The best Scottish Theatre to see in 2026 part one: February & March

Great UK theatre exists outside of London's West End! There are numerous Scottish theatre companies and arts venues that put on fantastic productions locally every year. Here are just a few of the exciting Scottish theatre productions and events happening in February and March 2026.

What's On in Scotland's Theatres February and March 2026

Mistero Buffo

The Scots language version of Dario Fo's Mistero Buffo is part of Vanishing Point's winter residency at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. If you missed Lawrence Boothman's breathtaking performance at A Play, A Pie and A Pint last year, get yourself over to the Citz between 5 and 7 February.

Read my review of Mistero Buffo here: https://www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/review-mistero-buffo-play-pie-pint

Lawrence Boothman in Mistero Buffo. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

The Manipulate Festival

Manipulate Arts - Scotland’s home for cutting-edge animation, puppetry and visual theatre - runs its 2026 programme across Edinburgh from 4 to 10 February. They have also announced a series of free pop-up performances.

Find out more here: https://www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/manipulate-arts-2026-programme

The Events

Originally staged in Cumbernauld in October 2024, Wonder Fools powerful play The Events is on tour across Scotland this spring 2026 with a brand-new local choir at every venue. "David Greig’s modern classic returns in a bold new staging by Wonder Fools in association with Cumbernauld Theatre."

Find out more here: https://www.wonderfools.org/projects/the-events/

Read my review of The Events here: https://www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/review-the-events-david-greig

Saint Joan

Reimagining  George Bernard Shaw’s classic play for the 2020s, Raw Material Art's stripped-back, close-up staging of Saint Joan is based on the extraordinary true story of a sixteen-year-old girl who led France to victory in the Hundred Years' War.

Find out more, including the full cast list and tour dates here: https://www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/saint-joan-play-cast-news

Books at the Beacon

Part of Beacon Arts Centre's exciting Winter / Spring programme for 2026 filled with theatre, music and Inverclyde's first ever book festival!

Find out more here: https://www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/whats-on-beacon-arts-centre-2026

Fundraising events at Cumbernauld Theatre

Check out Cumbernauld Theatre at Lanternhouse for a varied programme of exciting theatre and events, including 'Soup and a Story' from Braw Clan Theatre Company, which supports the future of Cumbernauld Theatre Trust.

Find out more here: https://lanternhousearts.org/showtype/theatre/

A Play, A Pie and A Pint Spring season

Glasgow’s iconic lunchtime theatre company, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, returns with 18 shows from February to June 2026 at Òran Mór, Glasgow and across Scotland. “From pro-immigration protests to nights down the bingo, from Greek myths to a Scottish football story in the run-up to the World Cup, all life is here, teeming in this new Spring season that we’re thrilled to announce." Find out what's on and what to see below.

https://www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/play-pie-pint-spring-2026-shows

A Giant on the Bridge

Award-winning gig-theatre performed by Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow), Kim Grant (Raveloe), Dave Hook (Solareye, Stanley Odd), Jo Mango and Jill O’Sullivan.

"Every year in Scotland, thousands of people return home from prison to an uncertain future. A Giant on the Bridge reveals the intimate human experiences within this prison-homecoming journey, in an unflinching narrative-gig which fuses acoustic songwriting, Scottish hip hop & original storytelling." On tour across Scotland, starting at Cottiers in Glasgow on 25th February.

Waiting for Godot

Matthew Kelly and George Costigan are to star in the Citizens Theatre's new production of Waiting for Godot, co-produced with Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and Octagon Theatre Bolton. Directed by Citizens Theatre Artistic Director Dominic Hill, the new staging of Samuel Beckett’s classic play will premiere at the Citz between 20 February and 14 March before touring to Liverpool and Bolton.

Find out more here: https://www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/waiting-for-godot-citz-cast

Medea

Bard in the Botanics, in association with Raw Material are taking their award-winning production of Euripides' Medea by Kathy McKean across Scotland this spring. Medea is directed by Gordon Barr and stars Nicole Cooper in the title role.

Find out more inc the full tour dates here: https://www.bardinthebotanics.co.uk/productions/2026/medea

One Day the musical

A new musical based on the global bestselling novel One Day by David Nicholls is set to premiere in Edinburgh at the Royal Lyceum from February to April 2026. Find out more about the musical and its cast here: https://www.lisainthetheatre.com/blog/tags/oneday

Jamie Muscato and Sharon Rose in rehearsals for One Day the musical. Photo: Danny Kaan

RCS: Amélie, The Penelopiad & Much Ado About Nothing

As always at this time of year, the talented graduating classes from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's BA Musical Theatre and BA Acting courses stage full productions of works we rarely see at other theatres in Glasgow. This spring RCS have performances of Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad, Amélie - a musical based on the beloved 2001 film, as well as Shakespeare comedy Much Ado About Nothing.

Find out more here: https://www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on

The Bacchae

Company of Wolves’ solo reimagining of The Bacchae, inspired by Euripides, tours Scotland from 4 March to 29 May.

Find out more here: https://companyofwolves.org/projects/the-bacchae

SCOTS

SCOTS the musical is Raw Material's hilarious history of Scotland, narrated by a toilet! Following runs at A Play, A Pie and A Pint, and at the Edinburgh Fringe, the show has been upscaled and will tour across Scotland from 4 March to 4 April 2026.

Find tour dates and more here: https://www.rawmaterialarts.com/scots

Sailmaker

Ayr Gaiety Theatre, in association with Beacon Arts Centre have revived Alan Spence's Sailmaker for a Scottish tour this Spring. First performed in 1982, Sailmaker is a set text for National 5 English and remains a powerful and resonant piece for audiences of all ages.

Beacon Arts Centre - 4th-7th March 2026

The Gaiety - 31st March - 1st April 2026

Movies to Musicals

Movies to Musicals have announced two shows for spring 2026: one in Glasgow and one in London. Both will feature the "kids cast" of local young musical theatre talent alongside Glasgow Philharmonia orchestra and guest stars from the West End stage. Find out more here: https://www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/movies-to-musicals-2025-cast-news

The Trials

Glasgow Tron theatre are staging Dawn King’s The Trials from 6 to 14 March. Directed by Joanna Bowman, The Trials hands over the stage to a jury of 12 young people who are holding adults accountable for the damage they have done to the climate.

Find out more here:

Flora

Flora is the musical from Genesis Theatre Productions, which sees one of Scotland’s most famous daughters, Flora MacDonald, step out of the shadows of Bonnie Prince Charlie and take centre stage to tell her own tale. Featuring an ensemble cast of some of Scotland’s most exciting stage and screen talent, this bold new production makes its World Premiere at Eden Court (20 – 21 March 2026) before touring to Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow (26 – 28 March 2026).

Find out more here:

Glasgow International Comedy Festival

Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF) boasts a programme of over 500 comedy shows in 40 different venues across Glasgow from Wednesday 11 until Sunday 29 March.

Find out more here: https://www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com/