The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Cabbage Productions, the team behind SPY MOVIE: The Play!, will present THE LIBRARIANS: A Very Serious Comedy! at the Edinburgh Fringe, a new farce written by Matthew Howell and Jack Michael Stacey, produced in association with The Pleasance.
The Black Blues Brothers are set to perform LET'S TWIST AGAIN at McEwan Hall during the Edinburgh Fringe, featuring acrobatics, human pyramids, and a soundtrack spanning Elvis Presley to Aretha Franklin.
Sadiq Ali Company will present TELL ME, a sequel to award-winning THE CHOSEN HARAM, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the Made in Scotland Showcase, blending dance, circus and storytelling to explore HIV through a contemporary lens.
Dan Bishop, whose debut play Brainsluts sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe, brings new dark comedy TARGET AUDIENCE to the festival, a satire about media, government, and tech that descends into a locked room thriller.
Croft & Dye Productions will present TAP OUT! (OR I'LL HIT YOU AGAIN) at the Edinburgh Fringe, a dark comedy starring Matt Ackerman about masculinity, loneliness, and a man who picks street fights to feel something.
The Freestyle Orchestra will present TALE OF THE FIREBIRD at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, marking the Vienna-based ensemble's debut.
Berserk Theatre's SPIN CYCLE: THE LESBIAN LAUNDRETTE PLAY heads to the Edinburgh Fringe following acclaimed runs in London, Oxford, and New Hampshire.
Kitty Falcon's dark comedy SITTING (IN SILENCE), a personal exploration of grief, mental health, and father-daughter estrangement set during a silent meditation retreat, heads to the Edinburgh Fringe after winning awards at Brighton Fringe.
Jacob Sparrow's debut play SANCTUARY, winner of the inaugural Leodis Prize, heads to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Julia Stephens will perform ROOMIES, a darkly comedic solo show based on a true story about a woman navigating a treatment facility alongside an 18-year-old roommate with schizophrenia, at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Maryam Garad's one-woman dark comedy REPARATIONS, winner of the Tony Craze Award, heads to the Edinburgh Fringe, following a woman who steals an identity after prison in a story of class, obsession, and survival.
WIT? Theatre's REMEMBER, REMEMBER!, a queer retelling of the Gunpowder Plot, heads to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Voloz Collective will present REDACTED: The Cover-Up of a Cover-Up of a Cover-Up at the Edinburgh Fringe, a physical theatre comedy set in Roswell, New Mexico, blending acrobatics, live music, and conspiracy theory satire.
Gail Thomas brings her solo show PATIENT 13 to the Edinburgh Fringe for its European debut, recounting her cancer diagnosis and participation in a US clinical study using psychedelics as mental health treatment.
Tom Brennan and The North Wall will present OVERTONE, a new non-linear play about love, memory and power dynamics, at the Edinburgh Fringe, marking the company's third world premiere at the festival.
ONE HOUR WEDDING, a new interactive theatrical show from R and R Productions, will premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe, putting audience members in charge of building a real wedding ceremony from scratch in 60 minutes.
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.
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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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Learning to Human Gilded Balloon Teviot (8/05-8/30) |
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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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Rockpools Pleasance Courtyard (Bunker 3) (8/05-8/30) |
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Couplet: Folk Marry Kill Assembly George Square (8/05-8/30) |
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A Better Memory The Green at Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33) (8/05-8/30) |
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Jitters Summerhall (8/06-8/30) |
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Long Way Home Gilded Balloon (Snug) (8/05-8/31) |
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The Second Best School Shooting Pleasance Courtyard (8/05-8/30) |
