National Theatre of Scotland

Directed by Andrew Panton with story, script & lyrics by Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson & Johnny McKnight. A co-pro with Dundee Rep in assoc. with Aberdeen Performing Arts & Capital Theatres.
📸Tommy Ga-Ken Wan and Dundee Rep.

Vocal chords are warming up in the Air Scotia staff room. It’s #TheHighLife rehearsals! Expect shenanigans, alliteration, and many more character names that rhyme.

🛬 There’s plenty of time to secure your seats before take-off, click the link below: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-h...

For World Gaelic Week, Martin O’Connor gave a special performance-led talk with extracts from Through the Shortbread Tin at the @nationalgalleries.bsky.social.

You can watch back to the talk on YouTube, by following the link above.

#WorldGaelicWeek #SeachdainNaGàidhlig

Thug Màirtinn Ó Conchobhair dhuinn òraid le pìosan dhen dealbh-chluich Through the Shortbread Tin ann an Gailearaidhean Nàiseanta na h-Alba rè Seachdain na Gàidhlig.

Lean an ceangal againn airson coimhead air an òraid air YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/eeRJeDF...

#TwentyIn #NTS20

🎂 We're twenty! Donate £20 to enter our Twenty-In monthly prize draw and claim a piece of NTS history.

This month: a special prize from Medea, selected by Artistic Director Jackie Wylie.

Every month of 2026 brings something new.
👉 www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/support-us/t...

Thanks to our True Story Ambassador Lorraine Kelly and our True Story Champions Greg McHugh, irvinewelsh.bsky.social, lenniesaurus.bsky.social, valmcdermid.bsky.social and Shereen Nanjiani.

You can find out more from them here: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/latest/true-...

YOUR TRUE STORY, ON SCOTLAND’S STAGE 🎭

To mark our 20th Birthday, we're launching #TrueStory, a search for one real-life story from the Scottish public to be brought to life on stage, chosen by you.

📃 Find out more: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/true-story

Twenty years of our national theatre –were celebrated last night at the @parliament.scot in true NTS style, marking two decades of Scottish theatre-making.

Here’s to the next twenty!

📸by Julie Howden

Supported by The Weir Charitable Trust, Aberdeen Baker Incorporation, Aberdeen Performing Arts, Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, David & June Gordon Memorial Trust, Lyra, MEB Charitable Trust, North East Arts Touring, Russell Trust, The Tillyloss Trust, & The Touring Network.

TiSS is produced by NTS & Imaginate. TiSS at 10 is sponsored by Savendie.

🚌 TiSS turns 10! And we're offering FREE theatre performances to Scottish schools in 2026–27.
100+ shows, 10,000+ young people.

Register your interest by 27 Apr here: www.theatreinschoolsscotland.co.uk/tiss-at-10.h...

📸James Chapelard
#TheatreInSchools #Scotland #TagATeacher

In partnership with ESEA Creatives Scotland.
Supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
📸by Chi Wai Cheung and Keni Li

Call out for East & Southeast Asian participants! 🐎To kick off Chinese/Lunar New Year, our Dramaturgy Fellow Hannah Low is looking to hear from artists and communities in Scotland for her research project.

Find out more: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/esea-researc...

#TheHighLife is dir. by Andrew Panton with story, script & lyrics by @alancumming.bsky.social, @forbesmasson.bsky.social & Johnny McKnight.
Music by Forbes Masson / add music by Alan Cumming.
A co-pro with Dundee Rep in assoc. with Aberdeen Performing Arts & Capital Theatres

The High Life takes off! Rehearsals begin as original cast Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Siobhan Redmond & Patrick Ryecart join Director Andrew Panton, Writer Johnny McKnight & the full cast & creative team ✈️

Get your tickets here🎫https://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-high-life

20 years of NTS L.O.V.E. 💌Here's to two decades of the stories that captured our hearts.

📸Eoin Carey, Mihaela Bodlovic, Manuel Harlan

In partnership with NHS Lothian Charity: Tonic Arts. Co-created by Shona Reppe and Alan Grieve.
📸Eoin Carey

Facilitators Dan & Minnie are taking over the Trolleydarity wheels for the next few weeks, bringing our multi-sensory Scratch n Sniff experience to even more hospital wards.

Find out more about ‘Scratch n Sniff Staycation' here: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/latest/fancy...

This month we're celebrating all things NTS as we mark two decades of theatre without walls.

Read our feature in the Scotsman.com now, with more birthday celebrations to come: www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

📸 by Drew Farrell

A NTS & Tron Theatre Company co-production. Written by Frances Poet. Directed by Jemima Levick. From an idea conceived by Paul English and Frances Poet.

👖 GREENOCK LEE JEANS WORKERS NEEDED👖

On the 45th anniversary of the Lee Jeans Occupation, NTS & @trontheatre.bsky.social seek strikers, or their family members.

More info/sign up here: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/whats-on-tem...

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | National Theatre of Scotland ‘Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life’At the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, junior-school teacher Miss Jean Brodie is famousl

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie tours Scotland, 2 Oct – 7 November. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is presented in partnership with the Lyceum Edinburgh and in assoc with @pitlochryft.bsky.social Find out more: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-p...

“Rankin’s portraits helped me crack open Miss Jean Brodie as a woman of our times.” - Gayle Rankin.

When Rankin met Miss Jean Brodie.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is directed by Vicky Featherstone and adapted for the stage by David Harrower. Presented in partnership with the Lyceum Edinburgh and in association with @pitlochryft.bsky.social

On Muriel Spark's birthday, we present Gayle Rankin as THE Miss Jean Brodie, photographed by THE Rankin.

🎟️ Snap up your tickets quick - Miss Brodie won't tell you twice!

www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-p...

Written by David Ireland and directed by Finn den Hertog. Presented by Neal Street Productions, Playful Productions, National Theatre of Scotland and NT Live.

📸Johan Persson

Nearly 100,000 people have taken the Fifth Step at cinemas since November 2025. You still have the chance to join them….

Watch the showdown between James (Martin Freeman) and Luka (Jack Lowden) on the big screen by following the link below: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-f...

BSL interpretation by Amy Cheskin, Elliot Webster-Mockett & Rachel Wilson

👋 Free movement workshop for deaf & hard of hearing performers with EJ Boyle!

📍 Sat 14 Feb | 10.20-4.30pm | Rockvilla, Glasgow
💰 FREE
⏰ Apply by Mon 4 Feb

Find out more, BSL flyer & accessibility info: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/movem...