A to Z Guide to Dating, is a comedy musical based on her mother's unpublished dating advice book, developed at Soho Theatre's Drag and Cabaret Lab.
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.
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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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Racists, Recessions and Revolutions ZOO (Playground 3) (8/07-8/30) |
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One Hour Wedding Underbelly (The Friesian) (8/05-8/23) |
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Remember, Remember! Pleasance Dome (Queen Dome) (8/05-8/30) |
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Shamilton! The Improvised Hip Hop Musical Assembly George Square Studios - One (8/05-8/30) |
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Baby Wants Candy Assembly George Square Studios - One (8/05-8/30) |
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A STAN IS BORN! – Encore Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/06-8/16) |
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Rollers Forever King's Theatre (10/27-10/31) |
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Collaborator Pleasance at EICC (Pentland) (8/06-8/22) |
