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Thursday 19 and Friday 20 February - 7.30pmSaturday 21 February - 2.30pm and 7.30pm (We indulge in) a bit of roll play is the captivating new accessible production from Birds of Paradise Theatre Company taking a fearless look at sex and disability. We wanted to call this show something else but the...
ProfessionalFeaturing Mandipa Kabanda as Joan. Saint Joan will reimagine George Bernard Shaw’s classic play for the 2020s, in a stripped-back, close-up staging, directed by Stewart Laing (formerly Untitled Projects), with a film sequence written and directed by Adura Onashile. Based on the extraordinary true...
ProfessionalMatthew Kelly and George Costigan star in a new staging of Samuel Beckett’s classic play – in which absolutely nothing happens. Set in a shifting, timeless landscape, Waiting for Godot follows two men, Vladimir and Estragon, as they wait for someone who may never come. As they pass the time with...
ProfessionalRecommended Age Guide 14+ | Contains violence, adult themes, strong language, audience interaction. My choir was Jesse and Mr. Aziz and Frank and Mrs Singh and Isaac and Sherrie and Corrine and Gisela and Kamal and…. That’s who it was. Now it’s just me. When Claire, a priest and choir … Continued
Professionalmedb & Friends - Charity Cabaret at The Glad Cafe, Glasgow
New WritingIn 1976, Jack and Kathy set out on a mission to find Paul McCartney’s house on the Mull of Kintyre, where he was living off-grid after The Beatles broke up. Now, fifty years later, they are telling their granddaughter the full story of what really happened. Did they ever get to meet their idol? Did...
Thursday 19 and Friday 20 February - 7.30pmSaturday 21 February - 2.30pm and 7.30pm (We indulge in) a bit of roll play is the captivating new accessible production from Birds of Paradise Theatre Company taking a fearless look at sex and disability. We wanted to call this show something else but the...
ProfessionalFeaturing Mandipa Kabanda as Joan. Saint Joan will reimagine George Bernard Shaw’s classic play for the 2020s, in a stripped-back, close-up staging, directed by Stewart Laing (formerly Untitled Projects), with a film sequence written and directed by Adura Onashile. Based on the extraordinary true...
ProfessionalMatthew Kelly and George Costigan star in a new staging of Samuel Beckett’s classic play – in which absolutely nothing happens. Set in a shifting, timeless landscape, Waiting for Godot follows two men, Vladimir and Estragon, as they wait for someone who may never come. As they pass the time with...
ProfessionalRecommended Age Guide 14+ | Contains violence, adult themes, strong language, audience interaction. My choir was Jesse and Mr. Aziz and Frank and Mrs Singh and Isaac and Sherrie and Corrine and Gisela and Kamal and…. That’s who it was. Now it’s just me. When Claire, a priest and choir … Continued
Professionalmedb & Friends - Charity Cabaret at The Glad Cafe, Glasgow
New WritingIn 1976, Jack and Kathy set out on a mission to find Paul McCartney’s house on the Mull of Kintyre, where he was living off-grid after The Beatles broke up. Now, fifty years later, they are telling their granddaughter the full story of what really happened. Did they ever get to meet their idol? Did...
ProfessionalIf I’m remembered, I would like people to say: “Oh yes, we had some really good times, they did some really good shows.” Giles was Artistic Director of the Citizens Theatre from 1969 – 2003. He presided over one of the most celebrated periods in the theatre’s history, where, alongside his...
New WritingWhen Sean’s best pal Davie tragically dies on the day of his release from prison, the system prepares to cremate him in a council funeral with no guests, no gravestone, and no story. From his prison cell, Sean makes a promise: Davie won’t go out like that. Haunted by Davie’s ghost and inspired by...
ProfessionalAn outcast god. A powerless king. A mother who kills her only son. Glasgow’s acclaimed Company of Wolves present an earth-shattering solo retelling of the myth of Dionysos: an epic of rejection, vengeance and rebirth told through story, dance and ancient song. Written and performed by Ewan Downie...
Cryptic Nights presents Flutter, an immersive audiovisual performance by musician Aurora Engine (Deborah Shaw) that explores the lived experience of Tourette’s syndrome through voice, harp and electronics. The work moves through moments of disruption and unpredictability alongside calm and release...
ProfessionalRecommended Age 12+ | Contains strong language. It’s easy for you to accuse me now but you don’t understand.Everyone lived like we did! Well maybe not everyone, everyone.But… I wasn’t any worse than anyone else. The not-too-distant future. A world where the air is unbreathable. A jury of twelve...
ProfessionalCrossmylaff Comedy at The Glad Cafe, Glasgow
New WritingWhen you’ve lost all hope, can one night with an unlikely companion remind you what it means to be alive? And can you choose to stay, just one more day? Join two strangers on an extraordinary flight across Edinburgh’s starlit city skies and pulsing basement bars in this uplifting new musical...
ProfessionalRenad, a young Gazan girl, embarks on a dangerous journey. Carrying only the echoes of her grandmother’s tales and the spark of her own imagination, she searches for her family and the ‘Anqaa’ – the mythical Palestinian Phoenix. A Grain of Sand is a one-woman show that takes an intimate look at war...
New Writing“My name is Joy and I’m a f*cking oxymoron” Joy, a self-identified spinster librarian, is sad most of the time. Why would her parents place the burden of such a name upon her? When a particularly disastrous date leads to her potential beau declaring she needs to find a sense of humour, Joy wonders…...
ProfessionalWINNER Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024 As Seen on Mock The Week, BT Sport and ITV, ‘Master of one-liners’ Mark Simmons had a groundbreaking 200+ date sell out debut tour lasting two years, spanning the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Mark is back on tour in 2026 with Jest To...
ProfessionalFollowing her sold-out Fringe run and a smash-hit tour, MP-turned-comedian Mhairi Black returns with her Difficult Second Album. Come along for a laid-back look at the last year whilst Mhairi continued to work on her new show and her new prospects. In this preview performance, Mhairi will reflect...
ProfessionalKim Blythe is a cowboy – not the rugged, western kind but more like a questionable tradesman. Unsure but thriving after a sold-out Fringe run, Kim brings her second show Cowboy to the GICF for one last rodeo as she tries to make sense of it all. If you feel like you’re constantly winging it through...
balletLORENT's family-friendly version of Snow White, for everyone aged 5+ Friday 20 March 2026 - 7pmSat 21 March 2026 - 2pm Seven courageous miners graft for a world of opulence enjoyed by the Queen and her beautiful daughter, Snow White. But the Queen's quest for eternal beauty leads her into...
ProfessionalVox Motus’s groundbreaking international hit production in an exclusive presentation. Two orphaned brothers embark on a desperate odyssey to freedom and safety, in a heart-wrenching road story of terror, hope and survival. Combining unsettling themes with spellbinding images, Flight draws you into...
ProfessionalNew stand-up tour show from Mike Wozniak in which a story about a bench will be prominent. Previous experience of or strong opinions about benches not required. Let Mike worry about that. As seen on Taskmaster, Man Down and Junior Taskmaster. As heard on Three Bean Salad podcast.
New WritingMiss Lockwood isn’t well. That’s what Alice’s pupils have been told, although the truth is she’s been suspended following strange goings-on in her classroom: appearances by mysterious figures only she can see, delivering cryptic messages only she can hear. And, of course, there was the unfortunate...
ProfessionalKaren Dunbar is one of Scotland’s best-known comedy actors. Starting off in the sketch show Chewin’ the Fat, she then went on to star in her own show, The Karen Dunbar Show, which received various awards and nominations. Karen has trod the boards in everything from Glasgow Panto to West End...
ProfessionalRecommended Age Guide 12+ | Contains scenes of emotional distress; scenes of marital breakdown and discussions and representations of child death. I am not a part of the story you tried to writeI am the storyAnd it ends when I say so Everyone knows how Jason won the Golden Fleece … Continued
ProfessionalIn his brand-new stand-up special, Des Clarke explores the comedy of hitting reset. Finding the funny in everything from personal meltdowns to unexpected comebacks. After more than ten years away from the touring circuit, Des returns to the stage with a show that’s as sharp, heartfelt and...
Plosive Live in association with PBJ Management presents Tim Key: Loganberry TIM KEY (Alan Partridge, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Tim Key’s Late Night Poetry Programme) again pops his suit on, plods about, in a brand new show. Bit gutted he’s old. Guzzling continental lager. Magnetic lol. Decent...
ProfessionalChatterbox explores the power of language—how words shape identity, who gets heard, and who gets dismissed. Growing up in 1970s Glasgow, a five-year-old girl is called “stupid” simply because she can’t yet speak English by her teacher who cant speak any Urdu. That single label cuts deeply, though...
ProfessionalIt’s almost easier to say whom Ruby Wax DIDN’T meet, interview and coax fascinating insights from in her huge TV shows ‘Ruby Wax Meets’ and ‘Full Wax’. Donald Trump, OJ Simpson, Pamela Anderson, Madonna and many more. Her provocative, abrasive, incomparable style was – just about – kept in check by...
Professional‘Allow me to give you some advice, Billy…’ Award-winning writer and performer Alan Bissett, creator of The Moira Monologues, takes on the dual roles of two Scottish cultural giants – Billy Connolly and Alasdair Gray – imagining what might have happened when Connolly attended the 1981 launch of...
New WritingA lock-in. A few drinks. A bit of Kylie Minogue. What could go wrong? When Margaret enters a Glasgow gay bar for the very first time, she discovers a whole new world through the spiky bartender, chaotic kitchen porter, and a mysterious package waiting to be opened. Trapped inside by a thunderstorm...
New WritingRecommended Age Guide 14+ | Contains adult themes. UK Premiere With bold theatrical innovation and immersive world-building typical of Vanishing Point and Katapult, What I’m Here For is a fast-moving fusion of new European writing and visual imagination, which explores the tragi-comic collateral of...
New WritingA nightclub collision. A daft decision. A heartbeat caught between two strangers who can barely catch their breath. Told in a pulse of beat-poetry, barbed humour and bruising honesty, Scott and Jess ricochet through tests, scans, scares and the kind of arguments you only have when everything...
ProfessionalAdapted by Dave Johns from the film directed by Ken Loach, written by Paul Laverty, and produced by Rebecca O’Brien for Sixteen Films. Dan is a carpenter. A Geordie through and through. Just on the mend after a heart attack. Katie has just arrived from London. Finally got a council house for her...
New WritingA sparse gym in rural Donegal. Michael holds his breath and sticks his head under water, preparing to beat the world record after seven long years. His coach Pat watches on, drinking can after can, as they wait for yer man from Guinness to arrive. But when Pat’s daughter Grainne shows up hidden...
Professional4 star rating ‘The perfect first theatre outing’ Manchester Evening News Tom Fletcher’s interactive adventures for big imaginations are leaping from page to stage, as the beloved ‘Who’s in Your Book?’ series tours the UK in a brand-new musical show. A group of performers are preparing to start...
*SAVE THE DATE - Wednesday 15 - Saturday 18 April 2026* Full programme to be announced February 2026 BUZZCUT Festival 2026 presents 26 artists and collectives across 3 venues - including Tramway - for 4 days this April. BUZZCUT 2026 presents performance experiments and Live Art from beyond the...
New WritingMaggie has had enough. When her childhood nemesis appears at the door on the morning of her 30th birthday, she gives in to impulse and takes drastic action. Now, alone and inching towards Aberdeen on the relentlessly delayed 11:11am train, she has no choice but to ask herself some pressing...
ProfessionalRecommended Age 14+ In a factory like this, you’re part of a team. You’re a family. Greenock 1981. Faced with the threat of their factory closing, and with 240 jobs on the line, there’s no way the women of the Lee Jeans factory are going down without a fight. They … Continued
New WritingTwo politically polar-opposite councillors come together for a routine surgery, only for a desperate constituent Lenny to arrive with a homemade bomb timed to blow up. Well, a bit later than planned, as he forgot about the clocks going forward. With the trio trapped and time ticking down, the...
ProfessionalSweat is a powerful and deeply human portrait of America’s working class at the dawn of the 21st Century. In a small Rust Belt town in Pennsylvania, friendships are forged through sweat and laughter. For decades, Tracey and Cynthia have worked side by side—on the factory floor and at Stan’s...
New Writing“Tonight is my girls’ last performance on earth. So, let’s show them a good time, shall we?” You are invited to a funeral like no other, as we gather together with acclaimed performer and singer Hannah Howie for a glorious send-off for her boobs before a double mastectomy. Dress accordingly. No...
New WritingOn May 13th 2021, two men were forcibly removed from their home in Kenmure Street and thrown into the back of an immigration van. Within the hour, thousands came to block the van from leaving, leading to an eight-hour stand-off between the police and peaceful protestors, before the two men were...
ProfessionalAnna Bennett is this close to losing it. She’s not sleeping. She’s not writing. She’s barely mothering. And then she and her son find something in the garden—something small, something wrapped in secrets, something that makes the past feel very present. A darkly funny and unsettling one-woman play...
A Festival of Korean Dance 2026 presents Ryu and Friends - GRAVITY Swept up by an invisible force, an eleven-strong company shakes, scatters and spins in a spectacular extra-terrestrial dance. GRAVITY is a work about relationships between all matter; the push and pull, the chaos, the harmony, the...
ProfessionalRecommended Age 14+ | Contains strong language, adult themes and suicide. Something’s wrong. Baby Mash-up knows there’s something adrift, but she can’t pin it down. The seams of time and space are splitting and she wants to figure out what’s going on and – most importantly – how she ended …...
New WritingUsing Baby Mash-up, what on Earth are you doing? as a starting point for discussion, stillpoint offers an opportunity to hear readings of work not often presented and to openly discuss innovation in new writing. Led by a presentation of Soz Redland’s ground-breaking David and the Hedgehog, we’ll be...
New WritingCash-strapped best pals Linda and Angie live for the weekend buzz of bingo night. Their daughters, Stacey and Amy, however, think it’s just an old biddies’ game until they hear about the ‘big one’ with £40k up for grabs. When the two lassies scheme to sneak into the members only club for a chance...
The world’s biggest festival of hip hop theatre from around the world and around the corner Breakin’ Convention is coming to Glasgow in 2026! Prepare to be blown away by high-energy, world-class performances from celebrated poppers, lockers, b-boys and b-girls. Get ready for the mighty TRAPLORD...
New Writing100 miles from the nearest Tesco, Ruari is working behind their dad’s bar in Ulinish as usual, when two leather-clad bikers, Helen and Jane, walk in and open Ruari’s eyes to a world far from their own. Over three years of spring-time hikes the three become fast friends, but as Ruari grows into...
New Writing12 March 1881. England lost 1-6 in a record home defeat to a mighty Scotland team, captained by a forgotten name from history: Andrew Watson. Born into Caribbean privilege, Watson arrived in Scotland to discover that he was not welcome, but refused to be silenced and broke barriers by becoming the...
ProfessionalGlasgow, 1957. A family destroyed. A man who insists he knows why. Between whisky-soaked confessions and half-truths swirling in cigarette smoke, William Watt and Peter Manuel share a night that will change everything. Winding through stale-aired bars, shadowed backstreets and tangled lies –...
ProfessionalRecommended Age Guide 14+ | Contains adult themes and strong language. Do you know how they get animals to breed in captivity?They put them in the same cage. Meet Tom. He’s single, sorted (so he thinks) and spectacularly uninterested in romance. Enter Amy. Six pints and a questionable kebab later...
New WritingJade, Amber and Lilac have been organising Coral’s hen night for the past six months and it’s going to be epic! But at the last minute, Coral’s cousin Luna rocks up uninvited. Perfect skin, a model, a poet, and a human rights lawyer…a total goddess. It’s too easy to hate her but little do they …...
New WritingWhy do we tell stories? How do we build ourselves a future? What, or who, is in the way? A medieval Town Crier and a Court Jester have lost their jobs – by accidentally going to the future and leaving a rather important individual behind. They want to teach you how to tell a joke … Continued
Scratch NightRecommended Age 14+ Outside Eyes is the Tron’s bi-annual scratch night event that takes place in our Main Auditorium. Each event presents a curated selection of brand-new ideas from artists of all disciplines to an audience made up of peers, industry professionals and anyone who wants to see the...
New WritingIt’s 1997, it’s Millport and Steven McPhail is bored. He’s 17 and it’s now time to work out what to do with the rest of his life. The problem is, there are only so many options when you find yourself stuck on a Scottish island. Everything changes though when Steven has a chance encounter with …...
ProfessionalCash Cow marks Paul’s return to stand-up after his sell-out sketch show All Sorts. In this new show Paul delivers his trademark mix of sharp observations, colourful characters, impressions and Glaswegian charm. Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award Nominee 2023 & 2025. RTS Scotland Comedy...
ProfessionalBig Brother is watching you. The Thought Police monitor every word you say. Children spy on their parents and the Party has abolished the truth. In this totally controlled world, Winston and Julia begin a love affair which catapults them into rebellion against the Party. The nightmare of a...
ProfessionalThe Singer is a bold, new, thrilling piece of gig-theatre about Joe, a deaf artist who “sings” with his hands, and Andy, a washed-up musician hungry for a comeback. Joe experiences music viscerally and physically, feeling rhythm through his body and crafting lyrics that pulse with life and...
Professional‘Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life’ At the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, junior-school teacher Miss Jean Brodie is famously, in her prime. Each year, Brodie selects her ‘set’. The crème de la crème of girls whom she will shape through art and politics, stories of...
CommunityShe’s no’ just frozen… she’s baltic! Christmas is running like a dream down in Santa’s (aka Kristine Cagney Kringle’s) workshop. All nice and naughty lists have been checked off. Nothing can go wrong. Until a broken magic mirror unleashes pure chaos and transforms Rudie The Red Nosed Reindeer into...
Last updated: 21 February 2026