The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Playwright Vivienne Franzmann and choreographer-psychotherapist Frauke Requardt bring ANATOMY OF SURVIVAL to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, using dance, text, drumming, and psychology to explore the human nervous system through 22 interpretations of a coffee shop meltdown.
The award-winning country rock musical OIL & WHISKEY, born in Nashville and developed in NYC, will make its international premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before heading to a limited Off West End run at London's Old Red Lion Pub Theatre.
Halfway Productions will present SUCCUBUS, a solo horror-comedy by burlesque performer Georgina Collins, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Underbelly.
The Pleasance announced five productions for its Edinburgh National Partnerships Programme, with Theatre Royal Plymouth, Curve, Chichester Festival Theatre, Sherman Theatre, and Lyric Belfast bringing new work to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Sophie Power's CVNT, a bouffon-style clown show blending physical theatre and interactive comedy to reclaim feminine pleasure, is set to return to Assembly George Square at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Resolve Productions will present DIRTY DANCER, a one-woman parody of the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, at Underbelly Cowgate during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Three-time Perrier Award-nominated comedian Reginald D Hunter will bring his new show to Assembly Ballroom at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, presented by Mick Perrin Worldwide.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT will make its Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut following award recognition at Camden Fringe.
Maltese artists Angele and Malcolm Galea bring their award-winning two-hander about pregnancy loss to the Edinburgh Fringe, told through a darkly whimsical fairy tale with original music.
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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.
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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) |
