What’s on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy.

Glasgow Theatre

Glasgow has many fantastic theatres, including: the Citizens Theatre, the Tron, Kings Theatre, Theatre Royal, the Pavilion and in the West End, Cottiers and Websters Theatre also the wonderful, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, lunchtime theatre at OranMor.

Arts venues such as the Arches and CCA also include performance in their progammes. Watch out for drama and comedy at Glasgow’s many festivals, including, the West End Festival, Merchant City Festival, International Comedy Festival, Glasgay and Scottish Mental Health Festival.

Listings are regularly updated on this page.

Scottish Ballet: Cinders!

Scottish Ballet Cinders

9 – December – 31 December, 2023 Theatre Royal, 282 Hope St, Glasgow G2 3QA “Breaking with tradition in theatre is a tradition in itself, and Scottish Ballet‘s playful new production of Cinders will have a surprise in store each night for audiences as the curtain rises: on some nights, Cinders will be a woman, swept off her feet by her […]

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Cottiers – Bar, Restaurant, Theatre, Glasgow West End

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Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU 0141 357 5825 www.cottiers.com/ Cottiers Bar and Restaurant is a most attractive and flexible venue in  Glasgow’s West End. Previously, Dowanhill Church, it is one of only three surviving Scottish churches famously decorated by Daniel Cottier, the revolutionary artist-designer when it was built in 1865.  Food and Drink […]

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The Merchant’s Play at Websters Theatre

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9 – 11 November, 2023 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, G4 9HZ (adjacent Kelvinbridge Underground) The Merchant’s Play is a new work based on a traditional ancient Iranian style of popular slapstick comedy known as Baqqal Bazi. Set in a wine merchant’s shop during the last years of Sassanid Persia (pre-Islam) and in the […]

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Websters Glasgow, Theatre and Restaurant

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Websters Theatre, Bar, Restaurant, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ Secession – Coffee House, Beer Garden, Cocktail Bar No Opened Secession on Instagram Websters Bar/Bistro Telephone: 0141 357 0151 Peruse the Menu (On Facebook) Telephone: Theatre 0141 357 4000 Email: [email protected] What’s On at Websters New Public Space at Webster’s Please read the Report […]

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Fright Night at Websters

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Thursday 26 October, 2023, 7 – 9 p.m. NBT Records in partnership with The School of Glee presents Fright Night. An evening of spooktacular performances from their terrifyingly talented singers! This is an evening of entertainment you do not want to miss! Buy tickets Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ (adjacent Kelvinbridge Underground)

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Clann An Drumma, St Andrews Night, Cottiers

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30 November, 2023, 7.30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Join Clann An Drumma at Cottiers for a memorable St. Andrew’s Night celebration with the electrifying Scottish tribal band, Clann An Drumma. Get ready to experience an evening filled with blood-pumping Scottish music, energetic drumming, and captivating stories. Immerse yourself in the spirit of auld Alba as […]

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Paul DiStefano – Magic in the Attic at Cottiers

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Friday 20 October, 2023 Three course meal followed by an intimate and spellbinding magic performance by Paul DiStefano  at the Attic in Cottiers, Glasgow. Paul DiStefano has been a professional magician for over 20 years.  Originally from the United States, he has performed on all kinds of platforms from the street to the big stage.  His […]

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Opera Highlights, Cottiers

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19 October, 2023, 7.30 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. A troupe of talented singers traverse Scotland to bring an original piano-accompanied production to a venues across the country. This vibrant, one-of-a-kind show is created specifically for Scottish Opera each season. Director Laura Attridge (The Miserly Knight and Mavra 2022) brings her signature storytelling to this year’s tour and, alongside internationally […]

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The Provy Wummin ay Websters Theatre

The Provy Wummin

27 and 18 October, 2023 7.30 p.m. Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ (adjacent to Kelvinbridge Underground) It’s 1979. Does the wean want an orange chopper for Christmas? Have you booked the caravan in Anstruther? Or does mammy want a new outfit from What Every Woman Wants? Well… she can help. Margaret […]

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Saturday, September 30, 2023 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Terry Neason in Concert at Websters

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Friday 6 October, 2023 – 8 p.m. Terry Neason in Concert – Songs ‘n’ Smiles Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Kelvinbridgte, Glasgow G4 9HZ Angel Award Winning Scottish Diva, Terry Neason performs an emotional roller-coaster eclectic mix of Originals, Classics and personal favourites. She includes some of the best of her highly acclaimed repertoire […]

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Artie’s Singing Kettle – Halloween

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Wednesday, 14 October, 2023 at 11 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. Websters Theatre, 416 Great Westerrn Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ Dress up for this Halloween Special from Artie who is guaranteed to get the family audience singing along. Singing Kettle favourites will include Little Bunny Fou, Ghost Hunt, and Shove Yer Granny Off the Bus. A […]

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Up A Close at Websters Theatre

Up a Close

14 – 16 September, 2023 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Up A Close is the story of Joanna and her life growing up in a Partick tenement flat When her husband John goes missing Joanna looks back on her life living in a Partick tenement. From the school days with her […]

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Declan Walsh and the Decadent West at Cottiers

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7 September, 2023 Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU DWDW are a band from Glasgow with a focus on intelligent, relatable lyrics, catchy hooks and an electric live show. A prolific writer, Welsh and his band (Duncan McBride, Guitar, Ben Corlett, Bass and Murray Noble, Drums) have already released 4 EPs and 1 Album […]

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Cuba Libre at Cottiers

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Sunday 3 September, 2023 7 p.m. – 1 a.m. Incredible night of great food, music and of course dancing! Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU Doors will open at 7pm for the Cuban buffet and taster class and then at 9.15pm a live band will perform. DJ set to follow taking the party right […]

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Nemo Arts Summer Showcase

nemo arts summer showcase

Saturday 26 August, 2023, 7.30 – 9.30 p.m. Nemo Arts works with adults recovering from poor mental health from all over Glasgow and beyond.Showcase events provide an opportunity for Nemo’s groups to perform and showcase their work. A varied programme including Visual Art Exhibition, Guitar group performance, Choir, Drama and Drumming. Websters Theatre, 416 Great […]

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The Handsomest Thoroughfare in Glasgow

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How Great Western Road Created The West End Sunday 17 September, 2023 –  4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ As part of Doors Open day Websters presents The Handsomest Thoroughfare in Glasgow! Join Architectural Historian, Gordon Urquhart, on a historical journey through Great Western Road! Book Online

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In Conversation with Graeme Armstrong, Websters Theatre

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Thursday, 30 August, 2023 Join the host of Glasgo Podcast as he sits down with local author Graeme Armstrong His bestselling debut novel, ‘The Young Team’ inspired by his experiences, and Picador published in March 2020. It won a Betty Trask Award, a Somerset Maugham Award, and the Scots Book o the Year 2021. In […]

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A Good Panto Die Hard at Websters Theatre

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28 – 30 July, 2023 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ – adjacent to Kelvinbridge Underground A hilarious pantomime parody of the blockbuster that redefined cinema – Die Hard. With the fourth wall reduced to rubble, the reluctant Prince and his trusty Sidekick must save the captured Princess from the maniacal Baddie […]

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Secret Wrapped in Lead – Braw Clan

Morven Blackadder as Primrose, photographed by Cristina Ertze

19 – 29 July, 2023 – Various Venues Accompanying her famous brother on a bracing tour of Scotland in August 1803, Dorothy Wordsworth seeks shelter in a humble lodging house and discovers something no outsider was ever meant to see. Secret Wrapped In Lead is the chilling debut production of Braw Clan, the new Scots […]

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Tadhg Hickey – The Marxist Terrorist – Supporting Scumbag Tour, Cottiers

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19 September, 2023 Cottiers Theatre, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Fresh from the sold out run of his play, ‘In One Eye, Out The Other’ in 2022, Tadhg returns to his spiritual home of Glasgow with his very first stand-up show. Tadhg’s political comedy sketches, including ‘Brexit, but it’s a houseshare in […]

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Monday, June 26, 2023 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Legally Blonde The Musical at Websters

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Tuesday, 27 June, 2023 GKPA proudly present Legally Blonde the musical. Based on the movie, we follow Elle Woods as she blossoms from a sorority girl chasing the man of her dreams to a serious Harvard Law student, tackling wrongdoing and typecasting to find her true self. A show packed with fun, memorable songs and […]

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Bard in the Botanics 2023

Bard in the Botanics

21st June – 29th July, 2023  Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G12 0UE JULIUS CAESAR Glasgow Botanic Gardens 21 Jun 2023 – 8 Jul 2023 Directed by Jennifer Dick A new version of Shakespeare’s electrifying political thriller, as terrifyingly relevant today as it has ever been. Presented outdoors, this exciting new production will put […]

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Lincoln Laughs

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Thursday 22 June, 2023 at 8 p.m. Lincoln Inn Bar, 2131 Great Western Road, Knightswood, Glasgow, G13 2XX Come along to the Lincoln Inn’s fabulous and cosy wee Lounge on Thursday 22 June . Come see Emerging and Experienced stand up acts try out their newer stuff on a Thursday Evening in Lincoln Inn’s lovely […]

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The Kris Drever Band at Cottiers

The Kris Drever Band

18 June, 2023 8 p.m. THE KRIS DREVER BAND Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU One of Scotland’s finest and most acclaimed songwriters Kris Drever will tour with his own band (for the first time outside of his work with Lau) in 2023, and to coincide Reveal Records will issue an expansive career spanning […]

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BIG BAND BUBLÉ at Cottiers

Big Band Buble´ Cottiers

8 June, 2023 Cottiers Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU Following their successful appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland’s number one Bublé tribute act, Michael Hastie and the record-breaking Scottish big band, ‘Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation’ invite you to a night full of seductive songs and memorable melodies in a fabulous tribute […]

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Silenced – A Scottish Suffragette Story

silenced a scottish suffragette story

16 and 17 June, 2023 Following their successful production of Pippin last year at Webster’s, Theatre Alliance Musical Theatre Company are back with a brand new musical play charting the rise of the Suffragette movement…. told from a uniquely Scottish perspective. Written & Directed by Marlisa Ross with new music & arrangements by Stuart Bird. […]

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Sunday, May 28, 2023 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Together Unbound, gig at Websters Theatre

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Saturday 3 June, 2023 Czech artists united in one place to celebrate friendship and collaboration. Together Unbound is a two-concert Glasgow series involving collaborators guitarist Jan Stránský, visual artist Karolína Trhoňová, and composer Lukáš Janata. The concert is a conclusion of a three-year pandemic remote collaboration on Lukáš’ new explorative work for solo guitar, Lamentations, […]

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Whispers From Heaven at Websters

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Thursday, 1 June, 2023 Websters, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Whispers from Heaven offers a unique and intimate evening not to be missed. Dominic will use both his mediumistic and psychic abilities to connect you to your loved ones in Spirit, and give you guidance into your own life. Through the whispers of your loved […]

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Clatty Pats – Walk Like A Glaswegian

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21   23 July, 2023 Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Cleopatras – ‘Clatty Pats’ as it was fondly known! Further to its sell out, smash hit run in April, and featured on STV, they are back for some Hot Stuff “Summer” fun due to popular demand! Reuniting student nurses, Sandra, Dawn, Lynn […]

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Young Frankenstein at Websters

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23 – 27 May, 2023 Websters – Theatre | Bar | Playhouse 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Pantheon return to Websters with a monstrous production, sure to make you corpse! From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius Mel Brooks adapts his legendarily funny film into […]

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