Màiri McAllan, the MSP for Clydesdale, will take responsibility for culture in First Minister John Swinney’s new “streamlined” cabinet, announced today, Wednesday 20 May 2026. McAllan has been ...

Funeral For My Boobs by Hannah Howie, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at Assembly Roxy, is a touching autobiographical tale presented as an all-singing, all-dancing spectacular. The ...

Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil at the Lyceum is a sensitive exploration of community, family and football that has much to commend it, but stretches itself a little thin.

There is a big heart and an even bigger sense of injustice done in Leitheatre’s powerful production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, playing at the Church Hill Theatre until Saturday afternoon. The ...

Forth Children’s Theatre and Leitheatre are teaming up to create The Tale of Eliza Scrooge, a female-led modern adaptation of Charles Dickens, to be staged at the Church Hill Theatre this November, ...

(In the Burning Darkness), from the Edinburgh University Spanish Society at the Bedlam, is a thoughtful and thought-provoking production featuring noteworthy performances. Antonio Buero Vallejo’s 1950 ...

Trainspotting has got the musical treatment and Begbie, Kelly, Sick Boy, Spud and Renton are set to tour the UK, opening at the Edinburgh Playhouse on Monday 19 October 2026 with tickets on sale from ...

Windblown is up for Best Production; Karine Polwart has been nominated for both an Outstanding Performance award and Best New ...

The Edinburgh Minute, Micheal MacLeod’s daily curated list of links to local news stories with addition links to community events, has won the “Best Newsletter (Regional/Local)” award at the 94th ...

The Scottish Community Drama Association exists to encourage the development of volunteer-led theatre arts in Scotland. The SCDA runs the Scottish rounds of the UK-wide One Act Play Festival. It has a ...

The musical Waitress, touring to the Playhouse, is an appealing production that (despite its ostensibly dark subject matter) is resolutely optimistic.

Listings for the week: Mon 18 – Sun 24 May 2026: For the following week’s listings, look here: On Stage the Following Week. The current week’s listings are here: On Stage This Week. Click on the name ...