The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Following a critically acclaimed, award nominated, sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025, An Ode to the Casting Director will return as a breakout solo show, heading back to Edinburgh Fringe 2026 with Assembly.
Savannah Hankinson's debut Edinburgh Fringe show blends interactive whodunnit comedy with queer culture, featuring six characters, audience participation, and a different killer revealed at each performance.
Writer-performer Claudia Fielding returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with A COSTUME DRAMA, a comedy following reluctant Ella as she steps into the oversized boots of a football mascot to keep a family tradition alive.
Written by investigative journalist Sean Stillmaker and directed by Adébayo Bolaji, 15 MINUTES OF SHAME follows a young London couple who turn to OnlyFans amid financial insecurity, charting the emotional and relational costs of monetising intimacy.
The next generation find their voices with help from the National Theatre's development programme
Comedian and bookseller Ben Pope will bring BEN'S BOOK CLUB to Edinburgh Fringe for three shows only, featuring guest comedians Ania Magliano, Rhys James, and Celya AB at Assembly Studio 3.
Comedian and lawyer Davina Bentley will bring her debut solo hour DANCING WHILE OLD to Pleasance Courtyard at the Edinburgh Fringe, blending stand-up and sketches about identity, ageing, and modern womanhood.
Al Seed Productions announced THRICE, a choral performance responding to Shakespeare's Macbeth, led by nine female performers.
Jack Tarlton and Jessica Hardwick lead the cast of 1984, a new adaptation of George Orwell's dystopian novel, in a co-production from Citizens Theatre, Dundee Rep Theatre, and The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh touring Scotland.
Grandma Girls Productions will present HOLMES/SHAH, a satirical one-act play imagining Jen Shah and Elizabeth Holmes crossing paths at Bryan Federal Prison, at Edinburgh Fringe.
Hot on the heels of her critically acclaimed 2025 character show Side Eye, 'Rock 'n' Roll Star of British Comedy' (Rolling Stone) Rachel Fairburn is back with some new personalities (and some old favourites) for you to love and hate.
Dogstar Theatre's THE TAILOR OF INVERNESS, written and performed by Matthew Zajac, returns to Scottish stages with an extensive tour spanning the length of the country, coinciding with a new paperback edition from Luath Press.
The Dunard Centre, Edinburgh's first new concert hall in over 100 years, welcomed its first royal visitor, The Duke of Kent, to its St Andrew Square site last week.
Comedian Rob Auton announced a 46-date UK tour for his new show JUPITER, about being an estate agent on the planet Jupiter, following an Edinburgh Fringe debut and culminating in a residency at London's Soho Theatre.
Scottish actors Claire Dargo and Scott Fletcher, known for their roles in River City, will reunite for the world premiere of OVERTONE at the Edinburgh Fringe, marking their first stage work since leaving the show.
Olivier Award-nominated playwright John Kolvenbach's STAND UP IF YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT, starring Broadway actor Jim Ortlieb, will receive its UK premiere at Underbelly Bristo Square during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The upcoming musical GAMEPLAY! has released its first teaser trailer and production images, offering an early look at the new show ahead of its opening.
Critically acclaimed, Chicago-based contemporary circus company Aloft Circus Arts will be making their highly anticipated return to Edinburgh Fringe with the UK debut of ‘The Pieces’, where performers climb, swing and create a world in constant motion.
Maya Ricote, winner of the London Clown Festival 2025 Clong Award, brings AY AM! to Pleasance Courtyard, a clown show exploring the pressure to perform as an artist and a woman.
Jonathan Oldfield, BBC New Comedy Award Finalist and Star Wars: Andor actor, will bring his surreal character comedy EXQUISITE CORPSE to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with each performance shaped by audience collaboration.
Sydney comedian Jess Fuchs brings her stand-up show FERAL to Edinburgh Festival Fringe's Pleasance Courtyard, tackling body image, shame, and the pressures women face through personal storytelling and crowd work.
Emmy-nominated comedian Jenny Gorelick will bring her solo hour SORRY to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, exploring dating, gender dynamics, and why women apologize for everything while men face little scrutiny.
Comedian Hasan Al-Habib will bring his solo show STUCK IN THE MIDDLE (EAST) WITH YOU to Pleasance Courtyard at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, drawing on his parents' divorce and his Iraqi immigrant upbringing.
Gyles Brandreth will bring UP MEMORY LANE! to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, joined for the first time by Rosebud podcast producer Harriet Jaine for a show blending childhood memories, audience participation, laughs, and songs.
Gregor Fisher will perform his first one-man show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, joined by director Nigel West for an evening of stories and reminiscences from his decades-long career.
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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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Roomies Underbelly (Jersey) (8/05-8/31) |
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NewsRevue Pleasance Courtyard (8/05-8/31) |
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Heart Beats Strong Pleasance Courtyard (Bunker 2) (8/05-8/31) |
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Friendliest Gilded Balloon (The Nook) (8/08-8/31) |
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One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven Greenside Venue @ Riddles Court (Willow Studio) – Venue 16 - 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2PG (8/07-8/29) |
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It's A Struggle Coming Out theSpace @ Niddry Street (8/08-8/13) |
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Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody! Gilded Balloon Patter House - Other Yin (8/05-8/30) |
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Threesome Braw Venues @ Hill Street Theatre (8/07-8/16) |
