The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Cathleen O'Malley's one-woman show MILKDRUNK, described as 'a primal scream from the trenches of first-time motherhood,' heads to theSpace @ Symposium Hall after selling out venues across the U.
Tremendous wit and energy drive an accomplished show created in no time at all!
Comedian, actor and broadcaster Karen Dunbar will join the cast of Scrooge the Musical this Christmas at Glasgow's SEC Armadillo.
George Maguire will lead What I Am, a new play with songs, directed by two-time OFFIE Award nominee Guy Retallack at Greenside at George Street.
This year, Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie is returning to stages on both sides of the Atlantic, with productions in the United Kingdom and the United States celebrating the life, music, and enduring legacy of Woody Guthrie.
Adele Cliff's Topical Early Late Night Show With Adele Cliff is set to bring all the best parts of an American late-night TV show to Edinburgh in the early evening.
Austin Jennings' one-man show A GAY MASSEUR'S GUIDE TO HAPPY ENDINGS, following workshops in NYC and Provincetown, will premiere at Greenside @ George Street during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Actor Stephen Smith will bring six Edgar Allan Poe short stories to Edinburgh Fringe under the banner of ONE MAN POE, performed at Greenside's historic Riddles Court, with two new additions joining his award-winning solo shows.
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.
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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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This Is How I Got Arrested (after smuggling drugs across the border but never actually getting caught with any drugs) ZOO (Playground 3) (8/07-8/30) |
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Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody (8/05-8/31) |
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The Second Best School Shooting Pleasance Courtyard (8/05-8/30) |
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Collaborator Pleasance at EICC (Pentland) (8/06-8/22) |
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Overtone Pleasance (Jack Dome) (8/05-8/30) |
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Thermodrama Summerhall (8/07-8/31) |
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Tale of the Firebird Assembly Roxy (Central) (8/06-8/30) |
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How Not to Make it in America Summerhall (Former Gent’s Locker Room) (8/06-8/31) |
