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Following its premiere in 2024 and pop-up performance at Celtic Connections in 2025, A Giant on the Bridge embarks on a tour of Scotland in February and March 2026. Fusing original Scottish hip-hop, songwriting and storytelling, the show reveals the intimate human experiences relating to prison homecoming. Find out more below. A Giant on the Bridge. Photo: Tommy Ga Ken Wan A Giant on the Bridge: Gig-theatre through lived experience of the Scottish prison system A rapper prep

Glasgow invited to celebrate as the Citizens Theatre reopens with the Homecoming Festival including a community procession and an Open House weekend, where the public is invited to explore the redeveloped theatre for the first time in over seven years. Glasgow Citizens Theatre. Photo credit: Mark Liddell The Citizens Theatre is back! After a transformative seven-year redevelopment of its Gorbals home, the Citizens Theatre today marks one month until it reopens to the public

Edinburgh Festival Theatre usher Graham Simpson wins prestigious Unsung Hero Award at The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals 2024