The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Trade union lawyer and storyteller Michael Anderson brings ELVIS IN CHAOS to Greenside @ George Street, weaving quantum physics, alternate Elvis timelines, and historical anomalies into a Pay What You Can multimedia performance.
ARIA award-winning writer Bridie Connell's comedy boyband show FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT will run at Assembly George Square Studios during Edinburgh Fringe, then transfer to Soho Theatre London, skewering toxic dating culture through original music and parody.
ARIA award-winning writer Bridie Connell's comedy boyband show Fuccbois: Live in Concert will play Assembly George Square Studios at Edinburgh Fringe, following sold-out runs in Australia, before heading to Soho Theatre London.
Soprano Carly Paoli will make her Edinburgh Fringe debut in the world premiere of Robin Hawdon's Primal Scream, playing Sugar opposite actor Neil Roberts at Assembly Rooms.
Penelope, presented by rigor + ruckus and starring Grace McLean, will run from August 5–30 at Underbelly Cowgate as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Meet Mayor Max by Alex Robins, will play at Pleasance Courtyard's Cellar as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
BWW catches up with Gearóid Farrelly to chat about bringing No Pressure to the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Los Angeles comedian Maxx Eddy will make his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with Bi Meets World, a chaotic and sharply self-aware hour about bisexuality, masculinity, internet relationships and the ridiculous performance of being 'a real man.
Max Fulham returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with MEMORY FOAM, a new hour of stand-up, puppetry and audience interaction.
Justin Elizabeth Sayre brings their solo show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, produced by Outside In Theatre and supported by Soho Theatre's Edinburgh Lab programme, blending standup, storytelling, and queer visibility.
Mimi Collins brings GOOD GIRL to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a largely autobiographical solo show about infidelity, emotional collapse, and healing through the kink community, directed by Ellie Pyle.
James Campbell, who pioneered stand-up comedy for kids, will bring JAMES CAMPBELL'S COMEDY 4 KIDS to Assembly George Square Studios at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, promising exploding penguins and songs about worms.
Flabbergast Theatre will present Samuel Beckett's ENDGAME at Edinburgh Festival Fringe's Pleasance at EICC, marking the company's largest Fringe production to date and their return since their acclaimed MACBETH in 2022.
Bellina Logan's solo show about a biracial childhood, an eccentric mother, and memory will make its international debut at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performing at Zoo Southside's Studio.
Mock the Week writer Chelsea Birkby brings her solo show IN FULL CONTROL THE ENTIRE TIME to the Pleasance Courtyard at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, blending pop psychology, philosophy, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
BUGGERS, a new psychodrama exploring the relationship between Francis Bacon and George Dyer, will have its world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe's Pleasance Courtyard, with rare archival support from the Estate of Francis Bacon.
No Boundaries Theatrical Productions will present AN ECHO IN THE VOID, a darkly funny chamber thriller starring Adam Sinclair and Grace Serrano, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
What did our critic Natalie O'Donoghue think of ALLEGRA at Theatre Royal?
BOY Theatre will present CAMPITALISM: THREE GAYS TRY TO FIX THE ECONOMY at Pleasance Courtyard, blending drag, comedy and political satire as three queer performers take on economics and late-stage capitalism.
Scottish comedian Craig Hill returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with YOU'RE NOT EVEN SAFE UP THE BACK!, a new stand-up show marking 28 years in comedy, featuring improvisation and audience interaction at Just The Tonic.
Australian absurdist comedy BIRDS, winner of Best Comedy at Melbourne Fringe Festival and championed by Hannah Gadsby, makes its Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut, performed by creators Alex Hines and Sarah Stafford.
Theatre Royal Plymouth's production of Badgers, a new folk play by Malaika Kegode blending spoken word and live music, will world premiere at the Traverse Festival during Edinburgh Fringe.
HOLE!, the two-hander musical comedy from American Sing-Song's Jake Brasch and Nadja Leonhard-Hooper, will play Soho Theatre before returning to Edinburgh Fringe's Underbelly Cowbarn, following a sold-out 2025 run.
Coronation Street and Brassic actor Kimberly Hart-Simpson will perform her solo show AMNESIA at Pleasance Courtyard, a comedy about a dementia carer on the North Wales coast, directed by Kate Wasserberg.
The 2026 Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland, which were presented at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow celebrated the breadth and depth of dramatic work produced in Scotland with no fewer than 10 different productions being recognised across the 11 different award categories this year.
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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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Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years The Lemon Tree (9/24-9/24) |
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The Listies: 110% Ready Assembly (Studio One) (8/05-8/16) |
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An Ode to the Casting Director Assembly George Square Studios (8/05-8/29) |
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An A to Z Guide to Dating Underbelly (Buttercup) (8/05-8/31) |
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A Queer Little Murder Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/05-8/30) |
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Black Blues Brothers: Let's Twist Again! Underbelly (8/05-8/31) |
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DECKHAND theSpace @ Niddry Street (8/24-8/29) |
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Roomies Underbelly (Jersey) (8/05-8/31) |
