The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Flo & Joan's ONE MAN MUSICAL, winner of Best Production at the Offies 2026, returns to Soho Theatre and Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Edward Easton stepping into the lead role, presented by Avalon.
From the award‑winning team behind the world‑famous A Play, A Pie and A Pint, this year's sunshine‑soaked spectacular is Big Bad Riding Hood, a brand‑new riotous panto written and directed by Gary McNair, with music by Brian James O'Sullivan.
Comedian Olga Koch will perform her new show Fat Tom Cruise at Edinburgh Fringe's Pleasance Courtyard, followed by a UK and Ireland tour.
Comedian Emmeline Downie will bring her debut one-woman show GAIL to the Pleasance Courtyard Attic at the Edinburgh Fringe, playing a 54-year-old Milton Keynes divorcée on the verge of becoming a life coach.
Lightning Rod Special, the Obie and Fringe First-winning Philadelphia company behind Underground Railroad Game, will bring LIONS to Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its international premiere, a clown show about the deaths of the creators' fathers.
Pierre Novellie will perform two shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: a brand new stand-up hour, OKAY, ONE MORE THEN BEDTIME, and DO THE ONE ABOUT.
Revel is a brand new production marking the long-awaited return of Scotland’s renowned Company Chordelia, whose previous productions including The Chosen, Nijinsky’s Last Jump and Dance Derby garnered rave reviews and played to audiences across Scotland and beyond.
Actor John Anthony Gorman brings THE WOODCUTTER to Edinburgh Fringe, a one-man show drawn from his real life, recounting memories of his parents and their Glasgow pub, The Woodcutter, which they ran for half a century.
BWW Scotland editor Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks from the 2026 Edfringe theatre programme.
BWW catches up with Fletcher Michael to chat about bringing Did You Charge Your Phone For The End Of The World to the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The remarkable untold story of the world's first Black international footballer who captained Scotland to glory.
Few plays have sparked as much controversy as Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.
Leading Scottish actor Gavin Mitchell, who played the inimitable Boaby the Barman in the long-running television series Still Game, will be serving up the awards at the 2026 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS Awards) at the Citizens Theatre later this month, it has been revealed.
BWW Scotland editor Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks from the 2026 Edfringe musicals programme.
With Spice officially launches following a prize-winning proof of concept in 2025, spearheaded by award-winning multidisciplinary artist LULA.
TEN WAYS TO DIE HAPPY, an Italian quiz theatre show adapted from Dieci Modi Per Morire Felici, will make its international premiere at Underbelly's Cowbarn during the Edinburgh Fringe, with ten audience members navigating choices about love, ambition, and risk.
Comedian and writer Rob Auton will bring his new hour-long story, JUPITER, to Assembly Roxy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, following last year's sell-out run with CAN, named one of Rolling Stone's top Fringe shows.
Hong Kong Soul will present Sound Strokes at the Amphitheatre at theSpace @ Symposium Hall, where performers Wan Xing, Gregor Black, and Eleanor Dunsdon fuse Guzheng melodies with Scottish rhythms inspired by Chinese calligraphy.
Hong Kong's Yat Po Singers will present BOOM BOOM BATTLE OF THE BIG BAD BOSSES at Edinburgh Fringe, an A Cappella theatrical showdown inspired by crime boss Du Yuesheng, blending beatboxing, body percussion, and traditional Chinese music.
BWW Scotland editor Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks from the 2026 Edfringe comedy programme.
RUPTURE theatre company will present the world premiere of SLAYERS, a one-woman play by Corinne Salisbury examining the manosphere's effects on women, at Assembly George Square Studios during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
One Table Two Chairs Charitable Foundation will present Dic Dic Chang Chang Playground at Edinburgh Fringe, marking the award-winning Cantonese opera interactive children's production's third and final consecutive year at the festival.
Reilly O'Shaughnessy's BELLY, directed by Juliet Kapanjie, traces three generations of women navigating eating, grief, and control.
Ashley Blair and Drew Reilly, alumni of The Second City, bring their experimental comedy concert MEGASQUIRT: FULLY LOADED to Underbelly Cowgate for its UK premiere, blending original songs, sketch comedy, and audience interaction rooted in queer internet culture.
Based on the iconic 90’s psychological thriller, the world premiere stage production of Single White Female is a bold and modern reimagining of the best-selling book and hit movie, that coined a phrase and led a generation to fear a stiletto heel!
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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) |
