The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Tip Top Theatre Collective will present THE PAINTED REVOLUTIONARY, a political satire reimagining ideological abstractions as characters, at Edinburgh Festival Fringe's theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall.
Music journalist and author Marc Burrows will bring a rewritten edition of THE TEN BEST SONGS OF ALL TIME to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, counting down the ten greatest records in history with stand-up comedy and music criticism.
Cal Newman's award-winning one-man play about footballer John White returns to Edinburgh Fringe, now featuring voice cameos from Paul Whitehouse and Allison O'Donnell of BBC's Shetland.
Caitlin McEwan brings TWO LITTLE PIGS back to Edinburgh Fringe at Pleasance Courtyard, a dark absurdist two-hander tackling hypermasculinity, male loneliness, and a feminist talking pig.
Ros Watt's pitch-black comedy thriller TRANS PEOPLE ARE AWFUL heads to Pleasance Courtyard at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, co-produced by Camden People's Theatre and backed by Francesca Moody Productions.
BAFTA-nominated comedian Tom Neenan returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with PORTRAIT OF A TOM AS A YOUNG NEENAN, a new hour blending stand-up and storytelling about art, body image, and self-perception.
Don’t miss the unforgettable theatrical experience of the season as this heartfelt coming-of-age story takes flight with spectacular musical numbers and dazzlingly inventive choreography.
Stuart Goldsmith will perform CANARY, his second climate comedy stand-up show, at Edinburgh Fringe's Monkey Barrel before a UK tour, tackling climate dread with humor after performing at Netflix Is A Joke.
Goodbye Dandelion, a humorous, moving new work by award-winning writer and performer Maddie Rice and composer Marcus Rice, has been selected as the recipient of the inaugural Underbelly Futures Fund Award.
BWW catches up with Mike McShane to chat about bringing The Event to the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
BWW catches up with Sam Hume to chat about bringing Adults Only Magic Show to the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Likewise, produced by ShowTown Theatricals, will play 59E59 Theaters as part of East to Edinburgh before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Irish performer and playwright Benjamin Reilly will bring Mortal Sin to the Edinburgh Fringe, a two-hander set in 1960s Catholic Ireland following two friends navigating small-town life in the wake of JFK's assassination.
Durnmoose Entertainment will present THE KOBOLD SHOW! at Gilded Balloon Patter House during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
After an Edinburgh Fringe sell-out, Kanpur:1857 came to the Tron in association with Glasgow Mela.
Jessica Aszkenasy returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe as TITCLOWN with a new hour of clowning about desire, disappointment and gender politics, directed by Cecily Nash at Summerhall's Red Lecture Theatre.
Thom Tuck stars in THE WOLF OF POYAIS at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a one-man show based on the true story of Gregor MacGregor, the Scottish conman who sold investors a fictional Central American country.
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre's new musical comedy THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT FLAT EARTH heads to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, following a grief-stricken woman who infiltrates the flat-earth community and agrees to lead an Antarctic expedition.
STAMPTOWN, the late-night cult phenomenon led by Zach Zucker's alter ego Jack Tucker, returns to Edinburgh Fringe for its 10th year, this time inside Assembly George Square Gardens' Palais du Variété Spiegeltent.
OLO Company will present SOFT SPOT at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a contemporary circus duet using 300 wine glasses, juggling, and handstands to explore trust and human connection under pressure.
Tobias Graham's semi-autobiographical solo show SLUGS heads to Pleasance Courtyard's Bunker One at the Edinburgh Fringe, exploring gay shame, desire, memory, and the ethics of confessional storytelling.
US comedian Shane Torres brings his debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe hour, SKINNED KNEES, to Assembly Roxy Downstairs, exploring family, grief, masculinity and loss through stand-up rooted in his own life.
Sasha Nezlobin, once one of Russia's biggest comedy stars, will perform his first full hour in English at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, drawing on his dramatic emigration after criticizing Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Berlin sibling rock duo Otto & Astrid bring THE STAGES TOUR to Assembly Roxy Upstairs at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, fresh from a sold-out US tour and international acclaim.
BWW catches up with Ken Cerniglia to chat about bringing Antigone 1989- A Townhall Musical to the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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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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Sammy J: Hero Complex Underbelly Bristo Square (8/05-8/16) |
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Spin Cycle Underbelly (Clover) (8/05-8/31) |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Alhambra Theatre (10/07-10/10) |
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Man or Bear Summerhall (8/06-8/30) |
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Threesome Braw Venues @ Hill Street Theatre (8/07-8/16) |
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Tale of the Firebird Assembly Roxy (Central) (8/06-8/30) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! EICC (5/30-5/30) |
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Stayin’ Alive Gilded Balloon Patter House – Coorie (8/05-8/31) |
