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Brian Molley Quartet  Tùs/Origin  

Brian Molley (Saxophones) Tom Gibbs (Piano) David Bowden (Double Bass); Stephen Henderson (Drums)  Internationally acclaimed Scottish group Brian Molley Quartet release their latest album, Tùs/Origin on 20th March 2026. From the folk traditions of the Outer Hebrides to a Louisiana gospel stomp via fugue, jig and hoedown in a through-composed suite, Tùs/Origin follows a journey exploring…

Scottish International Storytelling Festival Announces New Festival Director

Chiming with World Storytelling Day on Friday 20th March, Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS) announced the appointment of Daniel Abercrombie as the new Director of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival (SISF). Daniel, who is a creative arts producer with experience deeply embedded within the storytelling community in Scotland, will take up his appointment from April 2026. Daniel…

Casting Announced for Black Diamonds and The Blue Brazil at Lyceum

The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh announces the cast of Gary McNair’s brand-new stage play inspired by Ron Ferguson’s beloved book, Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil, directed by the Lyceum’s Artistic Director James Brining. Featuring original, live music performed on stage by Deacon Blue frontman and BBC Radio Scotland broadcaster Ricky Ross, who crafts a…

Work in Progress Performance Announced of New Musical on The Great Lafayette

This May, at Capital Theatres’ Studio venue, Helen Milne Productions, known for challenging and boundary pushing work,  present a work in progress of Lafayette: A New Musical. Written and directed by Scottish playwright John Binnie, with music, lyrics and co-writing by Richard Ferguson, and illusion and puppetry design by Fergus Dunnet, who was behind the…

Curious Seed and Lung Ha Theatre Company Bring The Table to Traverse This June

Curious Seed and Lung Ha Theatre Company, Scotland’s leading theatre company for actors and theatre makers with a learning disability and autism (in association with Lyra) join forces again this year to present a devised physical theatre performance with The Table, that builds on their 2019 collaboration with the acclaimed We Are All Just Little Creatures. The…

One Day The Musical

The Lyceum’s familiar auditorium has been transformed beyond recognition to create a new space for the staging of an adaptation of the now iconic romantic 2009 novel from English writer David Nicholls by former Artistic Director David Greig. With a view to creating a sense of involvement with the unfolding performance, the stage is in the…

Legendary A Play A Pie and A Pint Set to be Performed at Assembly Roxy 

The much-loved Scottish theatrical experience that showcases new work, A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP), will head to Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh’s Auld Toun for the first time this year. From April – June 2026, four shows will go to Assembly Roxy for the traditional afternoon show that does what it says on the tin, serving fresh meat…

National Theatre of Scotland Celebrates 20 Years with TRUE STORY Project

Over the last twenty years, the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) has gained a world-wide reputation for turning compelling real life Scottish stories into unique new plays that have been shared with audiences, earning plaudits on stages in Scotland and beyond. From shows like Black Watchabout soldiers serving in Iraq; Glasgow Girls about a group…

Summerhall Arts Announces First Shows of Fringe 2026 Programme

Arts charity and year-round cultural hub, Summerhall Arts, announces the first seven shows of its 2026 festival programme. The first batch of shows in Summerhall Arts 2026 programme spans theatre, dance, circus, music and storytelling from artists and companies hailing from Scotland, Afghanistan, Denmark, England, Italy and the United States. Acclaimed Glasgow-based theatre company Wonder Fools premieres Tether 인연 – a new collaboration…

Civic Digits Presents Many Good Men at Dunfermline Athletic Football Club

Many Good Men is an interactive forum theatre performance in the form of a participant-led digital forum theatre project from Civic Digits, a forward-looking company founded in 2018 that specialises in blending digital technology and gaming with live performance and the aim of empowering people to take control of their digital lives for a greater societal…

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