Scotland Theatre Newsroom

A historical discovery was made at a theatre in Scotland, at the Edinburgh's King's Theatre. A bottle was found after 119 years, discovered by Mike Hume. 

Glasgow's oldest theatre, the Theatre Royal, Glasgow is set to host Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman's worldwide cult phenomenon Ghost Stories, which is set to embark on its first full UK national tour from 8 - 12 April 2025.

A show about the body. Marjolein embarks on the second instalment of her standup trilogy by looking at a health condition that, left unspoken about in the past, was almost fatal.

The bi-annual festival Dance International Glasgow (DIG), has unviled announced its full 2025 programme. Curated and produced by Tramway, the festival of dance for Glasgow and Scotland will bring a wealth of dazzling live performances to the Glasgow Life arts venue as well as site-specific spaces across the city.

Hester is the go-to ADHD expert in the press and is a regular guest on podcasts. She even went viral after her appearance on ADHD Chatter with Alex Partridge, with clips from her episode being viewed more than 22 million times!

Tron Theatre Company will host a brand-new mini-rep season Studio3, featuring work from some of the most exciting playwriting voices working in Scotland today. Learn more here!

Doubt: A Parable, famously adapted into the Academy Award-nominated film Doubt in 2008, returns to the stage in a new staging by Dundee Rep Theatre.

Acclaimed writer and performer Nick Cassenbaum will present his hit solo show Bubble Schmeisis, for the final time, with a limited run at Soho Theatre this May. Fresh from a sell-out extended run of his Fringe First-winning show, REVENGE: After the Levoyah, at the Yard Theatre; Nick invites us to join him in East London's last remaining authentic bath house for one last splash.

Rianne is your typical 16-year-old girl, aside from an obsessive phobia of wasps, trying to survive the hellhole that is high school.

A new comedy set on the Isle of Skye about two drunken cousins who take on the rural housing crisis…sort of.

After sellout, foot-stomping previews at The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Caledonia Productions and Gavin Kalin Productions have released production photos from the record-breaking world premiere of Wild Rose,

Edinburgh International Festival will present a hand-picked selection of leading international and local artists in the world's Festival City, with 24 days of world-class opera, dance, music and theatre.  

Richard Jordan has joined the creative team for playwright/actress Priyanka Shetty's critically acclaimed solo play, #CHARLOTTESVILLE, set to play at Edinburgh Fringe. Learn more!

80s Liverpool. Chrissie, Loggo, George, Dixie and Yosser are used to hard work and providing for their families. But there is no work and there is no money. What are they supposed to do? Work harder, work longer, buy cheaper, spend less? They just need a chance.

David Ian will bring Am I Mean? to the Edinburgh Fringe this July. With his crowd-work videos generating more than 2.5 million views online, David has honed a special talent for being mean – but where does it come from?

Glasgow's Theatre Royal has announced that the Kiwi Icon, Rhys Darby, is returning to the stage with a brand new stand-up show, The Legend Returns, arriving at the venue on Saturday 28 June.

The cast has been set as rehearsals are underway for the first ever World Tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, the multi-award-winning hit stage show, which opens in Edinburgh in April 2025 before touring to venues across the UK, Europe and beyond.

From a brand-new period drama themed film tour to fun-filled family days out, classical and film music concerts, the much-anticipated return of the Greenwich Dog Show, Season there's something for everyone at the Old Royal Naval College this Spring.

Perth & Kinross Percussion Ensemble has been announced as the 2025 winners of Scottish Young Musicians Ensemble of the Year, which was open to ensembles playing any genre or grouping of instruments.

From Netflix series to teen chick flicks to zombie mashups, Jane Austen adaptations feel overdone in the entertainment world. But throw in a five-woman cast, constant fourth-wall breaks, multi-role madness, tacky karaoke, and red Solo cups? Somehow, Isobel McArthur delivers something fresh, witty, and immensely original. 

Casting has been announced for the UK and European tour of The Book of Mormon.  Broadway's smash-hit musical written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, returning to Glasgow at the King's Theatre for a three-week run.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the recipients of the 2025 Keep it Fringe fund. This is the third year of the fund, an initiative created to support Fringe artists to realise their professional ambitions, and in 2025 funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

In a nightclub toilet in the heart of Glasgow, a failed graffiti attempt goes wrong and eighteen-year-old Weegie, Kev, ends up meeting and befriending a stranger…a posh young guy of all people.

The Citizens Theatre will invite its Gorbals neighbours and the wider Glasgow community to get involved in its opening celebrations as one of the city's most treasured cultural venues prepares to reopen its doors later this year. Today, audiences are given a first glimpse of the activity that will welcome them back.  Tickets to the first stage productions will go on sale at the end of March. 

The Rum Shack’s queer comedy night is the best kind of silly — hosted by the fabulous Kate Hammer, it brings together a beautifully diverse lineup of queer comedians showcasing chaotic joy.