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.

Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham, Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow

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16 May 2018 – 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm What more can you say about these two stellar musicians, now embarking on their 31st year of working together Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham have established themselves as the epitome of excellence in the world of traditional music. Mike Russell of the Glasgow Herald has described […]

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Sparkle & Shine! Nativity! The Musical Seeks Children Across The UK For Star Roles           

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Are you a young, budding performer who sparkles and shine on stage? Well, today’s your lucky day because the producers of Natvity! The Musical are on the look-out for children aged 9-12 star in the Scottish leg of the production’s 2018 UK tour. Bright, young stars from across the country will have a chance to […]

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The Doll Doctor Govanhill Theatre, Southside Festival 2018

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Govanhill Theatre Presents THE DOLL DOCTOR by Glenwyn Parry 14th – 19 May 20187:30pm – 9:15pm The English language premiere of the ‘Saer Doliau’, translated by David Brown. Jones goes about his business mending dolls in his workshop until The Girl arrives unannounced. Taking control of running the workshop, she appoints an apprentice The Boy. Both […]

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Rotunda Comedy Club, Fundraiser for Epilepsy Scotland

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Gary Little with Jamie Dalgleish, Chris Henry, Billy Kirkwood, Imran McCann Thursday 17th May at 7:00pm “A night of hilarious stand-up comedy with local acts Billy Kirkwood – Comedian, Big Gary Little, Jamie Dalgleish Comedy and Chris Henry comedian! Doors will open at 7 pm and show starts at 7:45 pm. Looking at a 10:30 […]

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Gary Lamont, OranMor – Dropping The Soap

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Gary Lamont: Dropping The Soap at Òran Mór! 12 April, 2018 7 p.m. Following a smash hit, sellout run at the Gilded Balloon last summer, we are bringing the magic of Gary Lamont: Dropping the Soap! to Òran Mór on 12th April 2018! After eight years on BBC’s popular Scottish soap opera ‘River City’, Gary’s left his […]

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint, RACHEL’S COUSINS by Ann Marie Di Mambro

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Apr 2nd – 7th OranMor, 731 Great Western Road, G12 8QX Doors 12.pm (12.30pm Mondays) Show starts 1pm Unreserved seating Rachel is a professional, successful woman and, frankly, a bit of a snob. She wants nothing to do with her mother’s side of the family whom she thinks of as a reckless bunch of benefit […]

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Comic Relief 2018 at The Stand, Glasgow

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22nd March, 2018 COMIC RELIEF – LIVE! (ON SALE NOW!) Thursday 22nd March | Doors 6pm | Show 6:30pm</h3 Join one of the UK’s top comedians as they host a special Comic Relief Live show at the Glasgow Comedy Festival, bringing a line-up of some of the most exciting up-and-coming comedy talent. With Kelly Convey, […]

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Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2018

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The Festival runs until 25 March, 2018 A fabulous and funny programme of events at various venues throughout Glasgow.  Back for 16th brilliant year. Bringing top comedy stars from around the UK and beyond for your entertainment. You’ll also find the very best of home-grown Scottish talent for a comedy extravaganza that is Europe’s largest […]

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Wastepaper Opera and Papaloose present (i) The Opera, Glasgow

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For Glasgow International 2018. 25 and 26 Apri, 2018 [Originally performed at Tête-à-Tête: The Opera Festival 2017] Set in an oppressively happy valley ruled by a mad king and his morose daughter, ‘i’ is a twisted love story about an inventor who teaches his invention how to speak… Featuring 3D animation, upcycled costumes, live electronic […]

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Men Should Weep, The Pantheon Club at Websters Theatre Glasgow

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6 – 10 March, 2018 Websters Theatre The Pantheon Club is proud to present Ena Lamont Stewart’s powerfully moving, darkly humorous and dramatically poignant play MEN SHOULD WEEP. Written in 1947, this is an extraordinarily moving play about women surviving in the east end of Glasgow during the 1930s Depression. It finds in the lives […]

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Half Dozen, Musical Theatre at Cottiers

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Half-Dozen 29 Mar 2018 – 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets £10 Adults/£8 Concessions  (ticket prices incl. £1.50 per ticket admin fee which will be added at the checkout) (fee applicable to all tickets, including tickets bought on the day) Half-Dozen is a new musical with a story about the women who shaped the life […]

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Three Sisters, The Citz

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Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5 9DS Lung Ha Theatre Company and Sibelius Academy of the University of The Arts, Folk Music Department (Helsinki) present Three Sisters “When Father was alive, this place was packed… there was heat, there was laughter and life.” Lung Ha Theatre Company’s first production of […]

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Unexploded Ordnances, The Platform, Glasgow 26 May, 2018

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26 May, 2018 – 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Platform Glasgow, The Bridge, Glasgow G34 9JW Presented by Take Me Somewhere, National Theatre of Scotland and Platform with support from Luminate and Outspoken Arts Scotland. ​Take Me Somewhere brings iconic lesbian-feminist theatre company, Split Britches to Platform for the 2018 Take Me Somewhere festival. Combining […]

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The Motherf**cker With The Hat, The Tron, Glasgow

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1 – 17 March, 2018 ‘I shot his hat. Dass all. And – BELIEVE ME – the motherf**ker KNEW what that was about! The problem is, the bullet went through his hat, ricko-shayed off his floor, blew out his big screen TV, and put a hole in the guy next door’s apartment who was home […]

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Deniro – the Bulldog from Netherburn cast as Rufus in Legally Blonde, Glasgow

Deniro will star alongside Eastender’s Rita Simmons, Eurovision singer Lucie Jones, Emmerdale’s Bill War at the King’s Theatre from Monday 25 – 28 April, 2018. King’s Theatre, 297 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JN Hopeful pups in Glasgow today lined up at Theatre Royal to audition for the role of Rufus in Legally Blonde the Musical which […]

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Cilla – the Musical at King’s Theatre, Glasgow

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30 January – 3 February, 2018 The spectacular and heart-warming musical adaptation of the critically acclaimed ITV mini-series based on the early life of Cilla Black, by BAFTA award winner, Jeff Pope (The Moorside, Philomena, From The Cradle To The Grave, Mrs Biggs) starsAndrew Lancel as Brian Epstein, Kara Lily Hayworth as Cilla and Carl […]

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DOG AUDITIONS FOR THE ROLE OF RUFUS IN LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL ARE BEING HELD IN GLASGOW

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THEATRE ROYAL WEDNESDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2018 Could your pampered pet or family pooch be destined for fame? The producers of the smash-hit Broadway and West End production, Legally Blonde The Musical are on the hunt for a star-studded pup to join an all-star cast when the show arrives at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow. The […]

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Of Mice and Men Theatre Royal, Glasgow

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THEATRE ROYAL, GLASGOW 282 Hope St, Glasgow G2 3QA MONDAY 26 FEBRUARY – SATURDAY 3 MARCH 2018 Casting has been confirmed for Selladoor and The Marlow Theatre’s production of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Taking to the stage when the show arrives at Theatre Glasgow, Monday 26 Feb – Saturday 3 March for its […]

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The Vivace Theatre School Senior Musical Theatre students’ annual performances at Websters, Glasgow

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Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU The Vivace Theatre School Senior Musical Theatre students’ annual performances. Dates for performances 13 Jan 2018 – 14:30 13 Jan 2018 – 19:30 14 Jan 2018 – 14:30 14 Jan 2018 – 19:30 20 Jan 2018 – 14:30 20 Jan 2018 – 19:30 21 Jan 2018 – 14:30 21 […]

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The Last Ship, Theatre Royal, June 2018.

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THEATRE ROYAL, GLASGOW MONDAY 18-SATURDAY 23 JUNE 2018 Principal casting has been announced for the UK premiere of The Last Ship – the acclaimed musical by the internationally renowned musician Sting – which will run at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal from Monday 18 until Saturday 23 June as part of a major UK tour. The show […]

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Red Raw, The Stand

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9 January, 2018 Our long-running weekly new comedy showcase is regarded as the best open mic night in the UK. Catch up to ten new acts – some treading the boards for the very first time. This is where everyone starts and it’s your chance to see the stars of tomorrow today.  Watch out for […]

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Hedda Gabbler, Theatre Royal Glasgow

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  (Photograph Lizzy Watts by Hugo Glendinning) THE NATIONAL THEATRE’S PRESENT HEDDA GABLER 15 – 20 January, 2018 Theatre Royal, 282 Hope St, Glasgow G2 3QA A NEW VERSION OF ISBEN’S MASTERPIECE BY PATRICK MARBER DIRECTED BY IVO VAN HOVE Following successful runs in Edinburgh and Aberdeen, The National Theatre will bring its new adaptation of […]

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A Relaxed Performance of The Sleeping Beauty, Kings Theatre, Glasgow 2017

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       FRIDAY 5 JANUARY,2017  11AM THE KING’S THEATRE PRESENTS A RELAXED PERFORMANCE OF SLEEPING BEAUTY  The National Autistic Society Scotland helped launch the Relaxed Performance of Cinderella at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow today. Ruaraidh Berry, who is attending the Relaxed Performance on Friday 5 January met with stars of the show Elaine […]

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Alice in Weegieland, The Tron

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TRON THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS ALICE IN WEEGIELAND 1st December 2017 – 7th January 2018 Have I gone mad?  I’m afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usually are. Alice is bored!  All this talk of Brexit, Trump and yet another series of Celebrity Big Brother is beyond depressing.  And then if […]

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Jock and the Beanstalk,The Shed

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Jock and the Beanstalk: 15 –17 December, 2017 Family Panto at the SHED evening and matinee performances Poor Jock lives with his Maw and both of them are skint. Then one day he meets an old man who gives him magic beans which grows into a giant beanstalk. At the top of the beanstalk lives […]

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It’s A Wonderful Life Radio Play, OranMor

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The Venue, OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 8QX 12 and 13 December, 2017 at 7.30 p.m. Back by popular demand, for the sixth year in a row. The story of the most inspirational film of all time. The heart-warming American family classic ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is brought to the stage in a Radio […]

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Sting Visits Fairfield Heritage Centre in Govan

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Launch of The Last Ship  The Last Ship, Theatre Royal, Glasgow – Monday 18-Saturday 23 June 2018 Sting this morning, Monday 4th December, 2017,  visited Fairfield Heritage Centre in Govan, Glasgow to launch The Last Ship. The Last Ship is inspired by Sting’s 1991 album The Soul Cages and his own childhood experiences. It tells […]

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Theatre Royal Celebrates 150th Birthday  

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Gala Performance of La Traviata Theatre Royal will tomorrow, 28 November, 2017,  celebrate its 150th birthday, an extraordinary milestone that will be honoured over the next few months with a range of events. Theatre Royal’s celebratory year will be marked with a special Gala performance of La Traviata on Tuesday 28 November; the premiere of […]

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Glasgow School of Art Choir, Royal Concert Hall

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Celebrate Christmas with the Glasgow School of Art Choir 9 December, 2017 – 7.30.m. New Auditorium, Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, G2 3NY This year, the Glasgow School of Art Choir will be kicking off the celebrations by performing their ever-popular, festive concert in one of Glasgow’s newest and finest choral venues: the Glasgow […]

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