The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Scotland's Wonder Fools and South Korea's Theatre SAN have teamed up for TETHER 인연, a cross-cultural music-theatre show blending Scottish ceilidh and Korean Ganggangsullae traditions at Summerhall's Main Hall.
Written and performed by US actor Sally Brooks, STAY follows a woman whose controlled life unravels after a small act of kindness pulls her into a grieving family's world.
Award-winning writer and performer Maddie Rice will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after a seven-year absence with GOODBYE DANDELION, a new play created with her brother, composer Marcus Rice.
Carmen Collective, creators of five-star hit LESSONS ON REVOLUTION, announced GAMEPLAY, an audio-described myth for the end times by Sam Rees and AJ Turner, set to premiere at Pleasance Dome during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Multidisciplinary artist Edwin Chuk will perform DEPARTURE IS MY HOMECOMING at Space 2 at theSpace on the Mile during the Edinburgh Fringe, blending monologue, movement, and traditional fishermen's songs to explore Hong Kong's Tanka boat communities.
Blue Fire Theatre Company's BLOODY MARY(S) profiles around 30 notable women named Mary, from Mary Shelley to Typhoid Mary, letting audiences vote on which they'd invite to a dinner party.
Jade, Amber and Lilac have been organising Coral’s hen night for the past six months and it’s going to be epic! But at the last minute, Coral’s cousin Luna rocks up uninvited.
Following its acclaimed off-Broadway run, HEATED RIVALRY: THE UNAUTHORISED MUSICAL PARODY heads to Edinburgh Fringe for its UK premiere, presented by Klif Entertainment at Underbelly George Square.
Melissa Pullinger's award-winning one-woman show Meteors, about losing her mother at 20, will travel from Adelaide Fringe to Edinburgh's Summerhall for performance dates this August.
Richard Stirling's Mandy: Prince of Darkness, a solo show portraying Peter Mandelson through his own speeches and statements, is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe in August.
Gilded Balloon will present the return of the five-star Edinburgh Fringe hit with its original cast — Gail Watson, Frances Thorburn, and Clare Waugh — reuniting under writer-director Morag Fullarton at Gilded Balloon Patter House.
Vincent van Gogh: Between Worlds, a new theatrical experience inspired by the artist's letters, inner life and enduring legacy, is coming to Edinburgh Fringe in August.
Michael Harrison in association with Cameron Mackintosh presents the spectacular new production of MISS SAIGON as Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical is reborn.
BWW Scotland editor Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks of returning favourites from the 2026 Edfringe programme.
Speakerphone Productions will present the world premiere of JANUARY 6TH THE MUSICAL, created by Jessie Ballard and Kiely Sugayan, with preview performances at Brooklyn Art Haus before its UK premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
BWW Scotland editor Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks from the 2026 Edfringe circus programme.
Between whisky-soaked confessions and half-truths swirling in cigarette smoke, William Watt and Peter Manuel share a night that will change everything.
DUNGEONS AND SHAKESPEARE, the interactive comedy blending Shakespeare's iconic characters with Dungeons & Dragons, heads to Gilded Balloon at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe following over 700 North American performances.
BBC New Comedian of the Year 2024 finalist Maia Tassalini brings her debut hour to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, blending stand-up and cultural criticism through the lens of Monica Lewinsky.
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.
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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) |
