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.

The White Cockade, OranMor, 30 May, 2015

The White Cockade Sat, 30 May, 2015 at 7:00pm OranMor top of Byres Road The White Cockade is the history in words and in song of the Jacobites. It covers the most romantic period in the history of Scotland, from the battle of Killiecrankie in 1689 to the slaughter of Culloden in 1746 and the […]

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Monday, May 18, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

The Brother’s Suit by Peter McDougall, OranMor Saturday 23 May, 2015

The Brother’s Suit by Peter McDougall, BAFTA and Prix Italia Award winning playwright Sat, 23 May, 2015 at 7:00pm DIP Theatre Company presents Two Comedy One Act Plays… Hatches, Matches & Dispatches by David Carswell Young Joe starts his community service behind the scenes at the local crematorium, working with old Pete who proceeds to […]

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The Freedom Theatre On Tour

the siege

The Freedom Theatre presents The Siege Developed and devised by The Freedom Theatre, Directed by Nabil Al-Raee & Zoe Lafferty 17th – 20th June 2015 The Tron, 63 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HB Programmed as part of Refugee Week Scotland, 15-21 June 2015 www.refugeeweekscotland.com.  Tickets £14 – £16 Buy tickets online Further information: www.tron.co.uk/event/the-seige/ About The […]

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Friday, May 15, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Tommy’s Song, 11 – 16 May, OranMor

lou prendergast

Tommy’s Song OranMor Lunch Time Theatre, Top of Byres Road. Mon, 11 May, 2015 — Sat, 16 May, 2015 By Lou Prendergast | Directed By Lou Prendergast Featuring Tom McGovern Tommy has good intentions. A self-proclaimed ‘man’s man’ with the gift of the gab and a penchant for Elvis, his plan unravels through a series […]

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Sunday, May 10, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

The War Hasn’t Started Yet, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, 4 – 9 May, 2015 OranMor

A Play, A Pie and A Pint OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Mon, 04 May, 2015 — Sat, 09 May, 2015 By Mikhail Durnenkov | Directed By Davey Anderson | Adapted By Davey Anderson Literal translation by Alexandra Smith Featuring Lewis Howden, Anita Vettesse and  Mark Wood Russian troops enter Ukraine. But the war […]

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Monday, May 4, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Abbamania, Paisley Town Hall, Thursday 30 April, 2015

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Monday, April 27, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Glasgow May Day Events 2015

Sunday 3rd May Organised by Glasgow Trades Union Council Assemble 11.00 for 11.30 at George’s Square Rally at 02 Academy, Eglinton Street 12.30 Download Full programme (PDF) Events Include: Glasgow Clarion Critical Mass May Day Cycle 1st May From Calton to Catalonia – launch 1 May Download Full programme (PDF) Glasgow May Day Celebrations  

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From Calton to Catalonia, Willy and John Maley, launch 1 May, 2015

Sunday 10 May at 7.30pm in the Beacon Studio Theatre. Tickets £10 (Concessions £8) See programme May Day Events

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Friday, April 24, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Wee Theaters Glasgow@Tue 21st April in Sloans Bar

Tuesday, April 21, 2015  at 7:00pm in UTC+01 Three Rooms. Three Stories. No Stage.Come for a beer and a laugh to Sloans Bar and join the #WTGexperience Wee Theaters Glasgow is coming back on Tuesday the 21st of April,a night of theatre, comedy and fun.The evening sees 3 different shows performed in 3 different timeslots […]

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Sister Act, Kings Theatre, Until 18 April, 2015

Kings Theatre, Bath Street, Glasgow Following record breaking productions of Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar and Calamity Jane, Pantheon returns to The King’s with the holy hit from London and Broadway, Sister Act.  Based on the popular Whoopi Goldberg movie, and featuring original music by Tony® and 8-time Oscar® winner Alan Menken (Disney’s The Little Mermaid, […]

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Thursday, April 16, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor, 13 – 18 April, 2015: Whisky ~Galore

Whisky Galore / Uisge-Beatha Gu Leòr OranMor, Top of Byres Road Mon, 13 April, 2015 — Sat, 18 April, 2015 By Iain Finlay MacLeod | Adapted By Iain Finlay MacLeod Featuring MJ Deans, Julie Hale, Roseanne Lynch, Calum MacDonald and Iain Macrae World War II and the island of Todday is suffering from a serious drought […]

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Monday, April 13, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

A Night of Musical Theatre, Agape Cafe, 24 April, 2015

Agape Cafe and Wellbeing Centre We are happy to announce our ” A night of Musical Theatre” concert on, Friday 24th April at 7.30pm At East Mains Baptist Church The concert will feature songs from popular musical theatre such as Les Mis, Carousel and the Steamie amongst others. These will be performed by the Studio […]

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Fat Alice, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, week beg. 30 March, 2015

Fat Alice A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor, Top of Byres Road Mon, 30 March, 2015 — Sat, 04 April, 2015 By Alison Carr | Directed By Joe Douglas Featuring Richard Conlon and Meg Fraser “I’ve given you every little piece of me to keep you happy, fed you every last morsel to […]

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Monday, March 30, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Ocean Youth Trust Scotland Comedy Night, 1 April, 2015

Comedy Night Wednesday, April 1, 7 p.m.        The Mansion House Glasgow ‘Come and join us for a night of fun!Proudly sponsored by Pinsent Masons’ The Line Up: Compere – Rob KaneAnna Devitt – star of Britain’s Got TalentPhil Differ – comedy writer of the acclaimed ‘Only an Excuse’Gary Little – winner of Best Stand […]

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Friday, March 27, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Tales at the Mall with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

March 26 – March 27 12 p.m – 4:00pm The Forge Shopping Centre, 1221 Gallowgate, Glasgow G31 4EB        Inspired by Ewan Morrison’s acclaimed book “Tales From the Mall”, students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland have been working alongside professional artists from the National Theatre of Scotland to create a selection of small but […]

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Thursday, March 26, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Butterfly Kiss, OranMor, April 4th, 2015

One Night Only – OranMor Butterfly Kiss – written and directed by Dave Anderson Saturday 4 April, 2015 7.00 p.m. Tickets £14 08444 771 000 Buy online Òran Mór, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX New theatre from veteran actor, playwright and musician David Anderson, (City Lights and Gregory’s Girl), Katie Barnett and Jack […]

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Wilde About the Boy Cumbernauld Theatre 28 March, 2015

Wilde About the Boy Cumbernauld Theatre 28 March, 2015 – 7.45 p.m. Are you an Oscar Wilde fan? Come and see Wilde Without the Boy at Cumbernauld Theatre Saturday at 7.45pm. The show is a solo adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s ‘De Profundis’ – the letter he wrote from his prison cell to his lover Lord […]

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

A Play A Pie and A Pint, Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha 23 March 15

Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Mon, 23 March, 2015 — Sat, 28 March, 2015 By Natalia Vorozhbyt | Translated by Sasha Dugdale | Directed By Nicola McCartney Featuring Paul Cunningham, Jenny Hulse and Jill Riddiford In a modest home on the outskirts of Kiev, Katya and Oksana are busy […]

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Monday, March 23, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor, 16 – 21 March, 2015

The Day the Pope Emptied Croy OranMor Top of Byres Road G12 Mon, 16 March, 2015 — Sat, 21 March, 2015 By Martin McCormick | Directed By Emma Callander Featuring Sean Purden Brown, Nathan Byrne, and Keiran Gallacher There aren’t too many places in Scotland where you are the only ‘Prod’ in town. But Ranald […]

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Leviathan, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, 9 – 14 March, 2015

Leviathan OranMor, Top of Byres Road Mon, 09 March, 2015 — Sat, 14 March, 2015 By Matthew Trevannion | Directed By Rachel O’Riorden Featuring Claire Cage, Siw Hughes and Gwawr Loader “Will you look at the day? Beautiful, ah? Summer throws you one of these just before it all goes west.” As three generations of […]

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Monday, March 9, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Cocktail @ Glad Cafe Saturday 7th March, 2015

Cocktail: fear, pain, power is a new work by writer Rachel Jury and Composer Andrew Cruickshank based on interviews with people who have experienced intra-Christian sectarianism in Scotland contemporary performance in style with singing, movement, a live four piece band and an intergenerational cast of eight with a mix of professional and community performers. Humorous, […]

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St Patrick’s Day Irish Comedy Special, The Stand 17 March, 2015

St Patrick’s Day Irish Comedy Special It is, of course, the height of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival on the evening in question, and there’s no way the organisers could have let this one pass without notice. To mark the occasion this show presents a quadruple bill of exciting Irish comic talent in Colin Murphy, […]

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 | Filed under: Glasgow St Patrick's Day 2015, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

Hame, Sweet for Addicts, 10 – 14 March, The Shed

Hame: Sweet for Addicts 10 – 14 March, 2015 “As part of the Glasgow St Patrick’s festival 2015. A play by Phil Mac Giolla Bhain centres around the O’Donnell family who have been in Glasgow for three generations, since Seamus “Jimmy” O’Donnell arrived in Scotland in the 1940s. In 2014 “Jimmy” has suffered a stroke […]

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A Play A Pie and A Pint, Netting, OranMor 16 – 21 February, 2015

Netting Mon, 16 February, 2015 — Sat, 21 February, 2015 By Morna Young | Directed By Allie Butler 12.30 for 1 p.m. OranMor, Top of  Byres Road, G12 Featuring Carol Ann Crawford, Joyce Falconer and Sarah McCardie A father and his two sons are lost at sea. Keep busy, eh? Hope we’ll get a body, […]

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Monday, February 16, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

We Can All Agree To Pretend This Never Happened, A Play A Pie and A Pint

9th – 14th February, 2015 – OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Lunchtime Theatre When two gungho researchers decide to fake results in their Siberian lab, a series of misunderstandings take over the lives of the whole research team. A hilarious play about scientists with a serious mission. Emma Goidel is a Playwrights Realm Writing […]

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

A Play, A Pie and A Pancake, St Augustines, Dumbarton 27 Feb 2015

Join Friends of St. Augustine’s (2a High Street Dumbarton   G82 1LL) for ‘A Play, a Pie and a Pancake’ on Friday 27th February at 6pm in the Community Hall. The Ladykillers – Denny Civic Theatre, St Marys Way, Dumbarton G82 1NL Following a tea of pie with gravy and beans and a delicious hot pancake […]

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Friday, February 6, 2015 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

The Enchanted Wintergarden, Cottiers Theatre, 31 January, 2015

Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland Street G11 5PU www.cottiers.com/events/enchanted-wintergarden/ 0141 357 5825Book tickets online Enter the Enchanted Wintergarden. ‘The King and Queen of the Wintergarden are fed up with silence, the only sound they hear is each others’ voices, and they’ve been married for over a thousand years. One day, on hearing a beautiful sound, they capture […]

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Monday, January 26, 2015 | Filed under: Kids and young people, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy

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