The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Comedian Huge Davies will bring his fourth solo hour, SLEEP PARALYSIS PRINCESS, to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a surreal and personal show about a decade of chronic insomnia, performed at Monkey Barrel Comedy's CabVol 1.
Jonno Johnson, one third of sketch group Sheeps and Head Writer of Saturday Night Live UK, will perform his debut solo stand-up hour, HERE COMES MR FUNNY, at Monkey Barrel Comedy during the Edinburgh Fringe.
New York-based clown Noah Seltzer will bring solo show HERE COMES ALMOST to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, blending physical comedy, dance, and song to explore loneliness, connection, and authenticity.
Comedian Dom McGovern, co-writer of Chicken Shop Date and recent support act for Aisling Bea, will make his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with PRIZE HOG, a stand-up hour exploring body image, masculinity, and shame.
Actor and character comedian Freddie Meredith brings NEED A LIGHT? to Pleasance Courtyard's Baby Grand at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a character-led comedy set entirely in a nightclub smoking area.
Written by Fringe First winning playwright Jack MacGregor, directed by John Byrne Award recipient Fraser Scott, and produced by NTS Producing Fellow Leah Byrne; Prophets will premiere at Assembly Roxy.
Gilded Balloon and Gobby Girl Productions announced the world premiere of SLAY, a one-woman show written and performed by Offie-nominated artist Lois-Amber Toole, directed by Fringe First winner Anna Morris, at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The award-winning Swedish trombonist, composer and performer Elias Faingersh recounts his decision to leave the Metropolitan Opera and reinvent himself as an independent artist.
TRUNK SONGS, a new musical travelogue by Maria DiFabbio, follows a musician's solo drive through Appalachia, drawing parallels with trailblazing historical women.
BWW Scotland editor Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks of children's shows from the 2026 Edfringe programme.
BBC New Comedian of the Year Paul Hilleard brings his debut Edinburgh Fringe show GROGG to Monkey Barrel Studio, a stand-up hour about leaving his working-class Welsh hometown to chase success in England.
Chicago-based performance artist Lindsey Barlag Thornton brings FLIGHTS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS to Edinburgh Fringe, weaving histories of women aviators and spiritualists through theatre, puppetry, dance, and analogue devices.
A fast, funny, painfully relatable rom-com about two people who might just be perfect for each other – if they can ever get over their past.
BWW Scotland editor Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks of comedians making their Edfringe comedy debuts.
ALIENS, produced by Curious Industries and Dumbworld, follows a real-life mother and daughter on a road trip from Donegal to southern Italy, exploring migration, identity, and a forgotten WWII tragedy through performance, video, and live music.
Relish Theatre's ACID'S REIGN, a drag climate musical led by Victoria Scone, will run at Forth, Pleasance Courtyard during the Edinburgh Fringe, featuring a live band and eleven original songs.
Blackbox, a hip-hop theatre work by Rickerby Hinds blending spoken word, gospel music, and stage illusion, will make its UK premiere at Underbelly Cowgate during the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Roger Bart is scheduled to open the tour at the Bristol Hippodrome (8 October – 21 November 2026) as well as playing the Edinburgh Playhouse (2 December 2026 – 2 January 2027).
Kate Dolan brings her Melbourne International Comedy Festival Director's Choice Award-winning show TROUT to Edinburgh's Monkey Barrel 2, exploring womanhood and absurdism through physical comedy and a realistic silicone fish helmet.
Little Green Men's TRUTH WARRIOR NETWORK.
Double Fringe First winners Pepperdine Scotland and playwright Lynda Radley reunite for LIFELONG, a new work set in an AI-controlled facility where scientific advances grant residents extraordinarily long lives — at a cost.
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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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Couplet: Folk Marry Kill Assembly George Square (8/05-8/30) |
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Argonauts ZOO (Playground 2) (8/07-8/30) |
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Rockpools Pleasance Courtyard (Bunker 3) (8/05-8/30) |
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A Queer Little Murder Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/05-8/30) |
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Surreally Good Summerhall (Former Women’s Locker Room) (8/07-8/31) |
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Sanctuary Pleasance Dome (Ace Dome) (8/05-8/31) |
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Tell Me Summerhall (8/07-8/31) |
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To Do Lists Pleasance Courtyard (The Green) (8/05-8/31) |
