The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Multi-award-winning comedian, writer, podcaster, and actor Rob Auton (The Change, Marching Powder, Starstruck) returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with CAN: The Story of a Man Called CAN - his first-ever fictional show.
The High Life musical, starring Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Siobhan Redmond and Patrick Ryecart, will tour Dundee, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inverness and Glasgow in spring 2026.
Previously known for her funny songs about single life like Tube Ride of Shame, musical comedian Tamar Broadbent is coming to Edinburgh Fringe with Plus One.
This year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe will see Andrew Doherty present his sophomore show, 'Sad Gay AIDS Play'.
Multi-award-winning comedian and rising star Kate Dolan will bring her second hour to this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe with The Critic, for which she recently won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Golden Gibbo Award 2025.
A heartwarming comedy with unexpected connections across cultures.
2025 sees the upgraded version of Mary, Queen of Rock! at the Fringe.
Shetland Choreographer and Performer Kathryn Gordon has Assembly@DanceBase all a birl this Edinburgh Festival Fringe as she introduces her sublime new work A JOURNEY OF FLIGHT.
Following her hit stand-up special Hijabs Off (Prime Video), and her first UK run with her sell-out and critically-acclaimed show at London's Soho Theatre last year, comedian, actor and writer Zainab Johnson makes her at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Ben Pope will return to the Fringe after a 6-year hiatus before going out on tour with a blisteringly personal new stand-up show.
Berlin based theatre company Hysterie Theater will present their Edinburgh Fringe Premiere comedy theatre show Wenches! at Greenside.
As the Citizens Theatre prepares to re-open its doors later this summer, the company has revealed its new Participate programme
Gumbo and Book of Shadowz will present Shunga Alert at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 - the adults only comedy-documentary about sexual culture in Japan.
Sam Nicoresti will return to Edinburgh Fringe with Baby Doomer (Best Show Nominee Leicester Comedy Festival 2025), a show about losing your mind and finding the perfect skirt suit.
Following her big win of 'Best Show' at this year's Leicester Comedy Festival Awards, Katie Norris will be returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her brand new show, 'Go West, Old Maid'.
Prepare to be moved by movement at Dance Base this summer, as Scotland's National Centre for Dance announces its 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme.
Charlie Braid loves her life working at the Inverness Dreamland Bowlarama.
Scottish theatre producing duo, Raw Material, Gillian Garrity and Margaret-Anne O'Donnell, have announced their upcoming productions and commissions including the world premiere of theatre show Windblown.
The full cast has been announced for MAKE IT HAPPEN – a new play by James Graham, directed by Andrew Panton telling the story of Royal Bank of Scotland's role in the 2008 financial crash.
Chiara Sparkes and Ross Baxter chat to BroadwayWorld about their Glasgow-based production company Drive Official.
Rising star and Pleasance Comedy Reserve 2023 alumni Shalaka Kurup makes her Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut this summer, with her hotly-anticipated first hour ‘Get A Grip'.
A Play, A Pie and A Pint have revealed the cast of Meme Girls, a new musical about online viral culture performing at Glasgow's Òran Mór in June.
The New York Times calls it ‘The best musical of this century.
NYC comedian Amy Veltman is set to make a splash this summer as she brings her award-winning comedic solo show PSA: Pelvic Service Announcement to the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe with performances at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall.
Theatre company Say It Again, Sorry? brought their smash Fringe hit Earnest? to the King's last week, turning Oscar Wilde’s classic of mistaken identity on its head in a brilliantly chaotic, genre-bending take that joyfully challenges theatrical convention.
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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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I'm Still Not That Girl Braw Venues (8/07-8/30) |
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Thermodrama Summerhall (8/07-8/31) |
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You Are What You Eat theSpace on the mile (8/07-8/22) PHOTOS |
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Sister Sophia Kicks the Habit Venue 13 (8/07-8/21) |
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Giraffe Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/31) |
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Black Blues Brothers: Let's Twist Again! Underbelly (8/05-8/31) |
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Learning to Human Gilded Balloon Teviot (8/05-8/30) |
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Baby Wants Candy Assembly George Square Studios - One (8/05-8/30) |
