The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Joy Nesbitt's multi-award-nominated play JULIUS CAESAR VARIETY SHOW will make its UK premiere at Summerhall's Red Lecture Theatre during Edinburgh Festival Fringe, exploring identity and representation through a darkly comic Shakespeare audition set against the 2023 Dublin riot.
With over 400 hand-drawn images strapped to performers, Noted is a minimalist, multimedia experience that transforms illustrations, everyday objects, and simple gestures into an ever-evolving visual narrative.
Irish theatremaker Martha Knight's gig-theatre show THE KING OF ALL BIRDS will make its UK premiere at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, after winning awards at Dublin Fringe Festival and touring Ireland and Canada.
Adam Lenson's new solo show IS IT TOO LATE NOW TO SAY SORRY? will have its world premiere at Summerhall's Red Lecture Theatre during the Edinburgh Fringe, fusing storytelling, music, memoir, and a dissection of the celebrity apology.
Dreambite Collective will present the Fringe premiere of CRUISING, a queer romcom by Katrina Bennett about polyamory, protest, and climate activism, at Pleasance Courtyard's Bunker Three in Edinburgh.
Broken Box Mime Theater and Dutch Kills Theater Company will present DOUBLE TAKE at Underbelly Bristo Square during Edinburgh Fringe, a wordless two-hander weaving eight short stories through mime, hand puppetry, and physical comedy.
CHANNEL, an immersive live electronic music experience inspired by composer Pauline Oliveros, will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from Dutch Kills Theater Company and Wet Hands in an intimate new format for groups of ten.
Deep Flight Productions will present Who We Become, a trilogy of one-act plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson, staged as two alternating productions.
Mochinosha / Book of Shadowz will present the premiere of Book of Shadows, a shadow puppet occult mystery, at Underbelly Cowgate's Big Belly during the Edinburgh Fringe.
Daniel Nodder's award-winning physical theatre solo show ONLY BONES will make its UK premiere at Downstairs at Assembly Roxy, blending contortion, absurdist comedy, and a single lightbulb to traverse the universe in one square metre.
Virtuoso ventriloquist, BAFTA nominee and British Comedy Award winning Nina Conti will return to this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her brand-new show ‘Nina's C*nti Cabaret.
Daniel McVey's absurdist murder mystery A FOOT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE PRIZE FOR THE TOMBOLA will have its world premiere at Pleasance Courtyard, with audiences armed with scripts and puppets to become suspects in a drag-led village fete investigation.
Trans storyteller Yoz Mensch brings her autobiographical comedy MY GRANDPA DOESN'T FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, after winning the Sydney Fringe Tour Ready Award at Adelaide Fringe.
Box Tale Soup will present A GHOST AMONG THE LIVING, a world premiere adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's gothic classics, at Pleasance Dome during the Edinburgh Fringe, blending puppetry, original music, and Hammer Horror-inspired storytelling.
Meadows Award-winner Fadi Murad will present the full-length version of his solo theatre piece COME BACK HOME at Summerhall during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, exploring grief, memory, and Palestinian identity.
Three US stand-up comedians — a Queer, Indigenous, and African American performer with credits including HBO and Amazon Prime — will take the Edinburgh Festival Fringe stage to dissect American identity, politics, and culture.
Drag king Bi-Curious George will present SNAIL TRAIL at Pleasance Below, a solo show drawing on personal experiences of hormone therapy and transitioning to explore trans-masculinity through the lens of snail biology.
Comedian Meka Mo, known for HBO's Game Theory with Bomani Jones, brings her solo hour NEW YORK CITY DREAMS to Just the Tonic at The Caves, following her award-nominated 2024 Edinburgh Fringe run.
Scottish writer and performer Euan Munro brings PLAYBACK to Summerhall Arts, a tragicomic drama drawn from his lived experience as a child YouTuber, raising questions about internet safety and digital consent.
CSI: CRIME SCENE IMPROVISATION announced performances at Wilton's Music Hall and Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with a 10-person cast performing a fully improvised murder mystery where the audience creates the crime.
Comedian Liv Rocklin brings her award-winning musical comedy AN AMERICAN (NOT) IN PARIS to the Edinburgh Fringe, performing at Just the Tonic at The Mash House after wins at Orlando and Pittsburgh Fringe festivals.
It is now a few days since I left Treowen, a gorgeous 17th century Manor House set in the even-more-gorgeous Welsh countryside and I am still processing the experience.
After a critically acclaimed 'must see' at the Edinburgh Fringe, Leila Navabi brings her solo 'punk musical' Relay to the Traverse - this one races ahead with heart and humour.
2026 marks the first time that Glyndbourne has staged Puccini's Tosca, a devastating opera of love and betrayal.
Emmy-nominated actor and comedian Brendan Scannell, known for Netflix's Bonding, will make his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with THE ABYSS, a stand-up show exploring mental health, family dysfunction, and mortality at Gilded Balloon Patter House.
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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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Patient 13 Zoo (Playground 2) (8/07-8/30) VIDEOS |
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The Borrowed Room Woody's (7/31-8/01) |
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Black Blues Brothers: Let's Twist Again! Underbelly (8/05-8/31) |
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Rollers Forever King's Theatre (10/27-10/31) |
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Reparations Pleasance Courtyard (Above) (8/05-8/30) |
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Giraffe Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/31) |
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Long Way Home Gilded Balloon (Snug) (8/05-8/31) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! EICC (5/30-5/30) |
