The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Flying Solo! Presents will stage THE GREAT SHAKESPEARE SHOWDOWN at the Haldane Theatre at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall, pitting a British thespian against an American actress in a Wild West-set battle of Bardic wit.
LIFELONG, a new play by two-time Fringe First winner Lynda Radley, explores immortality, AI, and inequality through Pepperdine University students performing at the Edinburgh Fringe.
A BETTER MEMORY, a new play by Ihsan Kerr presented by Kerr Arts Collective, explores AI's role in grief as a widow uses an AI voice assistant built from her late husband's digital footprint to hear his voice again.
Broadcaster Mariella Frostrup and actor Gina Bellman will bring CRACKING THE MENOPAUSE to Gilded Balloon Teviot at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, exploring the cultural history of menopause through research, testimony, and humor.
Glasgow’s iconic lunchtime theatre company returns with 12 shows from 31 August to 21 November 2026 at Òran Mór and touring venues.
Mimi Martin's Scotsman Fringe First-winning solo show about Hong Kong's 2019 pro-democracy protests returns to the Pleasance Courtyard following a sold-out Off-Broadway season.
Craig McCorquodale's MARKET MARKET brings an interactive performance to Clydeside Hall at The Briggait, where five Glasgow locals share comfort food and personal stories exploring belonging, memory, and community.
Aberdeen Arts Centre has exceeded its £60,000 fundraising target, raising nearly £88,000 in six weeks, bringing the Save Aberdeen Arts Centre campaign total to over £260,000 toward its £660,000 three-year goal.
BWW catches up with director Kim Weild to chat about bringing Midsummer! to the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
BWW caught up with director and writer Katie Kunkel & Tom Quackenbush to chat about bringing The Body I Left in Susquehanna National Forest to the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Sara Malinowski's one-woman show GIRLFRIENDS: A NOT SO STRAIGHT PLAY heads to Edinburgh Fringe's Jade Studio at Greenside @ George Street after a successful Hollywood Fringe run and a NYC Pridefest appearance.
Three artists have been selected to participate in Benson Drive Productions' inaugural BDP Edinburgh Fringe Artists in Residence program this August.
Australian comedian Conk will bring his award-winning show MAN SINGS THE SAME SONG OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR AN HOUR to Edinburgh's Summerhall after sold-out runs at Melbourne Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Spirit of the Fringe Award-winning comedian Ian Stone announced a new show, The Pleb's Pow Wow, set to run at The Counting House in Edinburgh as a free, unticketed performance.
Comedian Mel Hudson is set to make her solo debut at Edinburgh Fringe with RICHARD ASHCROFT REVIVED MY LIBIDO, a stand-up show blending storytelling and personal reflection on midlife desire and reawakening at Gilded Balloon Teviot.
Miss Frisky and her live band bring audience-driven musical chaos to London's Underbelly Boulevard, letting crowds choose songs and genres for real-time remixes ranging from disco Radiohead to death-metal ballads.
This thrilling new musical from the director of Jersey Boys celebrates the love, music and mayhem of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash.
Hadsan Mohamud, known for Dugsi Dayz, makes her playwriting debut with CRUSH, a British-Somali rom-com about two teens meeting in a clinic waiting room, running at Underbelly Bristo Square during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
NOTES: THE COMEDY B-SIDES, a rotating late-night format show created by Stephen Gordon, will have comedians perform untested material from their Notes apps at Just the Tonic at The Caves, Edinburgh Fringe.
Created for Eden Court's 50th anniversary celebrations, Confluence is an immersive promenade performance exploring the moments when lives intersect and shape who we become.
Three new productions are headed to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August.
Award-winning queer cabaret artist Aidan Sadler will bring Big Gay Afterparty back to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for two nights only this August.
Daniel Adolfsson talks bringing Bad Boy to Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 — a comedy about love, self-sabotage, and the dreams we get in our own way.
Paul Shearman talks bringing The Last Audition to Edinburgh Fringe 2026 — a one-man play about an aging Shakespearean actor fighting memory loss and identity.
BWW catches up with John P.
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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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How Not to Make it in America Summerhall (Former Gent’s Locker Room) (8/06-8/31) |
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The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey Summerhall (8/06-8/31) |
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Target Audience Pleasance Courtyard (Above) (8/05-8/30) |
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Thermodrama Summerhall (8/07-8/31) |
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DECKHAND theSpace @ Niddry Street (8/24-8/29) |
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Parking Spot: The Musical! Lime Studio Greenside@George Street (8/07-8/22) |
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Sitting (In Silence) Summerhall (8/06-8/31) |
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NewsRevue Pleasance Courtyard (8/05-8/31) |
