The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
BAD BOY, a solo comedy with live original music written and performed by Daniel Adolfsson, will make its UK premiere at Underbelly Cowgate during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, following a struggling musician facing hard truths before a career-defining audition.
Actress Abby Goldfarb brings her queer origin story to the Edinburgh Fringe with MOST OF MY MOMS ARE GAY, an original comedy musical featuring 13 songs, co-produced with Jody Shelton and directed by Eddie Grey.
Michael Hockey's non-verbal horror comedy TO BE FRANK, loosely inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, will make its UK premiere at Pleasance Courtyard during the Edinburgh Fringe, blending physical theatre, clowning, and a live punk-inspired electric guitar score.
Comedian James Trickey returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new hour, SPLIT, following a sold-out debut run that included a fire alarm mid-show and a punch to the face at a Fringe award entry.
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Senbla and SEGA announced Sonic Live In Concert, a new concert experience celebrating 35 years of the franchise, with US and UK premieres featuring a live orchestra, rock musicians, and vocalists performing music from across the Sonic universe.
Mark McAuley's one-man show Diary of a Mad Man, adapted from Gogol's 1835 story and set in contemporary Ireland, traces a corporate worker's psychological collapse through Instagram reels at Assembly Roxy.
The full cast has been revealed for Rollers Forever - the smash-hit musical celebrating the songsof the beloved Bay City Rollers
The Legend of Korra in Concert, a new live-to-picture orchestral experience that brings the animated series to life on stage, is coming to the UK in 2027.
Ahead of English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2026, Artistic Director Aaron S.
LUNG Theatre's WOODHILL, a verbatim dance theatre work drawn from testimonies of families who lost loved ones to suicide at HMP Woodhill, will play ZOO Southside at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before an autumn UK tour including London.
Steve Burns's autobiographical one-person show STEVE BURNS: ALIVE and Liliana Padilla's TWITCH will make their UK premieres at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, both running at Underbelly venues.
Comedian and filmmaker Rory Cargill returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with ON TV!, a live multimedia show examining 70 years of British television through character-driven comedy and period-accurate filmed segments.
Francesca Moody Productions and Shedinburgh announced five recipients of the 2026 Shedload-of-Future Fund, a bursary supporting early-career artists taking work to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time.
Low Fat Productions will present SPRAYWATCH: A BEAUTIFUL RESCUE, a new original musical comedy inspired by a 90s American lifeguard drama, at theSpace @ Niddry Street during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The Gilbert Twins, known for their 3M+ social media following, will bring their original musical comedy UNDER THE INFLUENCE to Edinburgh Festival Fringe's Underbelly Bristo Square, following a London preview.
The cult late-night sensation HOUSE OF LIFE returns to the Edinburgh Fringe in a reimagined, expanded version at Underbelly's Udderbelly, led by the glitter-clad RaveRend in a night of live music, comedy, and communal catharsis.
Kook Ensemble's SAND, a non-verbal circus theatre show about a couple navigating dementia, will play Edinburgh's Summerhall.
Andrew Doherty announced a new comedy horror show, REVIEWERS WELCOME… TO DIE!, for a full month-long run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, following sold-out runs of his previous shows and a BBC Radio 4 debut.
Katie Norris will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her third solo show, MOTHER SUCCUBUS, following a sold-out run and an Edinburgh Comedy Award 'Best Show' nomination for her previous hour.
Award-winning singer-songwriter Monique DeBose will perform her jazz-infused solo show ADDING UP AMERICA: SOLVING THE RACE EQUATION at Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh, using mathematical metaphors to examine mixed-race identity in the US.
Scottish comedy star Kim Blythe’s debut tour Cowboy played to sold-out crowds across the UK and Ireland last autumn and sold out her Edinburgh Fringe run.
Comedian Jody Kamali's solo show THIS IS MY DAD makes its world premiere at Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Fringe, exploring his Iranian father's secret life, hidden debts, and quiet aid to Middle Eastern refugees.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and Twitch streamer Bilal Zafar brings RUBICON to Underbelly Bristo Square, blending stand-up and gameshow formats to explore class and race.
Haston House will present RIP HER TO SHREDS, a dark comedy written by Isabelle Barbier examining internalised misogyny and early 2000s girlhood through witchcraft, rivalry, and surrealist satire at Underbelly Cowgate during 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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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) |
