The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Francesca Moody Productions and Bristol Old Vic has revealed the creative team for their new expanded co-production of hit Edinburgh Fringe musical How To Win Against History at Edinburgh Fringe.
Sketch Off Winner 2024 Ted Milligan will make his Edinburgh Fringe debut in United - a joyously funny, character led, live mockumentary.
The first-ever staged production of 80's horror comedy rock musical I WAS A TEENAGE SHE-DEVIL and the one-act dark comedy HOW NOT TO FUND A HONEYMOON are headed to Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August
Leicester Square Sketch Off Finalists The Mayor and His Daughter will make their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with their Leicester Comedy Festival Award Nominated, folk-horror, alternative sketch show: A Genuine Appreciation of Comedy.
Drawing on her joint Greenlandic Inuit and Danish heritage, performer Sarah Aviaja Hammeken brings a timely and enchanting work of belonging and becoming to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Edinburgh Fringe 2025 will see the premiere of the English language version of LATE NIGHT LEHRER - WITH CASPAR PHILLIPSON, which has been playing in Copenhagen, as well as touring Denmark, for the past five years.
Writer-director and comedy polymath Stuart Laws (nominee Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show, Comedian Choice Best Show) will return to Edinburgh Fringe with two shows.
Unshaded Arts will present Because, written and performed by Hassan Govia, and directed by Rebecca Goh.
Recent Cutbacks will present Hold on to Your Butts, a live, shot-for-shot parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time.
Here we go again! MAMMA MIA! will embark on a new UK tour from 24 October 2025 and announced further additional dates and venues.
Messy House Productions will present The Alchemy of Sadness.
Yat Po Singers will present Rock Hard - A Theatrical A Cappella Adventure, PART OF THE HONG KONG SOUL SHOWCASE.
Blue Ka Wing, Justyne Li and Panda Waack will present: HK Soul showcase - Triple Bill, PART OF THE HONG KONG SOUL SHOWCASE.
Fag Packet will present present DYKE Systems Ltd at Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar.
Blackeyed Theatre has announced tour dates and casting for a UK touring production, Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty, a world premiere by Nick Lane based on the work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Ageing millennial Zara Gladman and her alter-egos – including everyone’s favourite Glasgow West end mum Aileen – take centre stage for a worthy cause: to raise funds for Aileen’s son’s gap year.
BroadwayWorld's top picks of the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme.
Acclaimed performance poet Toby Thompson returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a vibrant new solo adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved classic,
Irish playwright and performer Conor O’Dwyer is set to make his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut this summer with the bold and brilliant new solo play Homo(sapien), playing July 30–August 24 at Assembly Roxy (Snug Bar).
Following Breaking the Binary Theatre's Off-Broadway run starring Angelica Ross, Peppermint, and James Tom, the late Cecilia Gentili’s play Red Ink will be presented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has announced that the six short films created as part of the inaugural NFTS Sean Connery Talent Lab will have their World Premieres as part of this year’s Film Festival.
This summer, audiences are invited to treat themselves to the show they never knew they needed - and experience one of the best-reviewed comedy shows of 2024.
This three-actor musical takes inspiration from the true story of Joanna of Castile.
Returning to the Fringe from Montréal acclaimed company, We All Fall Down Interdisciplinary Creations will present Because You Never Asked in the intimate surroundings of Summerhall’s Main Hall.
IMPERMANENCE, the award-winning contemporary dance company run by directors, choreographers and performers Roseanna Anderson and Joshua Ben-Tovim, return to the Edinburgh 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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Ed Byrne: No Dramas Music Hall (2/10-2/10) |
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A STAN IS BORN! – Encore Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/06-8/16) |
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Sanctuary Pleasance Dome (Ace Dome) (8/05-8/31) |
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Long Way Home Gilded Balloon (Snug) (8/05-8/31) |
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An Ode to the Casting Director Assembly George Square Studios (8/05-8/29) |
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The Business Man and The Case of M. Valdemar Greenside Venue @ Riddles Court (Willow Studio) – Venue 16 - 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2PG (8/07-8/28) |
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The Three Marias Voices Collective (8/26-8/31) |
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The List Festival Awards W Edinburgh (8/28-8/28) |
