Archive for July, 2026
Lear
★★★★☆ Compelling
Lear at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre is a powerful production, with Maureen Beattie’s towering central performance backed up by an excellent cast.
Swinton returns to Traverse
Trav revives Man to Man with Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton is returning to the live theatre stage for the first time in over 30 years as Ella/Max Gericke in a revival of the Traverse – Royal Court co-production of Manfred Karge’s Man to Man this Autumn 2026.
CapTheatres Associate Artist Scheme
CapTheatres launches new initiative and call-out for creatives
Capital Theatre has launched a new Associate Artists scheme, to support two for mid-career Scottish theatre makers creating work for people living with dementia or children with complex or additional support.
Listings Mon 6 – Sun 12 July 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
It’s all about Knights of the Round Table and dragons (of a non-Arthurian kind) this week with two takes on Round Table affairs and a children’s favourite flying into full on dragon action.
Visual and Kids Theatre Callouts
Two big opportunities open for kids and visual theatre.
Two big professional theatre opportunities are open with deadlines in July. There is a callout for new work from Theatre in Schools Scotland and Manipulate Arts have a visual theatre commission for the 2028 Festival, among other opportunities.
Project Passerelle
A footbridge between festivals
Scotland is set to renew its Auld Alliance with France this month, by sending a delegation of Scottish artists to Avignon, home to the Festival d’Avignon. Here, delegation leader Marion Geoffray outlines her new venture: Project Passerelle.
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