Scots the musical Scottish tour | The infamous talking toilet is coming to a theatre near you this spring!

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The popular Edinburgh Fringe hit SCOTS the musical, an irreverent and hilarious journey through Scotland’s history, returns in an up-scaled form to tour Scotland's main stages in Spring 2026. Find the SCOTS tour dates and cast announcement below.

Tyler Collins, the toilet in Scots the musical — Tyler Collins will reprise his role as the toilet in Scots the musical

Scots The Musical Scottish tour announced

Returning following its sell out Edinburgh Fringe success and ecstatic reviews, this “truly incredible” (Broadway World) show, is a hilarious, quirky musical squeezing the history of Scotland into a fun-filled hour and a half.

Created by multi-award winning duo Noisemaker and featuring a fantastic live band, this fast-paced production charges through milestones in Scotland’s past, present and future, its people and places, triumphs and failures.

All of this told by a figure who has seen it all... someone who witnessed the Picts and the Celts unite; who survived the battles of Stirling and Bannockburn; who heard the declaration of Arbroath; who witnessed Scottish Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, the charge for women’s rights, the battle for gay rights, the call for Independence - basically someone who’s seen some amount of s**t- Scotland’s greatest invention ... The toilet!

The multi-skilled ensemble re-tell some of our nation's most iconic (and some forgotten) stories, all to answer the fundamental question: What makes a country?

Supported by Creative Scotland.

Find the full 2026 Scottish tour dates below

Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie, writers, said:

“SCOTS follows the dramatic, the democratic, and downright ludicrous shifts a country can undergo from its inception to become what it is today. From the joining of Gaelic and Pictish kingdoms to the invention of the toaster - SCOTS wanders the winding path of witnessing the birth of workers rights; becoming the first nation in the UK to legalise gay marriage; the first country in the world to offer free sanitary products to all - continually asking the question: "what makes a country?”

“Underneath its slightly mad, irreverent and deeply silly surface, SCOTS is a love letter to home and we can’t wait to share it with audiences across the country to celebrate the unlikely story of our wee nation.”

Director Jemima Levick said:

“So far, we’ve performed SCOTS in Glasgow, Edinburgh and New York, so I’m beyond excited to take it on the road. It really struck a chord in all three cities, which is one of the reasons it feels important to re-stage SCOTS again now, and this time on a grander scale and for audiences right across Scotland. It’s always been about a celebration of a nation.

“It’s silly and it’s irreverent, it’s funny, it’s touched a lot of hearts, and people often learn something they never knew. What’s important to me is that everyone will have a night of laughter and tears and the best night out.”

Scots the musical Cast and Company Information

Performed by Tyler Collins, Katie Barnett, Richard Conlon, Yana Harris, Lawrence Smith and Star Penders, and featuring a live band of Jenny Clifford (Guitar), Isaac Savage (Piano) and Audrey Tait (Drums)

A Raw Material production in association with Beacon Arts Centre

Scots The Musical

Book by Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie

Directed by Jemima Levick

Executive Producers Gillian Garrity & Margaret-Anne O’Donnell

& further company to be announced.