British Theatre Guide

News, reviews, features and podcast on theatre across the UK

Scotland

Reviews

Keith Fleming and Charlene Boyd

The Macbeths

Adapted by Dominic Hill and Frances Poet from the play by William Shakespeare

Citizens Theatre

Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

3–30 June 2021

Playwright John Byrne

Tennis Elbow

John Byrne

Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in collaboratio...

Sound Stage: Pitlochry Festival Theatre

30 April–8 May 2021

News

Québec@EdFringe

Stars of Québec return to Edinburgh

16 July 2021

A virtual showcase of circus, theatre and dance for Qué[email protected] for Assembly Festival will be launched in an hour-long broadcast before the shows start running live.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 6–30 August 2021

Edinburgh Fringe puts first shows on sale

5 July 2021

Tickets are now available for more than 170 shows at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with more to be announced weekly.

All or Nothing Aerial Dance tour

2 July 2021

Edinburgh's All or Nothing Aerial Dance Theatre will tour Scotland with a new outdoor, interactive production, The Swings, staged on a five-metre-high swing set.

Atomic Saloon (2019)

Artists and venues supported by Fringe Recovery Fund

6 June 2021

Five venues and fifteen shows are the first to benefit from new Fringe Artist and Venue Recovery Fund.

Lament for Sheku Bayoh

Edinburgh International Festival 2021

6 June 2021

The EIF has announced its programme for this year with more than 170 live and online events.

Scottish Opera pops up on the road

4 June 2021

Scottish Opera will return to live outdoor performance with its Pop-up Opera Roadshow, featuring 30-minute performances of Gilbert & Sullivan classics.

Catriona Hewitson in L'elisir d'amore

Scottish Opera puts The Elixir of Love on screen

29 May 2021

Scottish Opera's film of Donizetti’s opera L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love) is the latest Scottish Opera: On Screen, filmed at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal.

Family Portrait

Barrowland Ballet's interactive Family Portrait

2 May 2021

An interactive video installation, Family Portrait, will be at Glasgow's Tramway and Edinburgh's Assembly Roxy (Edinburgh International Children’s Festival).

Features

Alan Cumming in The Scottish Play

Test and Superspreader Events

2 July 2021

As Terminus Day approaches, we review the current state of play for the events industry.

Social distancing headaches

30 April 2021

Philip Fisher reports on the latest position on social distancing in Scottish theatres and contrasts it with the stance of the UK government.