Crocodile Rock returns! Millport musical to play A Play, A Pie and A Pint and Edinburgh Fringe in 2026
- Lisa in the theatre
- Apr 5
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Andy McGregor's one-man LGBTQ+ musical comedy Crocodile Rock - set in Millport, on the Isle of Cumbrae - is returning to the stage in 2026. Audiences can see Darren Brownlie in the show at A Play, A Pie and A Pint in Glasgow and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Find all the details below.
Scottish musical Crocodile Rock to play Glasgow and Edinburgh this year
A showstopping Scottish musical comedy about a wee island, and a lad with big dreams.
Starring Darren Brownlie (The High Life; Scot Squad, River City), directed by Andy McGregor and with dramaturgy by Johnny McKnight (She’s Behind You), this one-man musical is bursting with pride.
About Crocodile Rock
Trapped on the sleepy west coast Scottish island of Cumbrae, seventeen-year-old Steven McPhail feels like an outsider dreading a dead-end future. He desperately needs a way out of the island’s only town of Millport, and he’s about to find it. When a dazzling encounter with a flamboyant stranger opens his eyes, Steven steps out of the shadows to embrace his authentic self.
Crocodile Rock is the musical meeting point of the upbringings of Largs-born writer, director and composer Andy McGregor (Spuds, Battery Park, To Save the Sea) in the seaside town of Largs in the 1990s, and the lived experiences of actor Darren Brownlie (Scot Squad, River City, BBC Scotland) and dramaturg Johnny McKnight (She’s Behind You) - who both grew up gay in Scotland during Section 28. The musical is presented by Glasgow-based Sleeping Warrior Theatre Company in association with A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór.
The show has evolved from its sell-out premiere at A Play, A Pie and A Pint in 2019, where it was filmed live for the BBC. Further input and development came from creative sessions with Scottish LGBTQ+ charity Sanctuary Queer Arts.
Building on the success of their established reputation and previous touring of the show within Scotland, Sleeping Warrior Theatre Company return to A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór, Glasgow, before making their Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2026 at the newly reopened Dining Room at Gilded Balloon Teviot, in an intimate and boutique staging of the show.
With a soaring original score, gallus Scottish humour and snappy magnetic eyelashes, Crocodile Rock is a one-man musical story about finding yourself, finding your family, understanding others and being true to those you love.
Cast: Darren Brownlie
Where to see Crocodile Rock the musical in 2026
Glasgow
A Play, A Pie and A Pint
Òran Mór, Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8QX
22 - 27 June | 1pm (Doors 12pm/12.30pm on Mondays) (60mins) Ages 14+
Book at playpiepint.com
Millport
Millport Town Hall, Millport Town Hall, 5 Clifton St, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae KA28 0AZ
18 July | 6pm (Doors 5.30pm) Ages 12+
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Dining Room at Gilded Balloon,
Teviot Row House EH8 9AJ (Venue 14)
5 - 31 August (not 11, 18, 25) | 4.30pm (60mins) Ages 14+
Book at gildedballoon.co.uk
Musical, Comedy, LGBTQ+
Glasgow: Produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór in association with Sleeping Warrior Theatre Company
Edinburgh: Presented by Sleeping Warrior Theatre Company in association with A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór
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