National Theatre of Scotland

Our Artistic Director, Jackie Wylie is chatting about our special 20th year with @lenniesaurus.bsky.social on BBC Scotland's The Art Mix this afternoon

Tune in to hear them discuss our upcoming shows: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#TheHighLife is dir. by Andrew Panton with story, script & lyrics by Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson & 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

✈️ We're thrilled that Ann Scott Jones is reprising the role of the iconic Air Scotia training instructor Gretchen Betjemen, for a special filmed cameo for #TheHighLife.

📸Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Tickets here🎫https://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-high-life

📢 WE ARE HIRING 📢

We are looking for an experienced Production Manager to support our productions and busy technical team.

Deadline: Friday 20 March
APPLY HERE
www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/jobs/product...

#ArtsJobs
📸Mihaela Bodlovic

The Fellowship Programme is supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

📢 Our 2026/27 Fellowships are now open to applicants! 📢

Deadline: 10am, Mon 27 April

Find out more about this opportunity, the eligibility criteria, and how to apply, follow the link:
www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/for-artists/...

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.