National Theatre of Scotland

The Young Team will premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe next year.

Novel adapted for the stage to tell story of Scotland's gang culture

Rona Munro and Rufus Norris.

Last of iconic James plays to tour Scotland

Dominic Hill is to receive an honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Arts diary: JD Twitch record collection and thumbs down for Sophocles

Sam Heughan at Wigtown Book Festival.

Arts diary: Sam Heughan's secret hike and my boyband hell

A previous incarnation of Locker Room Talk.

Chance meeting with actor Blythe Duff revives play 10 years on

Tony Roper will direct The Steamie for the last time.

'Nothing touches The Steamie': Tony Roper's last time directing show

Karine Polwart in Windblown

'Bumper year' for theatre as story of Botanics palm wins critics award

Lærke Schjærff Engelbrecht in What I’m Here For

Scotland's theatre critics announce their nominations for top awards

Jackie Wylie, artistic director of the National Theatre of Scotland.

Call for real life story to be 'brought to theatrical life' by NTS

Home Glasgow

The National Theatre of Scotland at 20: two decades of highlights

Gayle Rankin will play the famous teacher. Picture: Rankin

Rankin shots of Prime of Miss Jean Brodie star help 'crack' character

Scottish Ballet's The Nutcracker

Exclusive Arts bosses demand support now as SNP future funding pledge revealed

Kayla-Maree Tarantolo as Gerda, Bruno Micchiardi as Kai and Jessica Fyfe as The Snow Queen in Scottish Ballet's The Snow Queen

Culture secretary accused of 'raid on arts'

Brian Cox

Brian Cox: ‘There’s nothing I’ve regretted doing’

Jodie Comer stars in Prima Facie (photo: Empire Street Productions/Helen Murray)

Arts in 2026: Theatre reopening; Bon Jovi and new era for Pitlochry

Martin O’Connor in Through The Shortbread Tin

Why are so many plays about Scottish history being made?

Dame Maggie Smith was the star of the original The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

'Sharp, shocking' stage play of iconic Edinburgh novel to tour

The Scotsman spoke to actor Jack Lowden ahead of The Fifth Step premiere screening at Edinburgh Filmhouse.

Jack Lowden on Scottish arts funding and Edinburgh Filmhouse

Philip Howard and Jack Lowden, pictured, will receive the honorary doctorates later this year.

Honorary doctorates for actor Jack Lowden and director Philip Howard

The List Festival Awards

Shortlists announced for The List Festival Awards 2025

Scottish arts organisations to hold summit over cuts and uncertainty

The List Festival Awards

Shortlists announced for The List Festival Awards 2025

Actor Brian Cox appears in a scene from National Theatre of Scotland play Make It Happen.

Edinburgh International Festival review: Make It Happen

Actor Jack Lowden and author Michael Pedersen. Lowden has narrated the audiobook of Pedersen's debut novel Muckle Flugga.

Exclusive Slow Horses actor Jack Lowden records his first audio book

Jack Lowden

Play by Slow Horses star Jack Lowden to be broadcast in UK cinemas

Brian Cox plays the ghost of Adam Smith in Make It Happen.

Inside the downfall of RBS and Fred Goodwin - in new Brian Cox play

Playwright Douglas Maxwell on 25 years of hits, from Our Bad Magnet to So Young

Racism is a form of oppression, but the UK has a long history of other kinds, such as the oppression of working-class people who laboured in mines and 'dark satanic mills' (Picture: CM Dixon)

Public may feel oppressed by National Theatre's anti-oppression course Stephen Jardine

Alan Cumming to reprise iconic High Life role in major new musical

The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl was due to be performed this week.

Exclusive Aerial festival show cancelled after 'performer injury'

Brian Cox will be making one of his last stage performances in a satire about banker Fred Goodwin and the 2008 financial crash (Picture: Lia Toby)

Brian Cox tells of his 'brutal reality of poverty' in Scottish city

Lear is a new reimagining of the iconic King Lear play by William Shakespeare.

Scottish reimagining of iconic play by deaf actor and writer

Jackie Wylie

Jackie Wylie on the National Theatre of Scotland's new season

Actor Brian Cox. Picture: Colin Hutton

Brian Cox returns to Scottish stage with Royal Bank of Scotland play

Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming on returning to his roots in his new Scottish theatre job

Martin Green's stage show Keli will bring the worlds of brass band music and theatre together. Picture: Sandy Butler

New Scottish stage show to explore 'magical' world of brass bands

Martin O'Connor, is the writer and performer of Through the Shortbread Tin, which the National Theatre of Scotland will take on tour in 2025.

Scotland's most infamous hoax and blind Highland bard brought to life

The Brunton Theatre in Musselburgh has been closed since March 2023.

Charity behind doomed theatre demands new venue is built on same site

Actor Bill Paterson.

Bill Paterson recalls life-changing experience in trailblazing play

Jack Lowden (l) and Sean Gilder (r) in The Fifth Step

EIF Theatre & Music reviews: The Fifth Step | Fire in My Mouth + more

The House of Cleopatra promote their show which is running every day at Assembly Checkpoint. The immersive show celebrates the legendary queen of ancient Egypt in a mix of historical drama and high-energy musical spectacle.

Edinburgh restores souls as the world comes together as one Janet Christie

Director Cora Bissett and writer-performer Charlene Boyd have created the Fringe show June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me. Picture: Jess Hardwick

The Fringe show that emerged from child-minding and celebrates a country queen
Life and legacy of June Carter Cash to be honoured

Lead actors Frankie Corio and Paul Mescal, with Charlotte Wells, the writer and director of Aftersun, which opened the 2022 Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Jack Lowden and Charlotte Wells become inaugural patrons of reborn Filmhouse

Is fear of the B-word behind silence on global affairs in this election? Joyce McMillan

A stage production of Wild Rose, based on the three-time Scottish Bafta-winning film, will run at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh

The Scottish Bafta-winning film set for showcase Edinburgh theatre run

Itxaso Moreno, Christina Strachan and Rebecca Wilkie in Shō And The Demons Of The Deep

Theatre - Shō And The Demons Of The Deep, looks at how dreams can become nightma...

Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson. Picture: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson on turning sitcom The High Life into a musical

Catriona Faint & Alyth Ross in rehearsals for James V - Katherine PIC: Niall Walker

Rona Munro on the fifth instalment in her 'James Plays' series

Charlene Boyd is writing and performing the stage show June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me, which will premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Picture: Jeremiah Reynolds

Charlene Boyd on the Scottish stage show honouring country star June Carter Cash

Actor Jack Lowden at Leith Theatre. Picture: Andy O'Brien

Slow Horses star Jack Lowden returns to the stage in Scotland

Gary McNair in Dear Billy. PIC: John Devlin

2024 Arts Preview: The Year Ahead in Theatre

Theatremaker Gary McNair has created the stage show 'Dear Billy.' Picture: John Devlin

Big Yin tribute to be staged at the Fringe 52 years after comedy legend's debut

Writer and broadcaster Damian Barr is adapting his award-winning memoir Maggie & Me with playwright James Ley for a new National Theatre of Scotland play. Picture: Kirsty Anderson

Maggie & Me: Damian Barr's 1980s memoir to become new stage play

The new National Theatre of Scotland production Dracula: Mina's Reckoning is at His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen until 9 September and will then tour around Scotland until 14 October. Picture: Mihaela Bodlovic

Theatre, dance and opera companies warn over ‘wilful demise’ of culture sector

Morna Pearson with Danielle Jam at Slains Castle PIC: Richard Frew / National Theatre of Scotland

Morna Pearson on reimagining Dracula for the stage

Hope Dickson Leach's new version of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Edinburgh International Film Festival diary, 21 August

The Scotsman Top Stories

Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries