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A Play, A Pie And A Pint Presents MEDEA ON THE MIC By Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh


by A.A. Cristi - May 09, 2024

A Play, A Pie and A Pint will present MEDEA ON THE MIC by Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh, Monday 10th - Saturday 15th June 2024, 1pm. ...

Zoe Bullock and Louise Oliver Receive 2024 ART Award


by Stephi Wild - April 05, 2024

Assembly Theatre has announced the winner of the 2024 ART Award as Zoë Bullock and Louise Oliver for their production Gracie and the Start of the End of the World (Again). ...

National Theatre of Scotland and Who Cares? Scotland Partner to Launch CARING SCOTLAND


by Stephi Wild - March 28, 2024

Caring Scotland is a far-reaching creative oral history project that will document the lives and experiences of at least 100 members of the Care Experienced community in Scotland over a three-year period. The project will be delivered by National Theatre of Scotland in partnership with Who Cares? Sc...

Full Cast and Creative Team Set For National Theatre Of Scotland's MAGGIE & ME


by Stephi Wild - March 15, 2024

The full cast and creatives have been announced for the tour of Maggie & Me, the first stage adaptation of Damian Barr's award-winning memoir touring UK in May and June 2024....

Artists Revealed For Major New Musical Theatre Residency In Scotland


by Stephi Wild - February 07, 2024

Dundee Rep Theatre and Cove Park have announced the musical theatre artists who will participate in a pioneering new creative residency programme in Scotland this Spring. Learn more about the artists here!...

Tron Theatre Appoints New Artistic Director


by Stephi Wild - December 20, 2023

Tron Theatre has announced the appointment of Jemima Levick to the role of Artistic Director, following the departure of Andy Arnold in November 2023 after an almost 16-year tenure....

Adaptation of MAGGIE & ME Comes to Scotland in 2024


by Stephi Wild - November 17, 2023

Maggie & Me, Damian Barr’s award-winning and darkly witty memoir about growing up gay in Thatcher’s Britain is coming to Scottish stages, in a bold and explosive new production.   ...

Forbes Masson to Star in JEKYLL & HYDE At The Lyceum


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 15, 2023

Forbes Masson has been cast in the Scottish premiere of Jekyll & Hyde at the Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh....

2:22 – A GHOST STORY Comes to the King's Theatre, Glasgow in November


by Stephi Wild - October 31, 2023

The King’s Theatre has revealed the casting for the Glasgow dates of Runaway Entertainment’s 2:22 – A Ghost Story, which will star Joe Absolom (A Confession, Doc Martin) as Ben, Scottish actress Charlene Boyd (Mayflies, River City) as Lauren, Nathaniel Curtis (It’s a Sin, The Witcher) as Sam and Lou...

National Theatre of Scotland Launches New Short Film Commission For Black Artists


by Stephi Wild - October 26, 2023

National Theatre of Scotland has announced a new short film commission opportunity for Black artists and artists from the African and/or Caribbean diaspora, including those with mixed heritage, specifically those based in Scotland. ...

Past Shows

Ghosts
2/26 - 3/12/2021


A young boy in 18th Century Glasgow, leads us on a powerful journey of over 500 years of resistance through the streets of the Merchant ...

Lament for Sheku bayoh
Lament for Sheku bayoh
11/21 - 11/22/2020


A young black man lost his life. Five years ago. In police custody. In Scotland. Soon after 7am, on a Sunday morning - May 3rd, ...

Lament for Sheku Bayoh
11/20 - 11/21/2020


Soon after 7am, on a Sunday morning - May 3rd, 2015, Sheku Bayoh, a 31 year-old gas engineer, husband and father of two died in ...


A true crime story. Inspired by our enduring fascination with true crime, Rob Drummond turns investigative journalist for this new one-man show about a mysterious ...

Let The Right One In
4/30 - 6/5/2020


“I live on blood. But I am not… that… can I come in?” Let the Right One In is a truly rare piece of theatre, ...


What is happening, is really happening. Step into a world of constant self-refinement. Two performers engage in a continuous verbal scuffle, bringing streams of empty ...

The Enemy
4/25 - 5/9/2020


A radical re-imagining of the classic Henrik Ibsen play about truth, power and deception from Kieran Hurley, award-winning playwright and screenwriter of the critically acclaimed ...

Just Start Here
2/28 - 2/29/2020


A two-day festival of bold new work, taking over shop-fronts, working men’s clubs and the streets of Dumfries this February. At Just Start Here, dive ...

Adam
Adam
5/4 - 2/16/2019


Adam is the remarkable true story of a young trans man having to make that choice. From Egypt to Scotland, it charts Adam's fight across ...

Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
9/1 - 11/10/2018


The hugely romantic Cyrano de Bergerac is given a Glaswegian heart in a new production of Edwin Morgan’s Glaswegian-Scots translation by Citizens Theatre Artistic Director ...

Futureproof
Futureproof
9/28 - 10/28/2018


The National Theatre of Scotland is marking Scotland’s Year of Young People in 2018 by staging a major radical new festival of international performing arts, ...

The 306: Dusk
The 306: Dusk
10/12 - 10/27/2018


2018. Armistice Day. A pregnant school teacher on a trip to the battlefields goes AWOL in a wood whilst on a personal mission of remembrance. ...

A Mile in My Shoes
A Mile in My Shoes
9/29 - 10/7/2018


Empathy Museum (UK) are bringing their international touring hit A Mile in My Shoes to Scotland. Located at sites in Forres and Elgin and housed ...

Chronicles
Chronicles
10/6 - 10/7/2018


Scottish dance collective Project X (UK) and Thulani Rachia (UK/South Africa) present Chronicles. Working with young people from Edinburgh, they have co-created a new piece ...

Scotties
Scotties
9/13 - 10/6/2018


"Beir abhaile ar marbh / Send home our dead" - A telegram from Ireland in 1937 inspires the untold story of ten young lads from ...

The Drift
The Drift
10/6


The Drift, by writer and performer Hannah Lavery, is fresh from its appearance at the National Theatre of Scotland’s Just Start Here weekender. The Drift ...

Eve
Eve
8/3 - 9/15/2018


Eve tells the story of a child raised as a boy, when she knew all along that was wrong. That child grew up to be ...

My Left/Right Foot - The Musical


Local am-dram society is under pressure to comply with the equalities agenda. They come up with a cunning plan; create a gripping show starring ‘the ...

First Snow
First Snow
8/1 - 8/26/2018


Isabelle summons her family back to their ancestral home in Quebec. Despite their history, they come. Her right-wing brother Harry, daughter Mina, and Catherine, the ...

Midsummer
Midsummer
8/2 - 8/26/2018


It’s Midsummer. In Edinburgh. It’s raining. Bob and Helena may have only just met but they’re about to embark on a lustful lost weekend of ...

Eddie and the Slumber Sisters


Meet the Slumber Sisters. An all-singing trio whose job it is to monitor our dreams and ensure that our night-time wanderings remain healthy and safe. ...

Gut
Gut
4/20 - 5/19/2018


I know my boy. I’d know if something had happened to him. Maddy and Rory are devoted parents to 3-year-old Joshua, committed to keeping him ...

Ma, Pa and the Little Mouths


A snake will always find a way in. And he has. We’ve been sleeping so long that he’s had a feast… And this snake has ...

How To Act
How To Act
3/6 - 3/23/2018


Internationally-renowned theatre director Anthony Nicholl has travelled the globe on a life-long quest to discover the true essence of theatre. Today he gives a masterclass, ...

Rocket Post on Screen
Rocket Post on Screen
11/8 - 3/3/2018


Rocket Post is an extraordinary true story for families, packed with songs, charm and humour. Filmed specially for the Screen Machine at performances on Harris, ...

Appointment with the Wicker Man


On a remote Scottish island, amateur theatre company The Loch Parry Players are rehearsing their stage version of cult film The Wicker Man. Their unique ...

Medea
8/1 - 8/31/2002


A tale of horror, of the breaking of the ultimate taboo – of the snuffing out of the future – Medea is the classic drama ...

Videos


Short Attention Span Theatre - May 2024 in Scotland Short Attention Span Theatre - May 2024
The Gaiety Theatre (5/16 - 5/18)
Edward's Talk - What's Driving You? in Scotland Edward's Talk - What's Driving You?
theSpace at Surgeons Hall - Theatre 1 (8/12 - 8/17)
Vittorio Angelone: Work In Progress in Scotland Vittorio Angelone: Work In Progress
Monkey Barrel Comedy (6/7 - 6/7)
Chris Grace: Sardines (A Comedy About Death) in Scotland Chris Grace: Sardines (A Comedy About Death)
Assembly George Square Studios - One (7/31 - 8/26)
Amy Mason: Free Mason in Scotland Amy Mason: Free Mason
The Pleasance (7/31 - 8/26)
Steve Bugeja: Self Doubt (I Think) in Scotland Steve Bugeja: Self Doubt (I Think)
Monkey Barrel Comedy (6/13 - 6/13)
Andrew Maxwell: The Bare Maximum in Scotland Andrew Maxwell: The Bare Maximum
Just The Tonic - Nucleus (8/1 - 8/25)
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