The Edinburgh International Festival is taking a deep look at US culture in this year’s programme, promising the largest number of American artists in the event’s history

Stark, dated indictment of a generation’s attitude to climate change

A culture act aiming to enforce arts funding in Scotland will likely form part of the Scottish Conservatives’ election manifesto, a representative for the party has claimed

Theatre and dance projects will receive more than a quarter of the £1m Open Funding for January 2026, announced by Creative Scotland

True story entertains, but lacks substance

Sex and comedy mix in this outrageous new play

Community company Theatre 118, which was based in an empty Glasgow office block, has been left without a space after it was forced to move out of its premises with only seven days’ notice

Irish writer and director Amber Charlie Conroy has been awarded the 2026 new-writing residency at Summerhall in Edinburgh

Leith Theatre’s refurbishment and the conversion of the Old Royal High School into a music school are among the cultural projects set to benefit from a visitor levy in Edinburgh

Glasgow could lose top touring shows to Edinburgh without investment and significant change to the city’s King’s Theatre, according to a new report by the local council

Spectacle and comic routines dominate a plot-free panto

Energetic panto from Mark McDonnell is small but mighty

All panto, little plot in an audience-pleasing Cinderella

Great dancing doesn’t quite save the show

Perfectly judged update on the traditional festive tale from writer Fraser Boyle